Some children receiving services for Autism Spectrum Disorders receive both home and center based instruction. CPSE approval of these services is based solely upon the child’s individual needs.
Intended Outcomes of Dual Services

• The primary goal of home-based services for children with autism spectrum disorders
is to teach the parent how to incorporate the ABA methodology into the child’s home life.

SEIT services will assist the parent in developing strategies to help the child gain skills of daily living, adaptive social behaviors and facilitate cognitive and language development. Therapists should work with the parent to devise strategies to address IEP goals. Home-based therapists will also work on reinforcing the skills that the child
has worked on in his or her program in order to promote skill mastery. It is essential that the parent or caregiver is available to work with the therapist.

Services should move from a more secluded setting to a more generalized environment. The goal is to
reduce the need for home hours as the family becomes better adept at using the methodology.


• The need for home services and the amount of home services is a child specific determination. Some children show evidence of significant regression if the skills they have acquired are not continuously reinforced. It is necessary to analyze data to determine if the child substantially regresses following an interruption of services.


Children who evidence significant regression that can be documented may require a more intense program of home-based services than others.