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ABA Caregiver Handbook Template + Setup Guide
A complete, editable caregiver handbook — written in warm, plain language for the families you serve, not adapted from a generic template.
About 29 pages across eight sections, a contact directory, four ready-to-use forms, and a step-by-step Setup Guide, field index and license terms.
Price
$399
One-time payment. No subscription, no renewal.
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Buy the template.
$399
One-time payment. No subscription, no renewal.
Enter the email address that should receive your download links, then continue to payment. No account is needed.
All sales are final. Because this is a downloadable digital product, purchases cannot be returned or refunded once the download links have been sent.
Buy the template
Enter the email address that should receive your download links, then continue to payment. No account is required.
All sales are final. Because this is a downloadable digital product, purchases cannot be returned or refunded once the download links have been sent.
What’s Included
Two downloads, one working handbook.
ABA Caregiver Handbook Template (.docx)
About 29 pages across eight sections, written for ABA providers that serve children in the home and community.
Four ready-to-use forms
Acknowledgment, financial agreement, community outing consent and emergency medication authorization forms.
Contact directory
A ready-made directory of your team contacts and the outside agencies families may need.
Setup Guide and license (PDF)
Customization steps, a field index of the fields that repeat, and your license terms.
The handbook
Who it’s for: About 29 pages across eight sections, written for ABA providers that serve children in the home and community.
Eight sections, written for the families you serve.
Not a generic family handbook relabeled. The policies are the ones families ask about most.
- Welcome to [COMPANY NAME]
- Section 1: Our Services and Approach
- Section 2: Starting and Continuing Services
- Section 3: Partnering in Your Child's Care
- Section 4: Attendance and Cancellations
- Section 5: Health and Safety in Your Home
- Section 6: Our Staff
- Section 7: Your Rights and Responsibilities
- Section 8: Insurance and Financial Responsibility
- Appendix A: Contact Information
- Appendix B: Acknowledgment and Forms
Policies covered
- Attendance and cancellations
- The responsible-adult rule
- Illness, medications and allergies
- Home safety and session preparation
- Community outings
- Rights, concerns and complaints
- Insurance and financial responsibility
How the template is marked
Every field tells you what to do.
[YELLOW BRACKETED TEXT]
A fill-in field. Replace it with your organization’s information. Many fields include an example after “e.g.”
Blue Drafting Note boxes
Guidance for you as the author. Read each one, act on it, then delete the box before you publish.
Amber Optional Policy boxes
Policies that apply only to some organizations. Keep the section and delete the box, or delete the whole section.
“Option A / Option B” fields
Choose one option, delete the other, and remove the brackets.
Customize in eight steps
From template to your handbook.
- 01Save a working copy and keep the original file untouched.
- 02Replace the core fields first with Find and Replace — company name, company short name and your team contacts.
- 03Work section by section through the remaining fields, then search for "[" to find any you missed.
- 04Decide on optional policies, then renumber sections and update cross-references if you delete one.
- 05Align attendance targets, cancellation rules, fees, restraint language and discharge notice with your payer contracts and state rules.
- 06Brand it — add your logo and change colors and fonts by editing the Heading and Normal styles.
- 07Clean up: delete every Drafting Note box, remove the yellow highlighting, then update the table of contents.
- 08Get legal review, then collect a signed Acknowledgment from every family at intake.
Field index
87
distinct fill-in fields — 14 fields appear more than once, for 40 uses in all
The Setup Guide lists the fields that appear in more than one place, so replacing those first with Find and Replace saves the most time.
Upload the .docx to Google Drive and open it with Google Docs. Fields, highlights, tables and forms carry over.
License
One organization, clearly defined.
Your purchase grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable license for one organization, including its affiliated locations under common ownership.
You may
- — Edit and customize the template for your own organization’s internal use
- — Distribute the customized handbook to your own clients, families, employees and advisors
- — Convert the template to other formats, such as Google Docs, PDF, or an HRIS or e-signature platform
You may not
- — Resell, sublicense, share or give away the template or any substantial portion of it, whether edited or unedited
- — Use the template to create handbooks for clients or other organizations, or as part of a consulting service, without a separate Consultant License
- — Post the template, in whole or in part, where it can be downloaded by others
Before you buy
This template is provided for general informational purposes and is a starting point for drafting your own policies. It is not legal advice, and purchasing or using it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Healthcare, privacy, billing and consumer protection rules vary by state and payer, change often, and depend on facts specific to your organization. Before using any policy, have it reviewed by a licensed attorney in each jurisdiction where you operate.
Questions about the template? Write to hello@capricollectiveco.com.
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