Lorri Unumb – Your Voice – .5 CEU belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter clinical documentation, payer communication, supervision records, and leadership review. In Lorri Unumb – Your Voice – .5 CEU, for this course, the practical stakes show up in service continuity, accurate reporting, and defensible clinical decisions, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: Autism Partnership Foundation
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Join Free →In 2004, the New York Times wrote that "no disability claims more parental time and energy than autism." Families dealing with autism face many hardships, not the least of which is financial hardship. One reason for the financial hardship is the failure of the health insurance industry to cover treatments for, and sometimes even diagnosis of, autism. As recently as the turn of the millennium, it was widely accepted that health insurance did not cover even the standard treatments for autism. Sadly, few individuals with autism reach their potential because, in the absence of consistent funding, most do not have access to treatment that is appropriate in quality and quantity. Appropriate care is both difficult to find and difficult to afford. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wrote that the "delivery and organization of care for ASD is very fragmented, with pieces scattered about in the primary care, school, and specialty clinical settings. It is left to the families and caregivers of patients with ASD to find and assemble these pieces." Recently, there has been a national movement toward legislating meaningful health insurance coverage for individuals with autism. Since 2007, more than 40 states have enacted legislation requiring coverage of ABA. In this session, we will explore the laws that now require health insurance and Medicaid coverage of ABA. We will discuss the gaps in coverage that remain and strategies for filling those gaps. We will discuss pitfalls that consumers should watch out for when attempting to utilize insurance and Medicaid benefits. Finally, we will examine the underlying grassroots advocacy that led to meaningful reform and how similar advocacy efforts can lead to other improvements in autism-related laws.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB | 5 | General |
Dig into the research behind this topic — plain-English summaries written for BCBAs.
280 research articles with practitioner takeaways
279 research articles with practitioner takeaways
256 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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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.