Therapy Skills in the Home Environment

Course overview

Home / school based therapy refers to situations where the therapist conducts therapy or assessment within the home or school environment. This type of practice comes with many advantages for clients and clinicians - the clinician has the benefit of seeing the natural environment, observing and assessing behavior within that environment, identifying environmental precipitants and reinforcers that maintain behavior, and implement strategies for change in the actual environment that the behavior occurs. It also comes with added complexities in the areas of clinical skills, boundaries, logistical arrangements, risk management and safety, cultural sensitivity, ethics and confidentiality.