Pa. Code 5240.97

Group services provision

This section governs the provision of group services within Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) agencies in Pennsylvania, specifically for children, youth, and young adults. It specifies which staff (graduate-level professionals and BHT/BHT-ABA qualified individuals) may provide or assist with group psychotherapy and psychoeducational activities, requires a graduate-level professional to be present during group services, and mandates that group services be structured around the individual's treatment plan. Agencies providing both group services and ABA services must also comply with the ABA-specific regulations in §§ 5240.81–5240.87.

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(a)
 A
 graduate-level professional may provide individual, group and family
 psychotherapy; design of psychoeducational group activities; clinical direction
 of services to a child, youth or young adult; create and revise the ITP;
 oversee implementation of the ITP and consult with the child's, youth's or
 young adult's treatment team regarding the ITP.

(b)
 An individual who meets the
 qualifications to provide BHT services or BHT-ABA services may assist with
 conducting group psychotherapy, facilitate psychoeducational group activities
 and implement the child's, youth's or young adult's ITP.

(c)
 Group services shall be structured to
 address the goals and objectives identified in the child's, youth's or young
 adult's ITP.

(d)
 Group services can
 be provided in a school, community setting or community like setting.

(e)
 An IBHS agency that provides group
 services and ABA services shall also comply with §§
 
5240.81
-
5240.87
 (relating to applied
 behavior analysis).

(f)
 A
 graduate-level professional shall be present while group services are being
 provided.

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