DRBI Practitioner Levels and Roles
DRBI Providers
Qualified Healthcare Providers (QHP) (physicians, psychologists, mental health counselors, occupational therapists, speech therapists, etc.) provide staff training, clinical direction, and program oversight of DRBI program implementation. An Advanced DRBI certificate is required from an independent DRBI training organizations, for example, ICDL, Montclair State University DMAI, PACT Institute, P.L.A.Y. Project, Profectum, etc. (See DACB Clinical Practice Guidelines).
DRBI Professionals
BA- or MA-level clinicians who are supervised by Qualified Healthcare Providers. DRBI Professionals provide case supervision of paraprofessionals as well as family education, training, coaching, and support. An Intermediate DRBI training certificate is required from independent DRBI training organizations, for example, ICDL, Montclair State University DMAI, P.L.A.Y. Project, Profectum, PACT, SCERTS Institute, Responsive Teaching International, etc. (See DACB Clinical Practice Guidelines).
DRBI Paraprofessionals
Paraprofessionals implement the DRBI strategies with the client under guidance and supervision of the case supervisor. They are supervised by DRBI Professional or DRBI Provider, and are required to have either initial 20-40 hours of DRBI formal training before providing service OR a paraprofessional training certificate from an independent DRBI training or certification organization, for example, ICDL, Profectum, PACT Institute, SCERTS Institute, Responsive Teaching International, etc. (See DACB Clinical Practice Guidelines).
DRBI Definition Paper
New peer reviewed publication defining the DRBI category of services for children & families!
Top researchers in DRBI collaborated to publish a definitive paper on DRBI as a category of developmental relationship-based approaches to services for autism: Cullinane, D. A., Binns, A. V., Feder, J. D., Graham, T., Mahoney, G. J., Naber, F. B. A., Robinson, R. G., Schertz, H. H., Solomon, R. M., Whitehouse, A. J. O., & Wieder, S. (2024). Developmental Relationship-Based Interventions for Autistic Children. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 0(0).
