IHSS protective supervision is, like the name indicates, supervision to prevent harm. It's not general behavior support, however; protective supervision is intended to prevent harm that is unintentional due to the child's impairment in orientation, judgement, or memory.
If you are looking for in-home behavior support and your child is a Regional Center client, you may be able to receive behavioral respite if it is written into your child's IPP. Note that this is different from ABA therapy; it's primarily respite provided by someone who has training in behavior intervention. ABA has very specific goals to prevent and/or reduce behavior, while behavior respite does not have a specific program or goals.
Behavior respite pays a little more to providers, and Behavior Techs also have a supervisor to provide support to reduce behaviors. They can overlap sometimes to provide support for more difficult tasks such as safety skills in the community or hygiene training. Some parents find that they are not approved for behavior respite until they have tried standard respite first.
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