Welcome to the Center for Behavior and Systems Innovation
The Center for Behavior and Systems Innovation works with people, organizations, and communities to understand behavior, strengthen practice, improve performance, and build systems that support lasting change.
Our interdisciplinary team connects behavioral science, workforce and organizational improvement, applied research, training, consultation, and implementation support with the realities of everyday settings.
How we can work with you
Partners enter wherever it fits their goals, from a single workshop to multi-site implementation.
Training and workforce development
Workshops, learning series, intensive training, and train-the-trainer opportunities that build shared knowledge and practical skills.
Consultation and coaching
Demonstration, feedback, coaching, and collaborative problem-solving in the settings where practices will actually be used.
Implementation and systems support
Strengthen readiness, adoption, coordination, quality, and sustainability across teams, sites, and systems.
Applied research and evaluation
Study real-world conditions, evaluate programs, and translate findings into tools and decisions partners can use.
Workforce and organizational performance
Clarify expectations, examine workflows, strengthen supervision, and use data to guide team and organizational improvement.
Not sure where to start?
Bring us a challenge, question, or opportunity and we can help identify a productive starting point.
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Where we work
Behavioral and systems challenges cross traditional boundaries. CBSI works with partners in:
General and special education
Behavioral health and mental health
Healthcare and human services
Autism and disability services
Employment and workforce development
Workplaces and organizational settings
Justice, public safety, and public systems
Postsecondary education
Home and community settings
Our methods can be adapted to different populations, professions, organizations, and communities while remaining responsive to local strengths, needs, priorities, and conditions.
Our relationships
HANDS in Autism®
CBSI’s signature applied model and training initiative, combining instruction with demonstration, practice, feedback, coaching, and mentoring. Originally developed through autism-focused work, the framework provides a practical foundation for building capacity across individuals, families, professionals, teams, organizations, and systems.
Explore HANDS in AutismIndiana Resource Center for Autism
Indiana’s statewide autism resource center and a close CBSI partner. IRCA connects autistic people, families, professionals, organizations, and communities with trusted information, training, statewide networks, and guidance across the lifespan, while shared leadership strengthens connections across our work.
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Partnerships designed for use and sustainability.
CBSI projects begin with a real-world challenge, question, or opportunity. We work with partners to understand the context, co-design practical approaches, build capacity, study implementation, and use feedback to guide improvement.
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News, learning and events
Explore upcoming training opportunities, workshops, project updates, research findings, community events, tools, and new partnership opportunities.
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Let’s work together
CBSI collaborates with schools, universities, behavioral health and healthcare organizations, public agencies, employers, funders, researchers, service providers, and community groups.
Whether you are exploring a training need, developing a new initiative, strengthening workforce performance, studying a program, or addressing a broader systems challenge, we can help identify a productive starting point.
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