Evaluation of a Brief Family-Centered Service Provision Model for Treating Children's Severe Behavior: A Retrospective Consecutive Case Series Analysis.

This article serves as an initial program evaluation of a service provision model for providing applied behavior analysis services to families with severe behavior needs. A retrospective consecutive case series design was used to evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility, and cost of the model. We analyzed records for all families served through the model from summer 2017 to fall 2018.

Rationale, Development, and Description of a Brief Family-Centered Service Provision Model for Addressing Children's Severe Behavior.

For families with children with autism that engage in severe behavior, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that functional assessment and management of environmental variables contributing to severe behavior occur prior to the prescription of psychopharmacologic treatment. Despite the inclusion of this recommendation in guidance articles published in pediatric journals for more than a decade, access to such services may not be feasible, in particular for families living in rural and geographically isolated communities. Given that families often view pediatricians as their first line of professional guidance for addressing challenges surrounding child development, the inaccessibility of appropriate services for managing healthcare is a concern for many pediatricians.