Behavior Aide
Behavior Aides provide support to parents and/or foster parents | placement staff of children with behavioral challenges that require more intensive intervention than basic parenting strategies. Behavior aid services include one-on-one behavioral interventions with children and youth in the home | residential placement | school or during community outings.
DFCS Entitlement Codes that can authorize Behavior Aide Services
Wrap-Around (UAS 518)
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- 518-47E | Behavioral Aide Services | $38.50 per hour
Homestead (UAS 571)
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- 571-47A | Behavioral Aide Services | $38.50 per hour
Benefits of Behavior Aide
- Provide one on one direct behavioral intervention with children | youth
- Provide time-structuring activities
- Provide immediate behavioral reinforcements
- Provide appropriate time-out strategies
- Provide cognitive behavioral interventions
- Collaborate with and support the family’s | DFCS efforts to provide positive environment for the child | youth.
- Assist the child | youth to engage in, or remain engaged in, appropriate activities
- Help to minimize the child | youth’s impulsive behavior
- Help to increase the child | youth’s social and community competencies by building or reinforcing those daily living skills that will assist the child | youth in living successfully at home and in the community
- Assist in developing the child | youth’s ability to sustain self-directed appropriate behavior, internalize a sense of responsibility, and | or enable participation proactively in community activities
- Ensure safety of client during the provision of Behavior Aid Services and remain responsive to the client’s needs
- Communicate client progress and client needs to other professionals involved with the child and immediately inform clinical team of any concerns
Infinite Possibilities Has A Presence In Every Region In The State Of Georgia
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