Our Services

Treatment Services	Educational Consultation
Child/Adolescent Treatment	Autism Programming
Adult Treatment	In Home Services
Family Treatment	Pharmacotherapy
Group Treatment

Treatment Services

CBH provides therapy for Children, Adolescents, Families, and Adults. CBH clinicians have received advanced training and are highly skilled in a variety of empirically based treatment modalities. CBH clinicians perform a comprehensive intake assessment during one's initial sessions and use this information to develop individualized treatment plans.

CBH provides psychological services across a variety of diagnoses, treating nearly 200 individuals and families every week.

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Child/Adolescent Treatment

CBH clinicians employ a variety of treatment modalities to address the psychological needs of children and adolescents. In particular, a number of our clinicians have extensive training in Applied Behavior Analysis and utilize their behavioral knowledge to develop individualized behavior plans to address the issues of concern for the child or adolescent

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Adult Treatment

CBH clinicians work with their adult clients to help them gain greater control over their psychological/emotional issues. Dependent on the needs of the client, CBH clinicians will determine the specific treatment approach to help empower their clients.

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Family Treatment

CBH clinicians have extensive training and experience in providing family based psychotherapy. Family therapy allows individual family members the opportunity to raise and work out their concerns in a safe collaborative family environment. CBH clinicians work to ensure the absolute comfort of our clientele and thus tailor our therapy to the needs of each family.

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Group Treatment

CBH also provides group therapy for children and adolescents. Group membership is based on age, maturity, and treatment issue. Examples of group topics include: anger management, anxiety management, and social skills. Group therapy provides the client the opportunity to learn and apply specific skills in the peer-environment, an environment in which they spend a significant amount of time and where difficulties often arise.

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School / Educational Consultation

CBH faculty collaborate with school personnel to evaluate and design behavioral and special education individualized programs. As consultants to many Connecticut school districts, CBH provides on-site training for school personnel to implement difficult behavioral modification programs, beginning with functional assessments and tiered level systems for the most difficult behavior problems. CBH also offers on-site training on child and adolescent mental health issues. Previous seminar topics have included cutting, suicide prevention, classroom behavior management, adolescent development, and anxiety management.

I. Program Development

Individual Program Design

Intensive behavioral components designed to reduce problem behaviors

Aggressive, self-control, psychiatric, autism spectrum, bi-polar behavioral management programs

II. Systems Consultation

Autism Program Consultation: Design and Implementation of Individual and District-wide Programs

Applied Behavioral Analysis Methodology

Special education and pre-referral intervention teaming

IEP analysis

III. Psychological and Psychiatric Evaluations

Psychoeducation, Neuropsychological Evaluations

Psychiatric Evaluations: diagnostic evaluations to determine programmatic decisions

IEP formulation and intervention design

IV: Risk Assessments

Determination of risk for suicidal or homicidal behavior

Assess students safety and eligibility for return to school

Design of Crisis Management Protocols

V: Inclusion of Special Education Students

Serious Emotionally Disturbed students into the regular education classroom

Autistic and Pervasive Developmental Disorder inclusionary models

VI. Inservice Trainings for Faculty and Staff Development

Classroom Management and Difficulty Student Management

Psychiatric Diagnoses and the SED Student

Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Understanding Educational Implications

Positive Behavioral Support Program Design District-Wide

Crisis Management and Suicidal Risk Assessment

VII. In-Home Support Services

Provision of Behavioral Support Programs for Autistic Spectrum Students in the home

Parent Training for Parents' of students with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder

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Autism Programming

The development of programs and continuum of services to be offered to students identified as having an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) within the public school setting, requires a wide variety of educational approaches and methodologies. The special programming developed to educate students includes strategies from some of the more research- based methodologies (ABA, TEACCH, PECS, etc.). This framework of understanding of how children with ASD learn is consistent with the National Academy of Science (NAS) 2001 report which recommends “multiple methodologies” for programming for students with autism and will ensure individual programming with a focus on a student’s Individual Educational Plan (IEP) and how goals and objectives will be carried out (NRC, 2001). The psychologists at Connecticut Behavioral Health, LLC, approach teaching children with ASD from a multi-intervention approach with a behavioral emphasis. We believe in a continuum of services that make up a Multi-Intervention Teaching Approach (MITA) for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Multi-Intervention Teaching Approach (MITA) Methodologies for students identified with having an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Direct Instruction – systematic, comprehensive individualized instruction to implement educational goals and objectives
Total Communication Approach to Instruction – providing multiple frameworks for communication opportunities to improve receptive, expressive, non-verbal, and pragmatic language skills
Sensory Motor – addressing the vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile, auditory, visual, and movement needs of each student
Facilitate Play and Leisure Development – targeting both the social and communicative core deficits found in students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Functional Life Skills – teaching of adaptive skills students have yet to master
Parent Training – strengthening the home/school collaboration by offering training sessions on target areas of need for an individual student (e.g., behavior, visual schedules, preparing for community outings, etc.)

At Connecticut Behavioral Health, LLC, we are dedicated to help support families and school districts to ensure the most appropriate educational programming possible for children with ASD. At Connecticut Behavioral Health, LLC, we provide:

School Consultation
Individual Educational Plan (IEP) development
Staff Trainings on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Creation of Behavior Plans and Monitoring

Parent Consultation
Individual Educational Plan (IEP) development
Individual Counseling

For children identified with having an ASD
Social Skills Training
Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychological Assessments

Cognitive

Educational

Adaptive

Developmental History

Play Observation

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In Home Services

CBH In-Home Services provides families with the guidance and support necessary to help their home function more productively. CBH In-Home staff have extensive training in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). CBH uses ABA techniques as the foundation for the individualized programs that we create for our clients.

We begin by interviewing the family to obtain a complete description and history of the presenting problem. We then create a comprehensive behavioral intervention plan based on a functional analysis of the problem behavior. The behavioral plan includes proactive, preventative strategies (i.e., environmental modifications) for the family to implement as well as reactive strategies to assist the family with managing the problem behavior when it arises. Connecticut Behavioral Health, LLC is focused on creating a positive family environment and skill building. Thus, all behavior plans are reward oriented. The problem behaviors that are identified during the functional behavior analysis and family interview are reframed into positive skills that will be rewarded. This system of reinforcement teaches children productive behaviors that will result in more socially acceptable behavior. Dependent on the effectiveness of reinforcement-only plan, a reductive component to the behavior plan may be included to further manage the child’s behavior.

CBH In-Home Services provides behavioral services for children, adolescents, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Delays, Medical Disorders, and Psychiatric/Behavioral issues.

CBH currently provides In-Home Services for The Department of Developmental Services, The Department of Children and Families, and a number of school districts throughout the state.

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Pharmacotherapy

Some individuals may benefit from psychiatric medications in addition to psychotherapy. CBH clinicians understand that some individuals may be uncomfortable with the idea of using psychiatric medications in addition to psychotherapy. CBH clinicians appreciate this concern and work with their clients to educate them on the use psychiatric medications in order to ease any discomfort clients may experience. CBH clinicians work with psychiatrists, advanced practice nurse specialists, and primary care physicians to coordinate the appropriate medication related services.

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