One of our individuals in our Community Living program received ABA services throughout 2019 to address a challenging behavior that was resulting in self-harm and significant injury. The ABA department was able to conduct observations, gather data, and develop an individualized Behavior Support Plan that would support the individual through two phases: habit reversal training and self-monitoring.  In the first phase, her support team members prompted her to engage in a safe replacement behavior.  This replacement behavior would allow her to meet her needs while not harming herself.

In the second phase, her support team members worked with her to self-monitor the challenging behavior.  Over the past year, the Behavior Support Plan and intervention has been amazingly effective: she began to engage in the replacement behavior independently and discontinued the harmful behavior.  With the support of the ABA department and her Community Living support team, her previously created wounds began to heal and fewer wounds began appearing.  She was discharged from services at the end of the year following successfully reaching her goal of reducing the challenging behavior to near zero levels!