As many healthcare providers accept insurance coverage for ABA therapy, there is a growing need for objective documentation that reflects client progress towards treatment goals and identifies barriers to client outcomes. Session notes help substantiate billing claims, provide a rationale for the need for ongoing services, are included as part of the client's medical record, and are required by funders to remain in compliance with regulations. However, despite the need for staff training in this area, there have been few studies published in the behavior analytic literature that have evaluated how to effectively write session notes that demonstrate the medical necessity for ABA services.
This webinar outlines a behavioral skills training (BST) model for training staff on how to write medically necessary session notes and provides a framework for quality assurance measures, to ensure staff document relevant information. You will learn how to create your own training resources, checklists, templates, rubrics, and evaluation measures, outlining a systematic approach to generating more accurate and objective session notes.
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to
- Understand medical necessity and its importance to ABA session notes
- Describe the essential clinical and non-clinical components of session notes
- Utilize a framework for writing the narrative section of session notes
- Establish quality assurance measures for evaluating documentation
About the Presenter
Amazing course. I will be downloading and using the notes!
This training gave me some useful ideas to incorporate into our session note training and evaluation systems. I enjoyed how user friendly the suggestions were and how adaptable it could be to your specific organization.
Excellent course. The information was presented well.
This course covers everything you need to know about session note writing. Will definitely refer this course to colleagues!
I found this CEU and its resources extremely helpful. Thank you!
Excellent / brilliant content! A+ (...recommend the presenter keep HIPAA in mind when recommending technology - as we should not be sharing clinical notes (even de-identified) anywhere that is harvesting data)
My supervisor took this course a while back and when I was taking this course it made me so relieved to know that our notes and templates meet requirements. All because of this training!!! This is such an informative training and it is so easy to break down. HIGHLY RECOMMEND
This was a great course and it went through the basics of how to write good notes - I think it is definitely worthwhile and recommend it to everyone in the field
This course was practical and efficient I will be utilizing it today for both my own clients and for my supervisees. Excellent quality. I am wanting to take the next course offered by Dr. Jamie Hughes-Lika.
This course was very helpful in bridging the gap between effective ABA practice and effective documentation for payers. The steps to help support accurate documentation were very actionable across levels of ABA services (direct service implementors and supervisors). I love how it was focused on creating sustainable systems. I shared this with other supervisors. Thank you!
Course information
- Title: Medically Necessary ABA Session Notes
- Presenter: Jamie Hughes Lika Ph.D., BCBA-D
- CEUs: 2 Learning
- Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Customer Rating: (532)