CLASS is paying for ABA services

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Hi ,

I'm in the Dallas area (Denton County). I'm thinking about becoming a

BCBA, but I will have to pay for most of it out of pocket. That is

going to be very expensive on a teacher's salary!

I'm wondering if it's even worth it, since there are so many in this

area.

I'm very interested in this CLASS program. Does anyone know how a

BCBA gets on the list to provide services with them? Or, is any BCBA

eligible?

Thanks!

Caldwell, M.Ed.

www.PositivelyAutism.com

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[Guest guest]

go ahead and inquire about contracting with the Medicaid Waiver

Program Agency, contact the MHMR center out there so by the time

you're ready to seek your next challenge of becoming a BCBA you got

the ball rolling.

One of the reasons why the BCBA? Due to several families who had their

individuals under some ABA program who were utilizing the In-Home

Family Support Funds or GR at the time, several who worked with

individuals claimed doing ABA and the Medicaid Waiver agency found out

that certain centers were not even certified and would really charge

tremendous fees. This was sort of like abusing the system and also

giving ABA a bad name if not done properly.

As you had mention the expensive fee to become a BCBA & the training

one undergoes to become one, this is one of the reason it is to

protect the BCBA and for the clients to receive proper ABA services.

There are other reasons but this is one of them.

Is it worth it? Yes, you would be an Angel working with many who will

benefit from ABA services under the Medicaid Waiver Programs.

Plus it is guarantee pay when all the I's & T's are dotted and crossed

which would not delay the payment all according to the MHMR

regulations and paperwork.

Anyone you know who are BCBA please inform them too of becoming ABA

Providers under the Medicaid Waiver Program, the more the merrier.

Irma

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> Hi ,

>

> I'm in the Dallas area (Denton County). I'm thinking about becoming a

> BCBA, but I will have to pay for most of it out of pocket. That is

> going to be very expensive on a teacher's salary!

>

> I'm wondering if it's even worth it, since there are so many in this

> area.

>

> I'm very interested in this CLASS program. Does anyone know how a

> BCBA gets on the list to provide services with them? Or, is any BCBA

> eligible?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Caldwell, M.Ed.

> www.PositivelyAutism.com

>

[Guest guest]

The way I understand it. If MEDICAID does not pay for one reason or

another, then CLASS will cover it. That is how it is different. The BCBA

does not have to be a MEDICAID provider, but need to contract with CLASS.

Re: CLASS is paying for ABA services

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>> There are several BCBA's serving CLASS in the Austin/ San

> area also..

>> Phyllis

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> Since requirement is a BCBA we only have 1 contracted with the

> Medicaid Waiver Program for the CLASS, HCS & GR, wait list is huge due

> to the qualification needed. There is another BCBA who jumped aboard

> to contract with the Medicaid Waiver program which is going on 2 years

> now and finally work on progress out here in SA.

> CLASS out here for ABA was still not in progress when my son was under

> this program about 2 months ago. Boy, did I try to find every avenue

> and had even tried to see when one was not found here in SA. If I

> could travel like out to Austin, stepping out of boundaries as I found

> one out there, of course a no go. It has to be within your county.

>

> Let's hope many parents could inform the BCBA if they would like to

> contract with the Medicaid Waiver Program services and then give them

> the contact information needed on who to speak to like out here would

> be with the Bexas MRA agency location.

>

> DADS would be another place.

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> Irma

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[Guest guest]

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> The way I understand it. If MEDICAID does not pay for one reason or

> another, then CLASS will cover it. That is how it is different.

The BCBA does not have to be a MEDICAID provider, but need to contract

with CLASS.

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>

, I hope you find a BCBA soon and get this ball rolling.

When this happens and hopefully soon, seems like you will be one to

keep many aboard the CLASS program the information needed and open

doors for other BCBA to hop aboard here.

If you do not mind to please continue sharing on whatever you find.

I just checked out the Certificant Registry to see how many BCBA out

here in SA, it has grown but only now going to possible 2 now under

the Bexar MRA guidelines.

http://www.bacb.com/consum_frame.html

Looking forward reading your updates.

Thanks!

Irma

[Guest guest]

, I don’t know about FEAT-NT,

but FEAT-Houston does have some scholarships for people who are working towards

their BCBA certification. Why don’t you ask FEAT-NT?

Thanks,

Geraldine

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Hi All:

KHOU TV did a segment on Special Ed Thursday evening. Parent

had video taped a Speech Therapy session of her son who attended

a Spring ISD school. Link to the Video:

http://www.khou.com/video/index.html?nvid=314761

Sincerely, Vivian

Are special ed students getting the instruction they need in public schools?

11:01 PM CST on Thursday, December 18, 2008

By Dave Fehling / 11 News

HOUSTON--Dana Pennington's son, Tyler,

is mentally disabled, but he goes to a public school.

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Are special ed students getting the instruction they need in public schools?

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Recently, she recorded one of his classes. She was not happy with what

she saw.

" If this is speech therapy, I guess this explains why Tyler's not where he needs to be, "

Pennington said. " They're hurting my son, because they're just not giving

him what he needs. "

Pennington contends that Tyler

is getting lackluster instruction in the special education classes at his

Spring ISD school.

It's an issue affecting more and more families, as the number of autistic kids

like Tyler

continues to skyrocket.

Currently, the CDC says one of every 150 children is affected by autism.

Tyler is one of over 90,000 special ed students

in the Houston

area. They make up more than 10 percent of the student population. Federal law

says they're entitled to an education, but how good of an education are they

getting?

A new report by a Texas Senate committee found that dealing with the special

education system is " at best challenging and at worst dysfunctional and

adversarial. "

The report indicates that some schools offer good programs, while others

don't. The report says the latter category of schools is doing less than

the law requires, hoping parents won't challenge them.

So many parents need help negotiating with schools that groups like the Family

to Family Network have popped up.

Family to Family said they recently had to get the state to intervene to make a

Houston public

school start offering speech therapy.

Family to Family's Jane said that school has a speech therapist

now.

But HISD said they are not withholding services at all.

They said they try to provide specially-trained teachers, but those teachers

are even harder to hire than the regular ones.

" There's a shortage of speech therapists across the nation. And it's not

just in Houston ISD, " HISD Assistant Superintendent Carolyn Guess said.

HISD said it wants to work with parents, and they're now providing liaisons for

just that purpose.

There are also proposals to let parents like Pennington, who are dissatisfied

with the schools, to transfer their kids to whatever school they prefer.

State Rep. Debbie Riddle said she plans to propose a voucher law just for

special ed.

" Nobody knows what is best for that child better than the parents, "

she said.

For taxpayers, advocates for special ed kids believe it's a case of pay now or

pay later.

" These are kids we're going to have to take care of later on, "

said.

By providing good special ed now, advocates believe mentally disabled children

may require less public assistance as adults.

And that could mean a better life, just like any parent would want for their

child.

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where r u located?

CLASS is paying for ABA services

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>> > ofcourse, no one told me that ....I have to find out about by

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> http://www.dads.state.tx.us/providers/communications/2008/letters/IL20

> 08-123.pdf

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Autism Advocacy

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Disability Network

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