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To minimize the spread of illness, Pavo Behavioral Therapy’s wellness policy requires that a session should be rescheduled if the client or Pavo Behavioral Therapy staff displays one or more of the following symptoms listed below. (24-hour cancellation fees do not apply.)
- Vomiting/Diarrhea
- Temperature greater than 100 degrees
- Respiratory problems - severe coughing, rapid breathing, croup, or whooping sound after coughing
- Thick, discolored discharge from nose
- Rash or infection of the skin (e.g., ringworm, poison ivy)
- Evidence of Lice, including nits
- Communicable diseases - Conjunctivitis (pink eye), influenza, measles, chicken pox, strep throat, etc.
Parents acknowledge that if their child exhibits any of these above symptoms, they should contact the staff at Pavo Behavioral Therapy to cancel and reschedule their child's session. If for any reason your child did not attend school due to an illness or was sent home early due to an illness, there should be no therapy session that day. Parents agree to notify the staff within 24 hours of the diagnosis of a serious contagious illness or parasitic infestation. Parents acknowledge that in some instances, sessions will be canceled until we have written permission from a doctor saying their child is well enough to resume therapy sessions. This is for the child's well-being, along with the well-being of the staff.
The client or staff member must be free of infection and other symptoms, without the aid of medication, for 24 hours before resuming program sessions. Sessions may resume when the incubation and contagious period have passed, and the client or staff member is well enough to resume normal activities. If the client or staff member becomes ill during a session, the session will be immediately canceled.
Please notify the BCBA or Clinical Director of any illness that your child, you, or other children in the home may have. We will also contact you if our staff members have any illnesses. In the case that your child's session will be canceled due to an illness of a staff member, you will be contacted immediately.
Infectious Diseases: When a communicable disease has been introduced into the clinic, parents will be notified. The clinic also will report these occurrences to the state and local health departments when required. Parents are urged to notify the clinic when their child is known to have been exposed to a communicable disease outside the clinic.
In the case of impetigo, lice, ringworm, pinworms, rashes, chicken pox, thrush, etc., your child must be NON-CONTAGIOUS before returning to the clinic.
Injurious Behavior: If at any time a child engages in injurious behavior to staff, his/herself, or other children, the BCBA or Clinical Director is notified, and an incident report is created. The BCBA or Clinical Director will decide how best to minimize the potential harm to the child, staff and others. In some cases, the child can be removed from a group setting to a more traditional one-on-one therapy session. The BCBA or Clinical Director may reintroduce the child into the group setting at the point in time it is determined that the child needs more direct assistance. The parents will be notified of the change in treatment and any appropriate options that can be offered to remain in the group. If the BCBA or Clinical Director feels there is a possibility of serious harm to the child or others, the parents will be contacted to pick up the child as soon as possible.
Injurious behavior may lead to dismissal from the program for the safety of the client(s) and/or staff.
Medical Emergencies: When a medical emergency arises, every effort will be made to contact parents, guardians, or an emergency contact. If parents or emergency contacts cannot be reached, the Director and BCBA will decide the next step, which may consist of calling 911. In an extreme emergency, the staff member may, at their discretion, call 911 before contacting the parent or guardian of the child. An authorized representative from the clinic will accompany the child and remain with him/her until their caregiver arrives. Our emergency information form, filled out at the time of enrollment, serves as consent for your child to be transported by ambulance to a local medical facility to receive emergency care. Pavo Behavioral Therapy LLC assumes no responsibility for the costs associated with emergency care. Pavo Behavioral Therapy LLC staff do not transport children to medical facilities at any time.
All staff receive training in CPR, first aid, fire, flood, and tornado procedures.
Medications: Pavo Behavioral Therapy LLC does not administer prescription medications of any kind. If your child needs any medication during the session, a parent or guardian must come back and administer it.
Pandemic: In the event of a pandemic in our area, Pavo Behavioral Therapy LLC may close for an undetermined amount of time to ensure prevention of further spread of disease. We will follow any requirements issued by the Department of the Public Health.
We reserve the right to refuse care due to illness.
We follow the guidelines developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association. Parents who repeatedly fail to follow policies related to keeping children at home when they are ill may lead to dismissal from the program.
