Maine Regulation Digest / MaineCare Section 28
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Adaptive Behavior Services for Children
10-144 C.M.R. ch. 101 · MaineCare Benefits Manual · monitored nightly · Sources last checked 2026-09-02 04:24 EDT
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From MaineCare Benefits Manual, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 101, as published by the Maine Secretary of State and read on an earlier revision. Quoted in part; the section itself is on maine.gov.
28.02-1Authorized Entity means the organization authorized by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to perform specified functions pursuant to a signed contract or other approved signed agreement.
28.02-2Behavioral Skills Training is an evidence-based instructional method used to teach new skills and behaviors through a systematic process of verbal instruction, modeling, roleplaying, feedback, and reinforcement.
28.02-3Challenging Behavior is an action or series of actions by a Member that: presents an imminent risk to the health and safety of the Member or others; presents a serious and imminent risk of damage to property; seriously interferes with a Member’s ability to have positive life experiences and maintain relationships or to independently perform age and developmentally appropriate activities of daily living, as determined by the Member’s Treatment Team; or constitutes persistent, chronic, or repetitive behavior(s) whose cumulative effects are deemed by a physician or psychologist to pose a serious danger to the Member’s health or well-being.
28.02-4Community Provider is a community-based provider that delivers Adaptive Skills Training and/or Applied Behavior Analysis in the home and community-based settings.
28.02-5Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the current version published by the American Psychiatric Association. The manual is used to classify mental health disorders and provide standard categories for definition of mental health disorders.
28.02-6Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood is the current version published by Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. The publication formulates categories for the classification of mental health and development disorders manifested early in life.
28.02-7Discrete Trial Training is an evidence-based, structured teaching method based on the principles of behavior analysis. It teaches skills by breaking them down into smaller components that are taught one by one using repetition, reinforcement, and prompting.
28.02-8Family means the primary caregiver(s) in a Member's daily life, and may include a biological or adoptive parent, foster parent, Legal Guardian, sibling, stepparent, stepbrother or stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, spouse of grandparent, a person who provides kinship care, or any person sharing a common residence as part of a single family unit.
28.02-9Family Participation is when one (1) or more people from the Family are involved in service delivery, which may include, but is not limited to, participating in assessment processes, Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) development, Treatment Team meetings, and supporting the Member’s goals through modeling and reinforcing identified skills in accordance with the ITP.
28.02-10Functional Behavior Assessment is a systematic process of gathering information from multiple sources to determine why a behavior occurs and how it relates to the environment.
28.02-11Functional Communication Training is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention used to reduce a Member’s maladaptive behaviors by teaching them meaningful and effective communication skills.
28.02-12Incidental Teaching is an evidence-based teaching strategy used to facilitate a Member’s learning and skills development within naturally occurring contexts by incorporating their interests and natural motivation.
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