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We have received some great proposals for user presentations at our National Conference for Provider Administrators in East Hanover, New Jersey which is taking place on February 7th-9th, 2012. I will be highlighting some of them over the coming weeks

We still have a few slots open on the schedule, so we are extending the deadline for submissions to the end of September. Remember, if you are selected, we will waive the cost of admission to the conference.

You can learn more about the conference (and presenting) here.

:: Justin ::

We had an email go out this morning which mixed up information between our New Mexico and West Virginia conferences.

Let me confirm the details:

Therap Regional Conference and User Group, Sutton, West Virginia, May 24-25, 2011

Therap Regional Conference: Focus on National Nurses/Healthcare, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1-2, 2011

I am very sorry for any confusion that we caused.

:: Justin ::

Today is Day One of the 8th Side by Side Technology Conference.

It’s amazing how each one of these conferences is different with its own personality but equally cool and wonderful.

Jeff as always makes for a great host and after a day of teaching and learning I’m looking forward to seeing something of St Louis.

Much, much more to come over the next two days.

:: Justin ::

We have started to put together our list of conferences for 2011 and as you can see from the growing list, there are going to be quite a few of them.

People will often ask me which conference they should come to.  My general answer is that you have to come to Fishkill (the Annual Provider Administrator Conference) as this is not an experience that can be duplicated anywhere, and then you should also go to any local conferences near you.  Each conference offers a range of topics and opportunities.  To try and give you a sense of what will be available at each conference, we have come up with this guide.  Check it out and then start signing up.

 :: Justin ::

Upcoming Conferences

The folks who are attending our conference in Oregon are the first to try out our latest venture into the world of mobile computing.

In preparation for even more amazing things at our National Conference in Fishkill, NY in February were are testing an early release or our mobile conference website.

To see what’s on offer, go to www.TherapServices.net/or on your mobile device.

Here’s a preview:

Try it out and let us know what you think.

Do you have any ideas for what we could add for Fishkill?

:: Justin ::

I am very excited that we have released the first preliminary schedule for our National Conference in Fishkill, New York in February.

Check it out here

Sign up and learn more about the conference here.

:: Justin ::

Oct. 19-21: 7^th Side-by-Side Event 

CDS Authors From University of Minnesota
To Join the Conference’s Program Lineup

It’s time for one and all to sign up for “Side-by-Side Technology: Therap, CDS Training Conference VII” on Oct. 19-21 in Burnside, MN, just outside Minneapolis near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

This will be the 7^th in the series of joint training conferences presented by the College of Direct Support (CDS) and Therap Services. The venue for this unique event will be the Holiday Inn-Burnsville, which is 15 minutes from the airport and has a shuttle available,

Since the conference will be near Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota and its Institute on Community Integration (ICI), we’ll be joined by a number of the people who produce and author CDS courses.  The ICI is the entity that is responsible for developing and the authoring the CDS curriculum. We will have members of the ICI join us for portions of the conference and they will be available for questions and conversations.  Those who may attend are Amy Hewitt, Nancy McCulloh, Susan O’Nell, Derek Nord, Lori Sedlezky, Pam Stenjham and Mark Olson.

Therap Services and CDS are working jointly to enhance the services and supports available to people with developmental disabilities and those who support them. This conference brings together the two industry leaders in the field of utilizing web-based technologies to educate and train a workforce delivering support services.

Therap and CDS will offer sessions and presentations on their services and you’ll hear from the University of Minnesota’s ICI staff. There will be specific sessions for advanced users, for system administrators and for the potential users of Therap and CDS. Also, agencies from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Nebraska and South Dakota that are current users of one or both technologies offered by CDS and Therap will be on hand.

The two separate and yet distinct companies will discuss the “bridge” that allows users to access Therap’s services and bridge to the CDS via the Elsevier Performance Manager offered by Elsevier | MCStrategies.

Therap Services, LLC, based in Waterbury, CT, is a web-based service organization that provides an integrated solution for documentation and communication needs of agencies providing support to people with disabilities, especially developmental disabilities.

