How to set up a client account. Quick guide
To set up a new client in the ABA Matrix system, you must ensure that you complete these steps:
On this page
- Create the client
- How to add a new client
- Add the Behaviors, Replacements and Skills to the client profile
- How to add a new "Maladaptive Behavior"
- How to Add a New Replacement Behavior
- How to add a new "Skill Acquisition"
- Add the client approvals
- How to add approvals
- How to add provisional approvals
- How to add the number to a provisional approval
- Add the client diagnostic
- How to add a new diagnosis
- How to set a client diagnosis as primary
- Add the client address
- How to add a client's address
- How to set a client address as primary
- Add the client healthcare provider
- How to create a Healthcare Provider profile
- How to add a HealthCare Provider to a Client
- How to set a healthcare provider as primary for a Client
- Assign therapists to the case
- How to Assign and Unassign Clients to Therapists
- Add the documents
- How to Add a New Document to the Client's Profile
- How to update client documentation (add a new version)
- Add a restriction
- How to add a restriction for clients
- Customize Caregivers and RBT goals
- How to add or edit competencies for caregivers (caregiver goals)
- How to add or edit competencies for RBTs (RBT goals)
- Personalize interventions
- How to add client interventions
Create the client
The first step is to add the client to the system database, which you can do by following the steps in this guide:
- How to add a new client:
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b537e4808f1213f9ff5f
Add the Behaviors, Replacements and Skills to the client profile
To create new behaviors, you can follow these steps:
- How to add a new "Maladaptive Behavior"
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1d17a2de3eb1957dcc389
To create new replacements, you can follow these steps:
- How to Add a New Replacement Behavior
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1d9d8c263c66781ca90c1
To create new skills, you can follow these steps:
How to add a new "Skill Acquisition"
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b90ceb6616597e563091
Add the client approvals
You can add the client approvals like this:
- How to add approvals
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b469eb6616597e56306a
If you do not have the approval reference number, you can create it as provisional. This will allow you to work with the client even if you don't have the number. You can do it this way:
- How to add provisional approvals
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b814616d4044914c63bf
Once you receive the PA number, you can add it to the authorization like this:
- How to add the number to a provisional approval
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b79bf6180530271e0559
Add the client diagnostic
You can add the diagnostic(s) as follows:
- How to add a new diagnosis
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b2c42de3eb1957dcc30b
You must check at least one primary diagnosis for the client. This primary diagnosis will be reflected in the assessment/reassessment reports, claims, etc. and you can add it like this:
- How to set a client diagnosis as primary
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b74ee4808f1213f9ff67
Add the client address
You can add the addresses you want to the client profile as follows:
- How to add a client's address
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e198e4eb6616597e562fe9
You must mark at least one address as primary for the client. This will be reflected in the assessment/reassessment reports, etc. and you can add it this way:
- How to set a client address as primary
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b6f02de3eb1957dcc31d
Add the client healthcare provider
The first step is to make sure the doctors (healthcare provider) are in the system. If they are not added, you can create them a profile by following these steps:
- How to create a Healthcare Provider profile
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e985ba2de3eb1957dcd1c8
You must add the healthcare provider to the client profile as follows:
- How to set a healthcare provider as primary for a Client
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b5f1f6180530271e054f
Assign therapists to the case
To start working, each client must be assigned their therapists, which you can do as follows:
- How to Assign and Unassign Clients to Therapists
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e89c97eb6616597e563dae
Add the documents
You can add all the documentation of your clients to the profile of each one in this way.
If you want to add a new document, you can follow these steps:
- How to Add a New Document to the Client's Profile
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e847e9f6180530271e1112
If your agency uses a predetermined folder structure for client accounts, you will see that structure when you create a new client. You can edit or update these documents for each specific client and upload new versions as needed. Here’s how:
- How to update client documentation (add a new version)
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e846abe4808f1213fa0abb
Add a restriction
- How to add a restriction for clients
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1b14a616d4044914c6395
Customize Caregivers and RBT goals
When you configure the Caregiver Competency and RBT Competency forms, the Goals and Tasks that you set at the agency level will apply to all clients:
But you can customize the goals and tasks for caregivers and RBTs, so each competency check or evaluation is personalized according to the specific case:
- Caregiver goals:
- How to add or edit competencies for caregivers (caregiver goals)
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1c730616d4044914c63f3
- RBT goals:
- How to add or edit competencies for RBTs (RBT goals)
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1c526616d4044914c63ec
Personalize interventions
The interventions that you have established at an agency level will be automatically populated for all new clients:
If you change these interventions at the agency level, clients that are created after that time will have the updated interventions, but in the case of those that were already created, you must go to each profile and modify them.
You can modify the interventions of each client in this way:
- How to add client interventions
https://secure.helpscout.net/docs/63e835aea2557d37b24bd9a0/article/66e1dcb82de3eb1957dcc3b4