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ACES Clinical Advisory Board member, Dr. Peter Gerhardt and Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Innovation at ACES, Ashley Drag, M.S., BCBA will be presenting at CASP this year! We are honored to represent ACES care model and meaningful outcomes in collaboration with CASP.
Abstract
Client and Family Centered Outcomes for ABA Treatment: Measurement of outcomes that matter most.
The field of ABA must formalize uniform practice standards related to quality and outcomes in the treatment of ASD. This lecture will identify a person and family centered clinical care model, with a framework for outcome management at critical mass: The ACES Center of Excellence Index. By creating a standardized bundle of outcomes based on the clients’ priorities and needs with validated instruments and time points for measurement, we can ensure the client and their family remain at the center of their care. For a valid comparison of our heterogenous population, we must also have a risk stratification to control for the many variables. Through the implementation of the standardized bundle, we can begin to measure, analyze, and improve outcomes achieved in the care delivery model.
- Participants will be able to describe two efforts of a behavior analytic professional in establishing clinical outcome measurements.
- Participants will describe two socially valid measures of behavior analytic treatment of ASD.
- Participants will be able to identify two key stakeholders involved in establishing best practices for quality.
Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D.
Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D., is the Executive Director of the EPIC School in Paramus, NJ. Dr. Gerhardt has nearly 40 years of experience utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in support of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders in educational, employment, residential, and community-based settings. He is the author or co-author of a number of articles and book chapters on the needs of adolescents and adults with ASD and has presented nationally and internationally on this topic. Dr. Gerhardt serves as Co-Chairman of the Scientific Council for the Organization for Autism Research and is on numerous professional advisory boards including the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. He received his doctorate from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey’s Graduate School of Education.
Ashley Drag, M.S., BCBA
Ashley Drag is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Innovation at ACES. Ashley has more than 16 years of experience in autism, enhancing quality of life for individuals and families through comprehensive and compassionate applied behavior analysis treatment. She is the architect the ACES Center of Excellence (COE) Quality Index, a time-proven and collective measure of performance excellence for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) clinics. The ACES COE is recognized by a national payor as the framework for value based care in ABA treatment.
ACES operates in more than sixty-five communities across nine states, serving thousands of clients in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington with a time-proven record of positive outcomes.
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