Devereux Advanced Behavior Health New Jersey provides an array of individualized, cost-effective, quality services to children, youth and adults with intellectual and/or developmental delays, emotional, behavioral and medical challenges.  Services include community based group homes and apartments, vocational training and supportive employment, intensive in-home clinical supports, and family-based treatment homes focusing on positive and strength-based approaches.

Programs are located from Cape May County through the state of New Jersey up to Sussex County.

Behavioral Health services to children include the following programs:

Treatment Homes
Serves children and youth ages 4-21 with emotional and behavioral challenges in community family-based homes with specially trained professional family practitioners.  Each child, youth, and family engaged with our treatment home program is an active participant in their own treatment planning process to include strengths and need identification and development of treatment plan goals and objectives.  The professional family practitioners are the primary agents of change along with formal services to include behavioral support and management, intensive case management and individual and family therapy.

Intensive In-Home (IIH) Clinical Services
Serves children and youth ages 4-21 with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in their own homes.  Working with community partners, each child, youth and family are provided with intensive therapy to address behavioral and family-related challenges.  Therapy services are provided in-home by master’s level therapists with experience working with IDD children and youth.  IIH therapists have additional training in Applied Behavior Analysis, Functional Behavior Assessment and Positive Behavioral Supports

Intensive In-Community Services (IIC) Clinical Services
Serves children and youth ages 4-21 with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in their own homes.  Working with community partners, each child, youth and family are provided with intensive therapy to address behavioral and family-related challenges.  Therapy services are provided in-home by master’s level therapists with experience and specific training to address emotional and behavioral disorders.  Therapists with specialty training such as TF-CBT and DBT are available. 

New Jersey STAIRS (Short Term Autism Intensive Residential Services)
Serves children and youth who demonstrate severe behavioral challenges and skills deficits, who have not responded to treatment in a traditional community-based or residential setting. NJ STAIRS includes a foundation of positive behavior interventions and supports delivered in a treatment environment that is trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed. The services begin with a comprehensive, functional behavioral assessment in the family’s home, followed by intensive, clinical services for a period of three to six months at the NJ STAIRS program, and concludes with discharge and aftercare service planning.  Our team of professionals includes Board Certified Behavioral Analysts (BCBAs), a clinical psychologist, child psychiatrist, nurses, speech-language therapist, occupational therapist, program director and managers, and direct care providers, specially trained in Applied Behavior Analysis and Individualized Positive Behavior Support.

Current Active MOU	Monmouth Cares Partners for Kids and Families (Burlington)
Eligibility	Referred through Care Management Organization
Age Groups	Children Adolescents
Community Services	Family & Support Services LGBTQ
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health ADHD / ADD Anger Management Anxiety Behavioral Conduct Disorder Depression Dermatillomania Eating Disorders Family Conflict & Distress Grief / Loss Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Psychosomatic Self-Injury Teen Issues Trauma / PTSD Crisis / Safety Bullying Intellectual and Developmental Needs Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Learning Disabilities Special Needs
Treatment Services	In-Community Services Psychological / Psychiatric Evals Out-of-Home Services Treatment Home Treatment Settings Home Office / Practice
Payment Options	System of Care (CSOCI Medicaid / FlexFunds)
Areas Served	State-Wide

Last Updated: 12/28/23