Providers > Behavioral Services Resources

The materials listed here have been included as resources that we hope will be helpful as you plan, deliver and monitor services to individuals with special needs. This list will be updated on a regular basis and we expect, with your input and support, it will grow to be a significant and beneficial compendium of useful tools and resources.

Please feel free to send in materials and links to other sites that you would like to share with others in the field who are serving people identified as having developmental disabilities

Send to: Steve_Coleman@apd.state.fl.us.

Seclusion and Restraint Rule (65G-8)

• Effective August 7, 2008, as mandated by the Florida Legislature.

Provider Surveys

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  We want to hear from you. The surveys here are a way for you to let us know how we are doing and ways that we may improve our services.

Books and Articles

• BF Skinner Foundation
  Provides a free electronic copy of the book Science and Human Behavior
• PubMed Central (PMC)
  This is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature
• Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  A psychology journal that publishes research about applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance
• Applied Behavior Analysis textbook by Cooper, Heward and Heron
  A comprehensive Text covering all areas of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Getting Ready to Help by Martin McMorrow
  Good text for creating a positive helpful culture in people who provide services to individuals
• Functional Behavioral Assessment and Diagnosis
  Good text for a pragmatic approach to functional assessment and basic intervention planning.

Data Sheets

• Link to the electronic version of the standard chart
• Several nice downloadable data sheets
• Loads of data sheets related to verbal behavior
• Several good data sheets and links to other data sheets

Helpful and interesting sites

• The Behavior Analysis Certification Board
  Promoting and implementing a voluntary international certification program for behavior analyst practioners
• The Florida Association for Behavior Analysis
  Promoting the ethical, humane, and effective application of behavior principles in settings ranging from the community group home to the corporate boardroom
• The Cambridge Center for Behavioral studies
  Working to advance the scientific study of behavior and its applications to the problems of society
• Autism Speaks
  Autism Speaks; It's Time To Listen
• The Autism Society of America
  Improving the lives of all affected by autism
• National Institute of Mental Health publication on Autism Spectrum Disorders
  A detailed booklet that describes Autism symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping
• The Center for Disease Control Autism Information Center
  Information on a group of developmental disabilities defined by significant impairments in social interaction and communication and the presence of unusual behaviors and interests
• The Center for Disease Control Developmental Disabilities Information
  Information on a diverse group of severe chronic conditions that are due to mental and/or physical impairments
• Federal Genetic Conditions information page
  Provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health
• The National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
  Education, training, and information on mental health issues relating to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation Consultants
  Good source for manualized assessment and treatment resources for mental illness
• H&W Independent Solutions
  Good source for training materials regarding active treatment, protection from harm and dealing with ICF-MR surveys
• The Standard Celeration society
• www.precisionteachingresource.net
  Resource page for Precision teaching materials
• www.fluency.org
  Resource page for behavioral fluency
• My Breakfast Reading
  A free program for teaching reading using precision teaching methods.
• www.morningsideacademy.org
  Link to highly effective educational materials produced by a program in Seattle Washington
• www.headsprout.com
  On line phonics based reading program
• www.lovaas.com
  Ivar Lovaas Autism program website
• www.abaresources.com
  ABA Resources company site