Behavior Analysis

Behavior Analysts (BCBAs)

Behavior analysts examine the behavior of people with the goal of improving existing skills or teaching new skills to increase the occurrence of desired behaviors while decreasing behaviors that are barriers to quality of life for a person. Most commonly, behavior analysts work with individuals with intellectual disabilities or children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). Applied Behavior Analysis, the fundamental approach used by behavior analysts, is an evidenced-based approach focusing on various functional skills such as, communication, social skills, daily living tasks, and leisure skills.

At Crescent Behavioral Health, we apply a holistic approach to behavior analysis by incorporating the Biopsychosocial model into our fundamental approach to care. The biopsychosocial model looks at the interconnected nature of a person through biological, psychological, social, and environmental domains.

A Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is a graduate-level (or higher) certification that indicates a minimum standard of achievement in Applied Behavior Analysis has been met through education, experience, and testing.

Intensive Behavior Intervention (Adults)

Crescent Behavioral Health is based in South Carolina and provides behavior analytic, also known as Intensive Behavior Intervention (IBI), to a wide continuum of individuals with intellectual and related disabilities (ID/RD).

Adult IBI services are provided to people with ID/RD living in community residential settings, at home with their families, work, and community settings. Crescent Behavioral Health works closely with individuals as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide on-site, individualized support to address all areas of behavioral need, which is not limited to, functional behavior assessment, program development, caregiver education and training, family consultation, and active participation in global healthcare needs of the person.