Article | August 22, 2023Solving the Access Issue Once and For All With today’s behavioral health care staffing shortages and increasing prevalence of developmental disabilities and autism, it’s a major challenge to create enough capacity to be able to serve these communities. But payers’ network adequacy is a key factor affecting access to care and it’s getting more attention from lawmakers because of “ghost networks,” particularly in … Read article
Article | August 17, 2023Successful Careers in ASD and I/DD Care The shortage of clinicians who specialize in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DDs) has been in the making for years, as ASD continues to increase in prevalence. The CDC recently reported, based on 2020 data, that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in the United States has risen to an all-time … Read article
Article | August 9, 2023Doing More with Less: High Quality Care with Greater Efficiency Market conditions coupled with rising autism rates present many challenges for stakeholders in behavioral health care. Learn how value-based care is the path forward. Read article
Article | August 3, 2023Catalight CEO Named to Forbes 50 Over 50 WALNUT CREEK, CA – Catalight, the nonprofit behavioral health care organization, announced today that the company’s CEO, Susan Armiger, has been named to the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 List. The annual list honors women in four categories: Lifestyle, Impact, Innovation and Investment. Armiger is one of 50 women in the Impact category, which includes notable leaders in education, philanthropy, government … Read article
Article | August 2, 20235 Ways Paraprofessionals Can Drive Better Client Care How paraprofessionals can up their skills and drive better individual care Read article
Article | August 1, 2023Catalight’s Clinical Team Presents New Tool and More at National Convention Catalight joins APA 2023 convention presenting new Paraprofessional Competency Checklist for ABA intervention in autism treatment. Read article
Article | July 12, 2023Is Autism Spectrum Disorder Getting Lost in Behavioral Health Care? A search for “behavioral health” in The New York Times and The Washington Post turned up 3,163 results in the past year, and searches for “substance use,” “opioids” and “opioid crisis” similarly turned up thousands of results. A search for “autism?” Just 213 search results in the same time period. The fact that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is getting … Read article
Article | July 11, 2023Beyond Goal Attainment Historically, measuring outcomes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) focused specific behaviors. More than a dozen scales and measures exist to gauge these outward behaviors: examples include the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC), the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) rating scale. Almost none of these, however, provide a good tool for assessing … Read article
Article | June 29, 2023Tips for Summer Trips Summer is a season of change. The established routines of the school year have come to an end and new patterns take their place. For many families, summer vacations are the ultimate change in their routine. If you have a child with autism, this can be both an opportunity and a challenge. With the Covid-19 … Read article
Article | June 21, 2023The Power of Parent-Mediated Today, more families face the challenges of seeking support and care for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as diagnoses increase and the shortage of qualified applied behavioral analysis (ABA) paraprofessionals continues. Finding treatment in itself can present hurdles. Finding the right type of treatment—one that works for the child and caregivers—adds another layer of complexity. Practitioner-Led … Read article
