Therap has a new Colorado agency! Located just outside of Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, F.R.I.E.N.D.S. of Broomfield is a unique organization because there is such a close connection with the local community. The participants and support staff are in the community on a daily basis and that interaction benefits both the participants and the people of Broomfield.

MISSION

Our mission is to enrich the lives of our friends with developmental disabilities and their families by creating opportunities for participation in every aspect of community life.

VISION

For individuals with developmental disabilities, we will insure they have a voice in the community.

For our families, we serve as a support and informational network.

For our community, we promote acceptance and understanding through awareness and education.

Therap is thrilled to have Gina, John, Richard and the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. team on board! Welcome to Therap….you are going to L.O.V.E. it!!!!!

Therap Services is hosting its 2012 National Conference from February 7-9 in New Jersey.

Just like the previous national conference, our sales and support teams, along with executive members and software engineers will be there to closely interact with administrators – people managing the Therap’s electronic documentation and reporting system for care providers all across the United States.

The three-day event will give us an opportunity to see where we are, what we have achieved, and what more we can do for the future.

Event highlights will include:

• Hands-on training on Therap modules including Individual Service Plans, Health Tracking and Billing
• Sessions for advanced level users and certified trainers
• User presentations on implementation and usage
• Focused sessions for States, counties and multi-state providers
• Brainstorming and requirement analysis for future upgrades
• Presentations by other vendors

Please check back on our website for updates. You may also follow the event on 

User presentations you may want to check out~

At the upcoming national conference, we are looking forward to some great presentations from developmental disabilities professionals from across the country. Some of the ideas we received so far are:

An AHA Experience with Pivot Tables

By Patricia Watt from REACH, Inc. Arkansas

Training Staff When English is a Second Language

By Kari Schultz from Fraser Ltd., North Dakota

Therap Through the Eyes of the Service Coordinator

By Todd Becker from The Resource Center, New York

Pushing the Limits on ISPs: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!

By Sybil Morin from LifeShare Management Group, Inc., New Hampshire

Personal Finance Made Easy

By Letisha Echevarria from The Resource Center,  New York

Medication Administraion Records on a Tablet (iPad & Xoom)

By Nathan Armstrong from PrimeCare Inc., Connecticut

House Budgets – Using Therap to Monitor and Control

By Josh Hundsrucker from Beyond Abilities, Wisconsin

The More You Know – DSPs at the Center of Care

By Kristen Thompson, Central Florida Communities, Florida

Therap sends a big TEXAS WELCOME to our newest Texas based agency, Yes I Can!

Yes, I Can!, Inc. has been providing quality services to individuals with Developmental Disabilities for over 10 years in San Antonio, TX.

Yes, I Can, Inc. is a Home & Community-Based program (HCS), contracted with and licensed through the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (TDADS) that provides individualized support services, in the community, for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Yes, I Can, Inc. strives to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of all the individuals they serve. The team at Yes, I Can, believes that all people deserve the same opportunities to pursue and achieve their personal goals and they strive to secure that for all of the individuals they serve.

Yes I capitalized TEXAS…why not, everything is BIG when we talk about Texas and that goes for THERAP too!!!! I warned you, we are going to be doing some serious butt-kicking in Texas this year and its already begun.

I am excited to welcome MORNING LIGHT to our family of quality providers. Morning Light is located in Marshall, Texas. The agency provider direct support to adults seeking residential services. The company is led by co-owners Robert Harms and Phil Allen. Therap sends a BIG TEXAS Thank you to Morning Light for allowing us to help them increase efficiency, quality, and most of all…get them PAPERLESS!

Time to bring you a bit of holiday cheer and wishes for a wonderful New Year! I hope that all of our Therapites around the nation are enjoying a season of peace, family, and lots of yummy things to eat. That has certainly been the case at our house.

This week in Therapville, Washington, things are not quite as hectic as they are the other 51 weeks of the year. Sure, we have a few happenings afoot but for the most part Nick and I are spending some days with the kids and I am enjoying a little less travel as I do some planning for Therap 2012, my next Therap adventure, and our February National Conference in New Jersey.

This is my one time a year that I really get to play in the kitchen for a several days at a time so I’m loving every second of it. My favorite kitchen playtime is making cut out sugar cookies. I have a lot of fun with all of the decorating. The kitchen becomes a total mess but the cookies are precious and melt-in-your-mouth yummy as can be! Below are a few pics of some finished cookies.

I hope you are getting to do a little “playing” as well this season. I’m re-charging my internal battery for a 2012 that is going to blow all other years away! I know…hard to imagine huh? Well, its nearly here so hold on to you laptops folks…its going to be an amazing new year! 

A few traditional cookies are a trademark this time of year…

          ….but I can’t ever forget the Oregon Ducks and the Neodesha Bluestreaks…

If you have heard that Therap is growing in Texas…well, you heard right! In fact, Therap just added a new Texas agency to our rapidly expanding list. Please join me in welcoming Harmony Living Centers to our family of quality providers!

