Ivy Tech Community College has partnered with Engaging Minds Autism Services and Hope Behavioral Services to help speed up diagnosis and treatment planning for families of children with autism.
Through this new initiative, Ivy Tech and its partners are working to increase the number of Registered Behavioral Technicians, or RBTs, who are frontline behavioral health workers that support individuals — especially children — with autism and other developmental or behavioral challenges.
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