CDS is an online curriculum delivered by a Learning Management System and is being used across the country to develop, educate and build careers for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs).  CDS is a collaborative work of the University of Minnesota and Elsevier | MCStrategies.

For more fun, there will be exciting Therap Games, brainstorming sessions and more surprises waiting for you!

For information on conference attractions, the schedule, registration fees and hotel accommodations, click on the links below:

• Download Flyer
• Conference Schedule
• Register Online

Our friends from Rest Assured and Web Footed Friends once again will be joining us in Minnesota.

Rest Assured is a real time monitoring system with two-way communications that started in 2001. Broadband wireless technology is used to link individual homes to a central monitoring station.

Web Footed Friends, Inc. is an applied research firm developing and supporting talent management systems in human services to get the right people in specific positions to increase productivity, customer satisfaction and industry capacity that fosters growth and enhances quality of consumer support. The principals of the firm have had 30-plus years experience in psychometrics.  WFF has focused on organizational development for 15 years.

Hotel rooms are $85 a night. For additional information about this conference, call 203-596-7553.

THE CONFERENCE LINKS 

College of Direct Support:  www.collegeofdirectsupport.com
Therap Services:  www.therapservices.net
Rest Assured:  www.restassuredsystem.com
Web Footed Friends:  www.webfootedfriends.com

We just released the schedule for our next Side by Side Conference which will take place October 19th to 21st at the Burnsville Holiday Inn, next to Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport.

We have a really exciting agenda featuring a whole track of sessions by the folks from the University of Minnesota.

If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for?

:: Justin ::

Call for Presentations for the February 8-10,2011 National Provider Administrators’ Conference

(at Fishkill, New York)

Proposalsare now being accepted for Therap’s 2011 National ProviderAdministrators’ Conference to be held in Fishkill, NY from February 8-10, 2011. We are offering an opportunity to Therap users who are interested inpresenting either in a seminar/tutorial or panel discussion format. Therapusers can also include surveyors, families, state caseworkers or others who areinteracting with agencies using Therap. The goal of the conference is to sharebest practices and innovation in the use of Therap. Attendees and Presenters,alike, will have the opportunity to share and collaborate with current, new andpotential users of the system. Some suggestedtopics for presentations are:

• Training your staff to use Therap
• Getting the buy in for Therap at your agency
• Agency Guidelines for Use – In particular, agencies which can share written policy guidelines
• Discussions on how your agency uses specific modules
• The transition to paperless
• Time and Cost Savings
• Quality of Documentation and Care
• Working with Families
• Sharing data between agencies
• Using Therap Global Library
• Dealing with certification and surveyors
• Staff hiring and training issues
• Interface with other industry systems (College of Direct Support, accounting packages, etc)
• State specific issues
• IT, hardware and infrastructure issues
• Reporting and analysis 
• Using mobile devices
• Staff hiring and training issues
• Writing policies about electronic documentation

You maysubmit your presentation proposal dealing with any of the topics listed aboveor any other area that addresses your experiences with the Therap System.

Yourproposal should include the following information:

1. Contactinformation for presenters including:  names, academic degrees,titles, affiliations, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses (e-mailcorrespondence is preferred).  Please list only the namesof presentation authors who will be speaking at the conference.

2. Pleasedescribe the presentation format. Please be advised that due to time and spacelimitations, Therap Services, LLC reserves the right to determine the lengthand format of each session.

3. Title ofyour presentation

Abstract/SessionDescription

1. Include a1 paragraph abstract of the proposed conference presentation.

2. Provide aconcise 1 – 2 sentence session description that may be used in our conferencebrochure and schedule.

Deadlineand Acknowledgment of Submissions

Pleasesubmit your abstract with cover sheet by November 1, 2010 to fishkill2010@therapservices.net.Notification of acceptance will be made via phone or e-mail.

*Note:We have an early decision deadline of September 1, 2010. Presenters willreceive a complimentary conference registration. Agencies may submit multipleindividuals and may receive multiple complimentary registrations.

For moreinformation, pleasecontact us fishkill2010@therapservices.net.