Behavior Management and Adaptive Skills Training
Omelagah, Inc. provides one-to-one individualized Behavior Management and Adaptive Skills Training services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Behavior Management Technicians implement instructional and environmental modifications to produce socially significant improvements in the an individuals behavior through skill acquisition and the reduction of behavior. These are paraprofessional staff who have a minimum of 30 hours of behavior management training. Staff practice under the direct supervision of a certified Behavior Analyst or a Behavior Management Consultant.
Adaptive Skills Training (AST) services enhance an individual’s existing skills. They also may remedy an individual’s skill deficits in communication, social function, or other related skill areas, including, but not limited to, the following categories: (a) safety skills; (b) skills needed to access the community; (c) hygiene and dressing skills; (d) skills needed to access technology; (e) skills needed to buy and prepare food; (f) competency training; (g) housekeeping skills; (h) toileting skills; (i) feeding skills (including addressing picky eating, food refusal, and sensory-based issues with food); (j) staff and personnel training; (k) communication; (l) challenging behavior; (m) sleep and sleep hygiene; (n) choice making; and (o) specialty counseling.
- Educational/Vocational Training
- Recreational Activities
- Community Integration
- Compliance Support
- Social Skills Development
- Behavioral Supports
- Conflict Resolution
- Critical Thinking
- Anger Management
- Communication Skills Development
- Safety and Survival Skills
- Personal Hygiene
- Self-Advocacy
- Recidivism Prevention
AST staff qualifications and job duties:
Adaptive Skills Training Professional designs and implements adaptive skills training plans and provides supervision to Adaptive Skills Training Specialists. Providers must have a master’s degree in one of the following: education, psychology, counseling, nursing, social work, applied behavior analysis, behavioral medicine, speech and language, rehabilitation, marriage and family of experience in the design and implementation of adaptive skills training plans.
Adaptive Skills Training Specialist designs and implements adaptive skills training plans under the supervision of an Adaptive Skills Training Professional. Providers must have a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: education, psychology, counseling, nursing, social work, applied behavior analysis, behavioral medicine, speech and language, rehabilitation, marriage and family therapy, or a comparable degree in a human services field; and at least one year of experience supporting individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Providers should have experience in the area for which adaptive skills training is to be provided.