Autism Consulting & Therapy (ACT) Earns 2-Year Behavioral Health Center of Excellence Accreditation

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 9, 2018 (Newswire.com) - The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE) awarded Autism Consulting & Therapy (ACT) with a 2-Year Accreditation, recognizing the organization as a top behavioral service provider in the country. The Accreditation celebrates exceptional behavioral health providers that excel in the areas of clinical quality, staff satisfaction, staff qualifications, and consumer satisfaction. These areas are measured via a wide-ranging audit, including interviews with agency clinical leadership, a detailed staff qualification review, anonymous staff satisfaction survey, and anonymous consumer satisfaction survey.

“Autism Consulting & Therapy (ACT) is an agency that upholds a commitment to clinical quality as evidenced by their stringent staff qualifications and training, individualized treatment programs, and adherence to current best practices in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis,” said Sara Gershfeld Litvak, Founder of BHCOE. “We are thrilled that the local military population has access to this wonderful organization.  We are very excited to congratulate President Rebecca McGlohn and her fantastic team on creating an excellent program that is a truly an indispensable resource to the Hampton Roads area autism community and beyond.”

BHCOE is an international accrediting body used to help funders and identify quality behavioral health providers. Acting as a third-party, the organization systematically measures and reports on existing quality criteria in the behavior analysis community using standardized methods and practices, and awards only those service agencies that meet these standards.

“At Autism Consulting & Therapy (ACT), our goal is to provide effective, ethical therapy that helps our clients make meaningful progress and is also so much fun they don’t even realize they are learning,” said President Rebecca McGlohn, MAT, BCBA, LBA. “Our team is highly-qualified, highly-motivated, and absolutely dedicated to providing top quality care. We are very proud to earn the BHCOE Accreditation because it reflects our commitment to improving the quality of life for our clients and their families. We look forward to continuing to provide services of the highest quality and to support the Hampton Roads community for years to come.”

About Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE) 
The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence is an international accrediting body that recognizes top-performing behavioral health providers. BHCOE offers a third-party measurement system that identifies top service providers.  The BHCOE criterion features standards that subject-matter experts developed to measure state-of-the-art behavioral health services. For more information, visit http://www.bhcoe.org.

About Autism Consulting & Therapy (ACT)
Autism Consulting & Therapy, LLC (ACT) provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities. At ACT, we believe that children are most willing to learn in their natural environment. Our primary delivery model is a social skills group for early learners (birth to six years old) that incorporates one-on-one ABA therapy--teaching language and communication, social skills, self-help skills, feeding, toileting, gross and fine motor skills, and play/leisure skills. We place a strong emphasis on collaboration with parents and other service providers to maximize progress during a child's most formative years. For more information, please visit www.hr-act.com

Source: BHCOE