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Join Free →Clinical decision support systems are quickly becoming essential tools for healthcare providers as the volume of available data increases alongside their responsibility to deliver value-based care. They have long been established parts of care in the medical community, as well as Physical and Occupational therapies. Reducing clinical variation and duplicative treatment, ensuring client and staff safety, and avoiding complications that may result in expensive clawbacks are top priorities for providers in the modern regulatory and reimbursement environment – and harnessing the hidden insights of big data is essential for achieving these goals. The amount of information BCBAs need to understand is getting so untenable that it's unreasonable to expect the average clinician to integrate all of it into their decision-making effectively and reliably. Best practices are ever-evolving to keep-pace with rapidly developing understanding of autism and neurodiversity. Clinical decision support (CDS) tools are designed to help sift through enormous amounts of data to suggest next steps for treatments, alert providers to available information they may not have seen, or catch potential problems, such as behaviors or co-existing conditions that clinicians have no experience with.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
Amanda “Mandy” Ralston, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, is a serial founder and CEO with more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of applied behavior analysis, autism services, and technology-driven innovation. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of KidsChoice Therapy, an Oklahoma-based provider of autism and pediatric therapy services, where she leads clinical, operational, and growth strategy following a recent investment partnership.As founder and CEO of NonBinary Solutions, Ralston spearheads the development of Clinical Decision Support Systems that help standardize how clinicians make treatment decisions while preserving their autonomy, with a focus on quality of life, outcomes, and neurodiversity-informed care. Across her career, she has built and scaled multiple ABA organizations serving hundreds of families and schools, earning recognition from the U.S. Small Business Administration and being honored as an Autism Innovator for her contributions to the field.A sought-after international thought leader, Ralston delivers immersive workshops and keynotes for academic institutions, executive teams, and creative communities, using playful, neurodiversity-affirming engagement to catalyze cognitive flexibility, collaboration, and innovation. She has served as a subject matter expert on global panels focused on ethics, outcomes, and practice in behavior analysis and continues to advise founders, funders, and providers on building sustainable, equity-centered autism and behavioral health services.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.