Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part III - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL › Chapter 1155 - INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1155.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
ABA-Applied behavior analysis
-The design,
					 implementation and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
					 stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human
					 behavior or to prevent loss of attained skill or function including the use of
					 direct observation, measurement and functional analysis of the relations
					 between environment and behavior.
Caregiver
-An individual with
					 responsibility for the care and supervision of a child, youth or young
					 adult.
Child
-A person under 14 years of
					 age.
DSM-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
					 Disorders.
Department
-The Department of Human
					 Services of the Commonwealth.
EBT-Evidence-based therapy
-Behavioral
					 health therapy that uses scientifically established behavioral health
					 interventions and meets one of the following:
(i) Categorized as effective by the Substance
				  Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the Evidence-Based Practice
				  Resource Center.
(ii) Categorized
				  as Model or Model Plus in the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
				  registry.
(iii) Categorized as
				  well-established by the American Psychological Association's Society of
				  Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
(iv) Rated as having positive effects by the
				  Institute of Education Sciences' What Works Clearinghouse.
Group services
-Therapeutic interventions
					 provided primarily in a group format through psychotherapy; structured
					 activities, including ABA services; and community integration activities that
					 address a child's, youth's or young adult's identified treatment needs.
IBHS-Intensive behavioral health
					 services
-An array of therapeutic interventions and supports provided
					 to a child, youth or young adult in the home, school or other community
					 setting.
IBHS agency
-An entity that provides one or
					 more IBHS.
ICD-International Classification of
					 Diseases.
ITP-Individual treatment plan
-A detailed
					 written plan of treatment services specifically tailored to address a child's,
					 youth's or young adult's therapeutic needs that contains the type, amount,
					 frequency, setting and duration of services to be provided and the specific
					 goals, objectives and interventions for the service.
Individual services
-Intensive therapeutic
					 interventions and supports that are used to reduce and manage identified
					 therapeutic needs, increase coping strategies and support skill development to
					 promote positive behaviors with the goal of stabilizing, maintaining or
					 maximizing functioning of a child, youth or young adult in the home, school or
					 other community setting.
Initiation of service
-The first day an
					 individual service, ABA service or group service is provided. This includes the
					 first day an assessment is conducted.
MA
-Medical Assistance.
Staff
-Any individual, including an
					 independent contractor or consultant, who works for an IBHS agency.
Young adult
-A person 18 years of age or
					 older but under 21 years of age.
Youth
-A person 14 years of age or older
					 but under 18 years of age.