PA (IBHS) Foundations for Administrators, Directors & Consultants: Supplemental Training

BACB credit is unavailable at this time.

This training course addresses initial training topics set forth by Pennsylvania (IBHS) for practitioners that work as Admin Directors, Clinical Directors, and/or Behavior Consultants, etc. who DO NOT possess an ABA certification/licensure and have limited to no experience working with individuals with developmental, mental and other disabilities (to include ASD). Professional students who successfully complete this course will have covered the following PA-mandated training topics:

• Behavior management skills and coaching.
• Child and adolescent development
• Overview of serious emotional disturbance& other behavioral or psychosocial needs of children, youth/young adults
• Professional ethics, conduct, and confidentiality.
• Psychotropic medications, including common side effects.

This training bundle includes:

1. RBT® 2.0 40-Hour Online Training Course- Module 3: Comprehensive Overview of ABA Techniques- Back to the Basics

2. Severe Problem Behavior

3. Ensuring Treatment Integrity

4. Introduction to Human Development

5. Social Skills Part 1: Toddler to Preschool Social Skills

6. Social Skills Part 2: Elementary Social Skills Predictors of Future Success

7. Introduction to Developmental and Mental Health Diagnoses

8. Peer Mediated Interventions: More Than Just Play Skills

9. Review of Ethics and Changes in Professional and Compliance Code

10. RBT® 2.0 40-Hour Online Training Course- Module 2: Section F (Part I)- Role of an RBT and Career Advancement

11. Psychotropic Medications and Side Effects

12. Realities of BCBA Supervision

What this training does, and what it does not do.

Special Learning is a continuing education provider approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB ACE Provider #OP-14-2437).

Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services publishes a list of IBHS trainings that do not require Department review and approval — trainings it already considers approved. Trainings offered by a BACB ACE provider are on that list. (DHS, Process for Department Approval of Trainings Required by the IBHS Regulations, Jan. 2020, published at pa.gov.) For ABA services the regulation says it directly: 55 Pa. Code § 5240.83 accepts training approved by the Department or provided by a continuing education provider approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.

Not sure which requirement you are on? Email us and we will tell you plainly, including when the answer is that this product is not the right one for you.

Full Pennsylvania IBHS training requirements by role and by deadline, quoted from 55 Pa. Code § 5240 with the section number beside every number: PA IBHS Training Requirements.

Other trainings Pennsylvania commonly requires, which we do not provide:

Requirement 1: Sections 6301—6386 of 23 Pa.C.S. (relating to Child Protective Services Law) and mandated reporting requirements. Act 31 Online Training provided by University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work  (3 hours) https://www.socialwork.pitt.edu/researchtraining/child-welfare-programs/act-31-line-training

Requirement 7: First aid, universal precautions, and safety.

If you are taking this course, you may also be required to complete the following courses. Please refer to your employing agency. 

• Additional RBT® 40-hour Course (completed prior to working with clients)
• Additional 24-hour Training Sequence Course for those without experience in the field (completed within 6-months of your hire date)