55 Pa. Code § 5240.82 - Supervision of staff who provide ABA services
(a) An individual who meets the
qualifications of a clinical director shall provide the following supervision
to individuals who provide behavior analytic services and behavior
consultation-ABA services:
(1) One hour of
individual face-to-face supervision per month that includes oversight of the
following:
(i) The interventions being
implemented.
(ii) The child's,
youth's or young adult's progress towards the goals of the ITP.
(iii) Consideration of adjustments needed to
the ITP.
(iv) The staff person's
skills in implementing the interventions in the ITP.
(2) If the individual who provides behavior
analytic services or behavior consultation-ABA services supervises an
individual who provides assistant behavior consultation-ABA services or BHT-ABA
services, the individual shall receive an additional hour of face-to-face
supervision per month that includes a discussion of the assistant behavior
consultation-ABA services or BHT-ABA serviced being provided.
(3) Thirty minutes of direct observation of
services being provided every 6 months.
(b) An individual who meets the
qualifications of a clinical director or is qualified to provide behavior
analytic services or behavior consultation-ABA services shall provide the
following supervision to individuals who provide assistant behavior
consultation-ABA services:
(1) One hour of
supervision two times a month. The supervision must be face-to-face and include
only the individual being supervised and the supervisor.
(2) If the individual has not previously
provided assistant behavior consultation-ABA services, 3 hours of onsite
supervision during the provision of ABA services to a child, youth or young
adult prior to providing ABA services independently.
(3) Thirty minutes of direct observation of
the provision of ABA services to a child, youth or young adult during the
implementation of the ITP every 6 months.
(4) The supervision must include oversight of
the following:
(i) The interventions being
implemented.
(ii) The child's,
youth's or young adult's progress towards the goals of the ITP.
(iii) Consideration of adjustments needed to
the ITP.
(iv) The staff person's
skills in implementing the interventions in the ITP.
(c) An individual who meets the
qualifications of a clinical director or is qualified to provide behavior
analytic services or behavior consultation-ABA services or an individual who is
qualified to provide assistant behavior consultation-ABA services and has a
BCaBA or other undergraduate-level certification in behavior analysis that is
accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American
National Standards Institute shall provide the following supervision to
individuals who provide BHT-ABA services:
(1)
One hour of supervision each week if the individual who provides BHT-ABA
services works at least 37.5 hours per week or 1 hour of supervision two times
a month if the individual who provides BHT-ABA services works less than 37.5
hours a week. An individual who provides BHT-ABA services must receive 1 hour
of individual face-to-face supervision each month.
(2) If the individual has not previously
provided BHT-ABA services, 6 hours of onsite supervision during the provision
of ABA services to a child, youth or young adult prior to providing ABA
services independently.
(3) One
hour of direct observation of the provision of ABA services to a child, youth
or young adult during the implementation of the ITP every 4 months, unless the
individual meets the qualifications to provide BHT-ABA services included in §
5240.81(g)(5)
(relating to staff qualifications for ABA services). If the individual meets
the qualifications to provide BHT-ABA services included in §
5240.81(g)(5),
the individual shall receive 1 hour of direct observation of the provision of
ABA services to a child, youth or young adult during the implementation of the
ITP every 2 months.
(4) The
supervision must include oversight of the following:
(i) The interventions being
implemented.
(ii) The child's,
youth's or young adult's progress towards the goals of the ITP.
(iii) Consideration of adjustments needed to
the ITP.
(iv) The staff person's
skills in implementing the interventions in the ITP.
(d) Group supervision may be
provided to no more than 12 staff who provide ABA services, but only nine of
the staff can provide BHT-ABA services.
(e) An individual may supervise a maximum of
12 full-time equivalent staff who provide ABA services, but only nine of the
full-time equivalent staff can provide BHT-ABA services.
(f) A supervisor shall be available to
consult with staff during the hours that ABA services are being provided,
including evenings and weekends.
(g)
Face-to face supervision may be delivered through secure, real-time, two-way
audio and video transmission that meets technology and privacy standards
required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(Pub.L. No.
104-191 ).
(h) A supervisor shall maintain documentation
about each supervision session in the supervised staff person's personnel file
that includes the following:
(1) The date of
the supervision session.
(2) The
location and modality of the session, such as in-person or through a secure
real-time, two-way audio and video transmission.
(3) The format of the session, such as
individual, group or onsite.
(4)
The start and end time of the supervision session.
(5) A narrative summary of the points
discussed during the session.
(6)
The signature and signature date of the supervisor and the staff person
receiving supervision.
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