On July 1, BHCOE launched its new standards for applied behavior analysis (ABA) and introduced changes to its accreditation process. It has updated its standards to improve understandability and has brought greater focus to clinical practices on the path to quality ABA services. In developing the new standards and making changes to its accreditation process, BHCOE listened carefully to the ABA community and relied on its growing body of knowledge including seven years and more than 100,000 data points about the practices that result in quality ABA services.

In this podcast, Dr. Ellie Kazemi joins Sara Litvak and Anna Bullard to discuss the following changes in BHCOE’s 2022 Standards and new Accreditation Process:

·        A newly designed digital gateway to guide providers step-by-step

·        Immediate feedback to redirect providers to resources that help them meet a standard

·        No reloading documents for accreditation renewals unless they have changed

·        More focused, fewer survey questions

·        Fewer required documents

·        Even more transparency of the scoring criteria

·        Greater focus on the quality of therapy sessions and the quality of services

·        Scalability for organizations with fewer than 25 patients

·        Additional clinic-specific data visibility for a larger organization