Harmony Living Centers, located in Longview, TX. was founded in 1990 as a private provider of residential and habilitation services for individuals with developmental disabilities. With eleven six-bed homes between Corsicana, Gladewater, Henderson, Kilgore, and Longview, Harmony continues provide quality programs for adults seeking residential supports.

Welcome Buddy, Clayton and all of the Harmony family…to our family of amazing, outstanding, and awesome community providers across the county!

I wasn’t kidding when I said that Washington has embraced Therap. Check out ARC of King County! Our newest FABULOUS agency to join the Therap family of quality providers.

Founded in 1936, The Arc of King County is the oldest non-profit organization serving children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families in the Greater Puget Sound area, and is one of the oldest such organizations in the United States.  It is an affiliated chapter of The Arc of Washington and The Arc of the United States. 

The Arc of King County provides direct, hands-on support to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.  Assisting people through:

Outreach - By working to increase the knowledge and competence of the community at large in serving and interacting with people with developmental disabilities and their families.

Advocacy - By ensuring that individuals with developmental disabilities and the people who support them receive the information they need to access and influence community resources and services.

Direct Support - By facilitating the choices, inclusion and skills of people with developmental disabilities to live in our communities.

Welcome Sylvia, Tom and all of the Arc of King County team to THERAP!!!! I am so very excited to begin working with you!

Tomorrow begins the very first day of the last month of 2011. Where did the year go? To some it may have lingered by…to me it has been a whirlwind year of travel, meeting amazing new customers and helping existing customers go from GOOD at using Therap to GREAT at using Therap!

How does an agency get “Great” at using Therap? Easy, put a plan together. Where I find agencies flounder  is when they TALK about moving forward and getting things done but no one really takes the ball and runs with it. A WRITTEN implementation plan with ACTION STEPS and ACCOUNTABILITY tends to make a bigger impact on the success of the agency to become paperless moreover than a lot of chatting about it.

Are you part of an agency that is STUCK? We can help you out with on-line support tools, sending you a sample implementation schedule, and even hooking you up with agencies that have done it….TOTALLY BECAME PAPERLESS! Its true! All you have to do is give us a call or send over an email to your account representative or customer support and we will help you out the rest of the way.

Getting to PAPERLESS doesn’t have to be a monumental task. With a little planning and some support YOU can do it! Hope to hear from you!!!!!

Therap has added a new Washington agency to our NW group of quality providers. Camelot Society is located in the beautiful area known as Mountlake Terrace, WA.

Camelot Society has provided residential services to adults with develop-mental disabilities for over 30 years, throughout King County. Camelot Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Programs are identified as Group Homes (IMR’s) and Supported Living (SL).  Each group home provides services to 6 individuals. The Supported Living programs vary in number and set-up.

Each Camelot Society group home is licensed & funded by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). The Supported Living program is governed by DDD and State WAC’s and regulations. A professional staff is employed for operation of the homes. Camelot Society is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors consisting of parents, members of the educational, medical, legal and business communities, as well as the community at large.

The Camelot Society is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit agency founded in 1970.  Camelot’s mission is to remain dedicated to providing quality services to adults with Developmental Disabilities in residential settings including group homes and their own homes by ensuring a safe environment that fosters individual choice, independence and personal growth.  The agency is committed to treating all persons served with dignity and respect, and supporting them to meet their full potential.

All of us at Therap look forward to assisting Camelot Society in achieving its vision to become paperless. Welcome aboard Tammy and the Camelot Society team!

Therap welcomes Nemaha County Training Center as our newest agency to join the paperless revolution!

The Nemaha County Training Center, under the leadership of Alice Lackey, was organized in 1975 and is a private not-for-profit organization. NCTC provides Vocational/Day Activity, Residential, Case Coordination, and Family Support Services to individuals with developmental disabilities. NCTC’s service area encompasses all of Nemaha County.

NCTC supports a host of employment opportunities for individuals including:

• COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY SERVICES –  NCTC owns and operates a linen service for the following business types: beauty salon, grocery store, meat locker, restaurant, motels and other retail businesses.  Linen items can be tailored to accommodate your business. Also available, laundering of the private indivdual’s items requiring a commercial machine.

• INTERIOR PLANT RENTAL SERVICE –  NCTC can provide live plants for your business for a monthly fee. Included in the fee are regular plant grooming, watering, and maintenance.

• GROUNDS KEEPING SERVICE - NCTC offers this service for parks and lawns.

• JANITORIAL SERVICES - This service serves area businesses.

• SMALL ASSEMBLY - Your products can be assembled by us at your business or at ours.

• COLLATING - We can help you with your newsletter or other printed materials.

• SPECIAL OCCASION RENTAL - Available to the public for special occasion rental are; tablecloths, napkins, table skirts, green plants, lattice work, arbor, candelabras and mini mirrors.

• ALUMINUM CAN RECYCLING - We will provide you with a recycling container and pick up your cans to be recycled at no charge. If you bring your aluminum cans to NCTC in Seneca we will pay you current market value.

• DOOR MATS - Door mats are available for purchase that are customized and personalized.