Jeff's Blog

I just met with and trained the great staff at Community Choice in St. Louis, MO.  Community Choice is led in St. Louis by Linda Taylor who was great to work with and is a tremendous leader.  She and her entire staff were terrific to work with as we set up and trained all their staff on the applications they look to “go live” with at the end of this month.  Thanks to all the staff at CC in getting things started on the “right” side of the state of Missouri.

Community Choice gets logged into Therap

Area Director, Kristen Smith

DSN Staff Training in Kearney, NE

This group in Kearney is the first of many locations that DSN are looking to get up and running.  We will continue with the other locations in the weeks ahead.  It was pretty aparent to me why they started with this group in Kearney as they were a “SHARP” group for sure and caught on quickly.  Remember to be in Test Mode everyone until we go live and keep up the good work.  As for the other locations of DSN, I look forward to seeing you in the weeks ahead.

It was awesome!  A little summer ball played the way it was supposed to be played in Kansas City on Monday night.  No, it wasn’t at Kaufman Stadium, even though the Royals were fortunate enough to win a game.  I am talking about the Exceptional Teams that play at the Blue Springs, MO Complex just East of Truman Sports Complex.  The league is the Exceptional League and it has various participants across many different backgrounds that come together to play a little ball.  Individuals of all different ages all joining together to cheer for one another, support one another, and play a national past time.

There was no need for instant replay, nobody was thrown out of the game, players were not upset at contracts they thought they should be making more money, concessions were actually donated by a large chain that most of us have frequented this past month, and the participants smiles lit up the whole field.  Take a look at some pics I snapped on my phone and enjoy some great ball.

Nick headed for home

It is going to be close...He needs to slide...

Jeremy is safe at the plate!!!

Having a ball!

It may not have been the World Series, but it was definetly the All-Star Game.  From players, to coaches and supporters, to everyone involved.  Thanks for a great night at the ball park.

I am excited to welcome to Therap Cole County Residential Services in Jefferson City, MO.  CCRSI is an agency that I have been discussing Therap for some time and it is great to get started with them.  They offer a wide range of services in the state capital of Missouri.

Cole County is led by Executive Director, Jim Casey and he has a tremendous staff that I was fortunate to have with us at the KC Conference that Therap hosted with College of Direct Support in May.  Welcome aboard Cole County!!!!

Congrats to the Chicago Blackhawks who became owners of one very large cup last night in the NHL.  49  years since the last cup came to Chi-town.  Congrats to all my Blackhawk fan(s)!!! 

NHL Stanley Cup Champs

Enjoy the Michigan Ave. Celebration!!!  It has been a great year for a team with a great future ahead of them.

It is my joy to announce to all of you in Therapville Midwest and beyond the first certified trainer in the state of Missouri is none other than Michelle Saunders. Michelle works with Alternative Community Training in Columbia, MO. Her title is Director of Community Integration, but that title is just one of many hats that she wears. She is also the Provider Administrator at ACT and she has been a tremendous influence in communicating the value and benefits of electronic documentation using Therap through out the state of MO. It has been my great pleasure to work with Michelle and the tremendous team at ACT. Michelle took the test to become a certified trainer at the Kansas City Conference that took place earlier this month.

"Show Me State" Certified Trainer, Michelle Saunders

Congratulations Michelle for the accomplishment of being the very first certified trainer in the state of Missouri!!!!!

This week I have been up in Minneapolis, MN for the ARRM Conference.  They are celebrating 40 years of providing outstanding leadership in the field.  It is a great conference for sure as agencies from all over Minnesota come in and participate.  The theme for the conference this year is “Oh, the places we will go!”  My first thought when I saw that as the title for the conference was “Oh, the places you could go, if you were using Therap! 

You could go virtually anywhere and still have all the information and ability to do documentation as long as you were using Therap for your agency.  I am excited as next week I head back to Minnesota to work with a great group of folks at Cardinal of Minnesota.  Jason Cyr will be joining me in training the good folks up there in the land of 10,000 Lakes.

Thanks to all who participated to make the KC conference something special.  Agencies from all over the midwest and beyond represented fantastic organizations. 

We enjoyed some great sessions, great KC Barbeque, and the Power and Light District on Cinco de Mayo!!!

Thanks to each and everyone of you who came and made the KC Conference better because of your presence and input.

This past week I was  in Ames, IA at Iowa State University for the IACP conference.  The conference takes place on the campus of Iowa State and host most of the providers throughout the state at the school. 

The conference is well attended and features some great sessions…especially the one on electronic documentation that Bryan Thayer from Progress Industries spoke on his experience with Therap.  Go Bryan!!! 

All in all a good week as I had the chance to speak with some old friends and made some new friends.  The next two weeks take place in Kansas and Missouri.  The KC conference kicks off May 4th!  If you haven’t registered make sure and do so, you won’t want to miss out.  See you there.

Therap’s next side by side confernence with College of Direct Support is right around the corner.  Have you and your agency signed up?  If you are in the Midwest and can find a way to get to this conference you should definetly do it.  The conference is for agencies that are considering Therap all the way to agencies who have been using Therap for years.  The conference is also for agencies considering College of Direct Support or trying to find out how to take your agency to the next level.

The conference will be a tremendous opportunity to find out about all the recent additions that have been added to the system as well as looking ahead to elements we are continuing to improve upon.  The confernece will also let agencies communicate with other agencies from your state who are using Therap and how agencies are interacting with other state and regional organizations.  It is a perfect time to look at adding a new module or application to your present suite of applications your agency is using.  Why not eleminate even more paper you will have to store in some box somewhere.

Anyone Hungry????

The event will also feature some time to enjoy some great KC BBQ and legendary Arthur Bryant’s!  All in all this is an event you want to make sure and get registered for as the time quickly approaches for the conference.  You can register by simply clicking on the link from the webpage.  You can also just click the button and it will take you where you can sign up for the conference.

I look forward to seeing you in a couple weeks…  Make sure and get registered for this great event in KC.