I would like to welcome J&J Maupin Group Homes Inc. to Therap! They are located in beautiful Decatur, Illinois and is a wonderful company which has been around for over 20 years! J&J Maupin Group Home Inc. offer 3 group homes along with ”A Step Forward” This is another program which provides day training, education, job skills, community involvement and interaction for the residents of their group homes and other area homes as well.

Good luck to J&J Maupin Group Home Inc. and welcome to Therap!

I will be relocating to the Chicago area in the next several weeks and will start my journey with Therap as a Business Development Consultant. I am excited to visit with agencies that are currently using Therap and agencies that will make the jump into the paperless world soon! The month of May will be a busy start, with trips to Texas, Wisconsin and Arkansas. Then, I will be at the Therap Conference in Kansas City for a few days of fun at Coco Key! I will then make the big move to Skokie, Illinois and start my new Therapite life! More excitement and photos to come!
Michelle

It is great for me to welcome to our Midwest Therap Team Michelle Saunders. She is going to be a great representative for us and she will be based in the Chicago area. Please see her bio and a great picture below. Please join me in welcoming her to the Therap Team…

Welcome to the Team Michelle!

Michelle received her Bachelor’s degree from Juniata College in Pennsylvania majoring in Education and Psychology. She began her career with persons with disabilities as a direct care staff person while in college and then as a Case Manager in the Central Pennsylvania region. She returned to the provider side after a couple of years and quickly moved into supervisory roles, managing several homes for persons with disabilities. Michelle relocated to Missouri in 2005 and worked as a consultant for ACT (Alternative Community Training) in Columbia, Missouri. After providing feedback regarding ways to improve services, Michelle accepted a position to assist with the day to day operations of the Day Services program. As a program director, Michelle also assisted with grant applications, led training efforts and spoke throughout the U.S. about training and evolution of program delivery through ACT. Michelle was also instrumental in efforts to bring College of Direct Support and Therap to her agency. Michelle became a Therap Certified Trainer in June of 2010.

I just returned back to Kansas City after spending a week with 3 awesome agencies in Minnesota! First I did some onsite training with the great supervisors and DSP’s at JEC Miller.

Awesome staff at JEC Miller!!

Cool quote on the wall in the training room

I then met with the Executive Director and Supervisors at Genesis Group Homes and they certainly tested my Therap knowledge! They have a couple of Therap experts there! I think the session was incredibly beneficial for both of us! After Genesis Group Homes I was able to chat with a few of the supervisors at Rudolph Community and Care about the implementation of Therap at their agency.

Of course my second favorite part of being in Minnesota (other than visiting with the amazing providers of course) was visiting the Mall of America… the whole ‘no sales tax on clothes or shoes’ will be the death of my bank account!

This store calls my name... all of the time....

There’s a lot going on with Therap in Minnesota so I’m sure I’ll be seeing you all again very soon! Until next time Therapville!

I met with Individual Expressions in Lees Summit yesterday for their on site training. They are a growing agency that is extremely excited to start using Therap! After the training, Mark Fortin was able to show me a cool storage area for there laptops while they are in the home!

If you’re looking for safety….here we go!

Steel lock box

Held in place by "jail cell" bolts

and finally...a coded lock!

Simply awesome Mark!

I look forward to meeting with other agencies around the Midwest. See ya Soon!

It looks like a great conference is shaping up in KC on May 22-23. Have you registered or is someone from your agency attending? We have some really great sessions that are going to be led by different individuals from agencies across the Midwest.

Happy to announce that Jim Kelly will be at the Conference to discuss billing.

In addition to the great information and discussion concerning Therap there will also be the ability for attendees to go down to the Power and Light District for a good evening on Tuesday night.

K C Conference Opportunity Tuesday Night after all the Therap Sessions

If you haven’t signed up yet make sure and take a few minutes and go do so right now. You will not want to miss out on this Therap event in the Midwest. Here is the link… http://www.therapservices.net/conferences/?p=1539

I was able to spend some time with the awesome people of The Charles Lea Center in South Carolina a few weeks ago and discovered southern hospitality was no joke! When leaving The Charles Lea Center it felt like leaving family, even though Stacey and I were only there a few days.

Charles Lea Center Staff

Stacey and I also enjoyed pizza as big as our faces at Venus Pie Pizzeria in Spartanburg, SC!

New York Style Pizza!

Last week Jeff, Justin, and I spent a few days training the Service Coordinators in Lincoln, NE! We reviewed GER’s and management summaries with them. Nebraska will also soon begin using a referral module created for them by Therap. The Service Coordinators seemed very excited and we had many ask when they would be able to use even more parts of the system.

Nebraska Service Coordinators

However, my favorite part about getting to go to Lincoln for work is seeing my family! My second favorite part is getting to see my cute doggy who is living with her grandparents until I have a little more time to hang out with her!

My puppy Smudge!

I am spending this week in Minnesota! Check back next week for photos of the amazing agencies I am working with here this week!

Hey Missouri we will be holding a User Group on April 20, 2012! This will be a session on Therap’s RMAP: Risk Management Assessment and Plan, and IPOPs: Individual Plan of Protective Oversight and Safeguards. Sign up using the link below and you will receive emailed instructions on how to join the webinar. Look forward to seeing you there!

Register Below

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/171682186

I just returned from 2 days of training in New Ulm, Minnesota with a great agency called MBW Company. They have 160 staff that are ready to rock Therap. They will be starting with T-Logs, Health Tracking and GER’s

Big thanks to Brandy, Jennie and Justin for all of their hospitality and for teaching me about the rich history of New Ulm.  They also introduced me to Happy Joes, which has some of the best taco pizza as well as Tater Tot Hash I have ever had!

Day 1 at MBW

The delicious Taco Pizza!

Amazing Tater Tot Hash