EPSDT Behavior Treatment:  A behavior approach (for children, adolescents under the age of 21) targeting client's with developmental delays

The recipient of services is medically stable but needs systematic treatment interventions to increase adaptive behavioral functioning and increased communication abilities.  Clients present developmental delays and / or health conditions which if left untreated would lead to significant long term impairments in adaptive functioning.  Treatment components include:  Behavior treatment to improve the functional behaviors of the clients by integrating a multidisciplinary clinical and medical services with behavior treatment aimed at increasing the enrollee’s adaptive functioning and communicative abilities.  Family training and counseling related to the implementation of the behavior treatment is included as part of the services.