Behavioral Health

Behavioral Health Services

Imagine!’s Behavioral Services are embedded into the fabric of our overall services, programs, and activities. We can help children and adults at their home or while attending other services with functional communication training, social interaction and relatedness, help with transitions, developing a variety of skills, addressing problematic behaviors, and much more. You will have access to our Board Certified Behavior Analysts and other Behavioral Team members to receive the highest quality of care we can provide.

We provide individualized supports to people of all ages. We serve people with autism, developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, dual diagnosis, cognitive or memory issues related to aging, and people with other diverse backgrounds. We are also committed to educating our community and offer seminars and group skills training classes open to all.

Board Certified Clinicians

We are a team of specialists who have received extensive graduate level training. Each Imagine! Clinician is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), which means you are receiving services from highly trained professionals who have attained their Behavior Analyst certification. The individuals we serve are supported by a team of therapists and clinicians who complete an assessment and implement ongoing direct supervision as a way to ensure growth in positive behavior. The team emphasizes compassion and compliance with standards determined by the BACB (Behavior Analyst Certification Board).

How can behavioral services help?

Teaching Skills: We can help someone learn a brand new skill or maintain a skill that they have already learned. We spend time understanding each person's goals, the family's needs/wants, and the abilities of the person. We design our approach to support learning and continued growth.

Diagnoses: We can address behavior concerns whether they are related to genetic, mental health, or developmental diagnoses.

Challenging Behaviors: Some of the frequent behavior challenges we see include: verbal aggression, behaviors that hurt other people or themselves, disruptive behaviors, tantrums, repetitive behaviors, manipulative behaviors, property destruction, and refusals. Some of the behavior challenges we address for families and teams consist of: transitioning between environments or living situations, working with a new caregiver, setting expectations, positive communication, empowering families/school/vocational organizations, and sibling interaction.

Should we seek behavioral services?

Families and caregivers are often confused about why or when to seek behavioral services. Imagine! Behavioral Services provide behavior assessments, skill assessments, school planning, transition support, education of primary social circles, and individual behavior intervention. We serve persons of all ages, including children (with early intervention support and without), adolescents, young adults and older adults.

When should a referral for behavioral services happen?

As soon as possible after symptoms are noticed or a diagnosis is present. Decades of research show that the earlier children begin treatment, the higher their chance of better outcomes. Keep in mind: reputable BCBAs could not and would never promise specific individual outcomes for a child.
When a challenging behavior is interfering with learning or the harmony of the home, school, or community environment.
When a person is not displaying skills or behaviors that their peers are showing, and this worries you or your community.
When a person loses skills that they had already mastered.
Your physician, therapist, teacher, or another professional recommends behavioral services based upon their observations or diagnosis.