Page posted: 6/15/15

Page reviewed: 12/4/24

Page updated: 12/4/24

CMS-approved state plan amendment – 2017 (PDF), CMS-approved state plan amendment – 2018 update (PDF), CMS-approved state plan amendment – 2019 update (PDF), Minn. Stat. §256B.0949

Family/caregiver training and counseling (also known as family adaptive behavior treatment guidance): An EIDBI service that covers specialized training, education and support for a person’s family/caregiver.

The purpose of family/caregiver training and counseling is to:

1. Help families and caregivers support the person’s development by learning about:

2. Build family and caregiver confidence and resilience.

3. Promote the person’s and family’s participation in their home, school and community.

The following MHCP-enrolled EIDBI providers can deliver and bill for family/caregiver training and counseling:

Family/caregiver training and counseling must be:

Family/caregiver training and counseling may occur with or without other EIDBI services requested on the individualized treatment plan (ITP) (refer to EIDBI – ITP development and progress monitoring).

The provider must document a rationale in the person’s comprehensive multi-disciplinary evaluation (CMDE) if the person needs to receive less service than the recommended treatment guidelines (i.e., less than 10 hours per week), as defined on EIDBI – Medical necessity criteria. The provider may adjust the person’s ITP to reflect these changes, as needed.

Provider ratios

Family/caregiver training and counseling – individual

In an individual family/caregiver training and counseling session, one provider delivers services to one parent/caregiver or one set of parents/caregivers.

Family/caregiver training and counseling – group

In a group family/caregiver training and counseling session, one provider delivers services to the parents or caregivers of two to eight people who receive services. There cannot be more than eight sets of parents/caregivers in a group or more than 16 parents/caregivers in the group.

Other considerations

Other important considerations include, but are not limited to:

Family/caregiver training and counseling covers, but is not limited to, the following indirect and direct activities.

Indirect activities

Through family/caregiver training and counseling, the provider can:

Direct activities

Through family/caregiver training and counseling, the provider can:

The provider must document family/caregiver training and counseling services in the person’s case notes. For more information, refer to EIDBI – Health service records.

If medically appropriate to the condition and needs of the person and family, the provider may deliver family/caregiver training and counseling via two-way, interactive video. For more information, refer to EIDBI – Telehealth services.

For authorization and billing information, including provider and service limits, refer to: