All HBCS programs are funded by the Rhode Island Department of Human Services as a component of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment. The services are for children and adolescents up to the age 21 with medical, physical, behavioral, developmental and/or psychiatric conditions who meet certain eligibility requirements. The programs are designed to address the unique concerns of each child in order to maintain, stabilize, and/or improve current levels of functioning. The services are delivered in the child’s home, the Trudeau Center and the community. All services require authorization from a CEDARR Family Center. The children must be Medicaid eligible through the Katie Beckett, SSI, or RIte Care programs. The department of HBCS houses multiple programs under this umbrella, including Home Based Therapeutic Services, Personal Assistance Services and Supports, Respite Services and Pre/Post-Treatment Consultation. In addition we have the ABA-HBTS Program which is a collaborative effort between HBCS and Pathways Strategic Teaching Center (PSTC).
HBCS Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide quality home-based services to children with special needs and their families.
Vision Statement Services will be delivered by the most qualified and trained staff, who follow best practice principles. Positive behavioral changes will be promoted by forming a partnership with parents/caregivers and the child. This partnership is based on a therapeutic relationship which strives to promote positive change by empowering parents and the children.
Each child shall be provided with the supports to function at their highest capacity supporting social skills development, self esteem and greater independence as well as instilling a sense of responsibility for themselves and their environment.
Applied Behavior Analysis-Home Based Therapeutic Services (ABA-HBTS)
ABA-HBTS is a collaborative effort between HBCS and Pathways Strategic Teaching Center (PSTC). PSTC is a comprehensive educational and treatment program, based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, servicing children with autism and related disorders. This collaborative effort...READ MORE
combines resources in relation to staffing,
staff training, and supervision. The ABA-HBTS program will utilize the principles of
applied behavior analysis including but not
limited to the following teaching
techniques:
Discrete
Trial Training: A systematic teaching
procedure involving the repetitive
presentation of a stimulus to elicit a
response. The child’s response is
consistently reinforced using previously
identified consequences that are proven to
increase the rate of responding.
Task
Analysis: This teaching procedure will
break tasks into individual steps.
Individual steps will be systematically
reinforced with previously identified
consequences that increase the rate of
behavior. This strategy is used in efforts
to chain individual steps and create
independence in completing activities.
Incidental
Teaching: This teaching procedure is
used to create a learning opportunity in all
settings, thus creating a contextual and
functional opportunity for the child to
acquire new skills. Again, consequences are
provided for each correct response so that
the response occurs more often in the
future. Incidental teaching allows for
teaching in the natural environment and
promotes generalization.
All data is analyzed regularly by a Behavior Analyst. All programmatic recommendations are data driven and developed using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Pre-Treatment Consultation
Provides a parent and/or
family with specific therapeutic
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including
communication strategies as well as
psychological and behavioral treatment
approaches. It is designed to increase the
child’s independence in communication,
functional daily living skills and reduce
challenging behaviors. Pre-Treatment Consultation, in conjunction
with CEDARR Family Center collaboration
provides an opportunity to further identify
areas of concern for a child with special
health care needs.
Home Based Therapeutic Services (HBTS)
HBTS services are provided to children living at
home (including children living with a
foster family) who have been diagnosed with
a moderate to severe physical,
developmental, behavioral or emotional
condition...
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HBTS can only be provided when
there is medical necessity, as indicated by
a physician’s prescription and documented
evidence that HBTS can meet the needs of the
child. HBTS is a
goal-oriented program, meaning that we are
mandated to provide active treatment in
areas of social, emotional/behavioral,
self-care, life skills and other areas of
development. Each child has a set of specific goals and objectives that therapeutic interventionists and parents are required to address on a daily basis.
Post-Treatment Consultation
This is a service that provides a parent and/or
family with clinical support as they
transition to other services...
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if appropriate. The clinician who worked with
the family during the period of HBTS will
review with the family specific therapeutic
interventions to help the child and the
family maintain the gains and progress made
during HBTS.
Personal Assistance Services and Supports (PASS)
PASS is a consumer-directed home based service for children, providing flexibility in staffing that can maximize a family’s choice and control. The core goal of this service is to facilitate independent community living...READ MORE
and participation in the most natural and least restrictive environment. We encourage and support families to achieve, promote and strengthen the child’s ability to accomplish essential activities of daily living skills, make self-preserving decisions and participate in socially normative behaviors in social settings.
The Trudeau Center recognizes that the family is the constant in the child’s life and will work towards and promote this goal. The PASS program will empower the families to serve as a model for their children and enable each child to be in control of their own lives, gain independence, make decisions and be the driving force behind their own treatment. Spanish speaking families are welcomed.
Respite Services
Respite is a service that is intended to help provide the caregivers with a reprieve from their responsibilities to a child...
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with special health care needs.
The goals of the program are: to allow the family to participate in outside activities thus decreasing feelings of isolation, to provide the family with rest and relaxation, to enable parents to bond with/focus attention on other family members, and to maintain the family's stability in crisis situations.
The role of a Respite worker is to ensure the safety and well-being of the child while the caregiver is absent and, when possible and appropriate, to offer socialization to the child and the opportunity to interact with another trusted adult and their community.
Student Interns Students from various colleges and universities have matriculated in Home Based Children’s Services. Students will receive direct guidance, mentoring and supervision from licensed and boarded certified clinicians. If you are a student looking for a rewarding intern experience contact the Home Based Children’s Services department.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do I get my child involved in the Home Based
Children’s Services?
Contact a CEDARR Family Center for evaluation, diagnosis, & referral
2. What is CEDARR?
CEDARR Family Centers offers families information on specific disabilities,
treatment options and referrals to community supports and assistance for their
child with special needs. CEDARR stands for: Comprehensive Evaluation,
Diagnosis, Referral and Re-evaluation
