Applied Behaviour Collaboration Team, The

The Applied Behaviour Collaboration (ABC) Team is a non-urgent Addiction & Mental Health (A&MH) service that focuses on building staff capacity and supporting individuals under 65 with complex behavioral and/or mental health needs residing in Integrated and Supported Facility Living (ISFL) Contracted Services, , Behavior and Psychiatry Stream:, , The MHC and RN provides behavioural mental health support services which may include:, , client intervention based on assessed need skill building with staff (i.e. Specific to client"s diagnosis/behavior care plan; ABC will provide education in-services, staff training, on floor coaching and modelling of approaches/interventions) ongoing evaluation and follow up supporting ABC Clients during hospitalizations support Clients transitioning into and out of ISFL Contracted Services supporting the ABC Psychiatrist , , The ABC Psychiatrist attached to our team provides non-urgent Psychiatry consultation with regular communication with the ABC RNs and MHCs, , provide indirect consultation and direct assessments in concert with the ABC RN & MHC psychiatry rounds occur twice a month provides direct Physician to Physician consultation/support , , We do not assess for level of care, crisis support or capacity assessments, , Key Provider: clinical behavior specialists, educators, mental health clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, registered nurses (RNs), team leaders