Why choose PCMA for your legal consultation needs?

With 100% of our legal consultation clients receiving favorable outcomes, we have a proven track record in the courtroom. Our experts get results that others can’t. This is because PCMA is the only organization that has consultants with the credentials, high level of clinical expertise and proven courtroom experience to ensure the best possible outcome for your organization – a combination that is unmatched in the field.  Successful legal outcomes can translate into millions of dollars of savings for your organization.

What can PCMA do for your organization?

Expert Testimony:
PCMA Board Certified Behavior Analysts have provided expert testimony in numerous court cases involving crisis management related incidents. All cases were resolved favorably for our clients. When you hire PCMA you can expect a highly credentialed, knowledgeable, prepared, confident, and eloquent expert who knows the relevant issues “inside and out”.

 Organizational Risk Analysis:
PCMA can help you be proactive in avoiding incidents that can lead to legal action by conducting a thorough, on-site risk analysis for your organization. PCMA will identify factors that contribute to high rates and intensities of crisis behaviors, as well as high rates and intensities of restrictive interventions and incidents in your facility. A practical plan for correcting these factors and improving staff training and performance is provided. Identifying and correcting these challenges early and voluntarily, does more than increase your survey or audit scores. It can decrease staff turnover and sick time, reduce property destruction and vandalism and improve clinical outcomes for your consumers.

Critical Incident Analysis:
In the event that your organization does experience a crisis related adverse incident, such as the injury of a staff member or consumer, a staff member implementing an unauthorized crisis management procedure or a complaint from a consumer, advocate or family member, PCMA can help. We can assist in the conducting of a thorough and proper root cause analysis of the incident and collaborate with your agency to develop a practical plan for reducing the likelihood of future incidents. In the event that legal action is taken, PCMA can provide expert testimony.

Case Consultation and Support:
PCMA can assist with individual cases in several of ways. We can provide expert behavior analysis and crisis management services to individuals with extreme behavioral needs. This reduces the chances of adverse incidents and any subsequent legal actions related to particularly challenging individuals.

In addition to developing behavioral programming for individuals, PCMA has provided “full immersion” behavioral and crisis management services to highly aggressive individuals who were not able to be served in other settings.

Because of our extensive knowledge of the standard of care in the field, we can also provide technical support to those facing legal action, even if we are not called upon to testify.