Welcome to the Behavior Treatment and Training Center’s Day Treatment Program

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Providing expertise in the application of applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques under the supervision of full-time on-site Board Certified Behavior Analysts.

Students must have a diagnosis of one of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders (autism spectrum disorders) or mental retardation. Primary emphasis is for children ages 18 months – 7 years at the time of application, but there are limited positions for children over the age of 10 years – 18 years. One-on-one intensive ABA training is provided 8:30-3 (6.5 hours per day), Monday – Friday for the full time day treatment program, and either 8:30-11:30 or 1-4 in accordance with the individual’s schedule for the part time day treatment program. Texana Center holiday schedule is followed, which provides substantially fewer closed days than the typical ISD holiday schedule. The program is year round.

Treatment Goals of the BTTC Day Treatment Program:

A major goal of the program is to teach each child how to learn and behave in a less restrictive, more natural school environment. Inclusion opportunities with private or public school can be supported with BTTC staff, as arranged by each individual’s private institution or local school district.

Type of Program

The BTTC Day Treatment Program provides a therapeutic setting for students with a diagnosis of mental retardation or one of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders, including autism, using the principles of ABA to teach skills in the area of:

Appropriate Behavior
Self-care
Communication
Social Skills
Academics
Classroom Inclusion

Training is one on one with an emphasis on teaching the child to respond within a more natural group setting. The program is not a certified TEA program, but academic skills are taught. School districts can contract to send a student to BTTC Day Treatment for behavior assessment and program development. Extensive staff training is then provided to the school staff as part of the transition back into the school setting.

The Behavior Treatment and Training Center (BTTC)

The BTTC is a well-established and respected service provider. The program was established in 1990 to provide consultative, hands-on expertise in ABA to agencies, schools, and families. The BTTC provides individualized ABA services through four different programs: a short-term ICF/MR residential program for severe behavior challenges, an outreach program for less severe behavior challenges which do not require immediate removal from the home, a Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)Training program for training others in the correct application of ABA techniques, and the BTTC Day Treatment program. Additional services available include consultation by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to public schools, other agencies, and private families, as well as management of in-home ABA programs by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

The BTTC has the staff expertise, an on-going clinical practice, a relationship with the local school districts, and a devotion to continuing education for the staff.

The residential program employs 3 Board Certified Behavior Analysts. The BTTC Community Programs include the PBS Training Program, Outreach, and Day Treatment all housed out of the Airport Facility. The PBS Training program employs 1 Board Certified Behavior Analyst. The Day Treatment Program employs 1 Master’s Level Board Certified Behavior Analyst and two Bachelor’s level Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts. The Outreach Program employs 4 Board Certified Behavior Analysts. All three community programs are managed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and the overall BTTC program, including the residential program and community programs, is Managed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. The BTTC has positions for 12  BCBA’s and 2 BCABA’s.

The BTTC Day Treatment program was established in January 2004, with the experience, expertise, and enthusiasm of a well-qualified staff.

Texana Center

Texana Center provides the organizational support, management, and accountability for the BTTC Day Treatment Program.

The Behavior Treatment and Training Center is a program within the Developmental Disabilities Services Division of Texana. The Director of the BTTC is Dr. Don Williams, a Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. The Director of MR Services at Texana is also a Master’s level Psychologist with a degree in Applied Behavior Analysis.

I want to send my child to a day treatment program; Why Should I Select the BTTC Day Treatment Program?

1. The BTTC employs full time on-site Board Certified Behavior Analyst who is also a Texas Certified Special Education Teacher as the Program Supervisor of the Day Treatment Program. When this BCBA is not present, another BCBA from within the BTTC is assigned to supervise the day treatment program so that there is always a BCBA present and responsible.
2. The children ages 3-8 have a full time program BCBA for every 12-13 children, plus a staff training BCBA and generalization/parent training BCBA for the 25 full-time children.
3. The BTTC Day Treatment Program has an open-door policy for parents to observe their child unscheduled at any time. There are 14 video cameras with audio throughout the program allowing a parent to enter the building through the office entrance without their child knowing they are present (and often the staff) and observe the classroom over the monitor system. The monitor system includes a 54” LCD screen, cameras with rotate and zoom capabilities, and auditory. The cameras can be easily set to record.
4. The BCBA Program Supervisor is assigned full-time to student programming and staff supervision/training. The BTTC Community Programs Manager is a separate BCBA position who is responsible for the administrative duties of the Day Treatment Program. The BCBA Program Supervisor spends the hours the students are present, in the classrooms.
5. The BTTC Community Programs employ 9 Board Certified Behavior Analysts, all of whom office at the same location and provide a wonderful resource and back-up for the Day Treatment Program Supervisor. The BTTC Community Programs includes the BTTC Outreach Program which has an established reputation for the past 17 years of providing ABA treatment to individuals of all ages who display severe aggressive and self-injurious behaviors in addition to working with skill acquisition.
6. The location is very convenient for the Houston, Sugarland, Katy areas and areas south of Houston, just off Highway 59 South.
7. The facility is pleasant and fun for children with brightly painted classrooms, two fenced in grassy playground areas with play equipment for children and toddlers and open space for learning t-ball and soccer, an outdoor basketball court that has been converted for bicycle riding, wagon riding, and roller skating, and a kitchen with appliances for simple meal preparation and eating. The buildings are part of the Texana Center central office complex of 7 buildings on landscaped property which houses the administration departments of Texana Center.
8. There are more program days for your child because Texana does not follow a school schedule. Texana only gives staff 7 holidays each year, and since the staff are here, the students can be here. The BTTC Day Treatment program is year round.
9. Staff are full time employees of Texana and therefore staff training is conducted daily within the 30 minutes before students arrive in the mornings and the 1.5 hours after the students leave in the afternoon. There are minimum scheduled staff training days which close the program to students.
10. Parent meetings are scheduled with the BCBA Program Supervisor and not just with the lead trainer.

See www.texanacenter.com and www.bttcresidentialtreatment.com for more information about Texana Center

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A Fort Bend County ABA treatment program to teach children with autism and PDD or other autism spectrum disorders, developed and managed by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), in Rosenberg, Texas.