Behavioral Health Professional(BHP)

BHSI has a contract with the University of Maine at Augusta to provide curriculum development, training, technical assistance, and quality improvement in compliance with the Department of Health & Human Services-Office of Child & Family Services-Children's Behavioral Health Services (DHHS-OCFS-CBHS) for staff working with children and families.

BHSI oversees all aspects of the BHP training which include the following:

• Developing and revising curricula for the BHP course, BHP Train-the-Trainer course, BHP Supervisor course and the Children's Case Management course;
• Delivering a Train-the-Trainer to certify BHP trainers who will provide the training to direct care workers in provider agencies, adult education programs and private training facilities; a four-day training covering the same ten topic areas as the BHP;
• Delivering the BHP courses to certify Behavioral Health Professionals (BHPs) to work with children and families; a fifty-hour training covering ten topic areas (Introduction, Working in the Home Setting, Child Development/Child Pathology, Trauma, Individual Treatment Planning, Communication, Principles of Behavior, Principles of Family Functioning, Principles of Instruction, Community Resources);
• Delivering the BHP Supervisor course; a comprehensive training around supervising the BHP.
• Delivering the Children's Case Management course at the University of Maine at Augusta; to provide participants with a grounding in High Fidelity Wraparound values, principles and opportunities to develop and practice strategies for incorporating them into the practice of children's case management
• Overseeing agency, adult education and private training facility trainings;
• Providing BHP certification;
• Providing consultation on, but not limited to, the BHP course, implementing assessments, treatment plan writing and service plan writing;
• Offering technical assistance.

Behavioral Health Professional (BHP) Program

*School is defined as Public School (PK – 12), Special Purpose Private School, CDS Site, CDS Approved Program

Follow the link below to view the grid containing the information for:

MaineCare Section, Educational Requirements, Training Hours, Certification Requirements, Type of Provider, Training Facility, Training Model, Funding, and Certification Completion Date.

BHP School-Based Table of Program at a glance

DOE Informational Letter 44 of 10/29/10

Are you a current approved BHSI BHP Certified Trainer?
Are you interested in teaching the School-Based BHP Curriculum?

If you answered yes to both of these questions, please contact Faith Hauger!

Faith can be reached at 207-321-6081 x3302 or via email at fhauger@bhsi.net. She would be happy to process your request to be added to the school-based trainers list and to activate your access to the SB-BHP Secure Documents Portal.

Prior to receiving full access to the SB-BHP materials [via the secure documents portal on the SB-BHP page], you will be expected to:

1. Review the SB-BHP curriculum; and

2. Review the SB-BHP Policies & Procedures manual; and

3. Sign an Acknowledgement of SB-BHP Training Policies and Procedures Document. (Similar to the one you did at your original Train-the-Trainer).

If you have any questions regarding these requirements or would simply like more information, Faith will be happy to assist you!

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL (BHP) CERTIFICATION TRAINING

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