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Jan Pfannenstiel & Kathy Reed: Are you getting the information you need out of Therap – Using Therap for Mailing lists, Caseload lists, etc.

Jan Pfannenstiel & Kathy Reed are both Therap Program Administrators, at OCCK, Inc., in Kansas

This user panel session will discuss needs relative to pushing Therap beyond the great tool it is for direct services staff to making it an indispensable tool for other aspects of your agency.

How much time are you spending to get to a mailing list for your customers, families, case managers, etc. Do you need to pull information from the custom fields in Therap? Would you like to have information for active customers only? Therap is a great documentation and communication package. Agencies should be able to use Therap to meet other needs related to family communication and reporting without spending large amounts of time on these tasks. This user panel session will discuss needs relative to pushing Therap beyond the great tool it is for direct service staff to making it an indispensable tool for other aspects of your agency.

02/10/2011, Thursday, 10:00am – 11:00am

Related:

List of Users’ Presentations
National Conference’s Page
Registration

Jarrod Shupe & Mike Tiannello: The Technology Side of a Therap Implementation

Jarrod Shupe is the Director of IT, Arc of Onondaga, New York & Mike Tiannello is the Director of IT at Madison-Cortland ARC in New York

We would like to present an open discuss on the Technology side of a Therap implementation. We plan on describing the steps we took
to implement Therap, what technologies we used and how we are implementing Therap in regards to technology. We will discuss our pre- and post- Therap environments and relay feedback received from our end users. We will discuss the use of group policy to lock down our terminal PC’s and using third party applications to control access. This open discussion group will focus on the IT side of a Therap implementation. We will discuss the implementation and evolution of Therap in multi-site environments.

02/09/2011, Wednesday, 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Related:

List of Users’ Presentations
National Conference’s Page
Registratio

June Ellman: Utilization of Therap Demographics and General Event Reporting to Assess Risk

June Ellman is the Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement at The Arc of the Piedmont, Virginia

Indicators of Risk such as number and type of medication errors, number and type of serious illness, stang patterns, and time factors
are all methods to access risk. The ability to assess these factors rely, in part, on knowing what information is to be collected, and understanding how Therap can be used as a data collection and data retrieval system. This demonstration will present a model for data collection using Therap’s Health Tracking and General Event modules. Identification of indicators of risk, data collection and retrieval will be discussed. The session will include a demonstration of how data can be easily imported into a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access program from further analysis. Models for sorting data within Access will be demonstrated, as well as a discussion as strategies for organizing data so that users obtain the data they need in the correct format.

Related:
List of Users’ Presentations
National Conference’s Page
Registration

Michelle Saunders: Getting Started and Evolving With Therap

Michelle Saunders is the Director of Community Integration of ACT: Alternative Community Training, located in Columbia, Missouri

ACT, Alternative Community Training, began to use Therap on a limited basis, in ten residential sites and across the day program, in April 2009. Within 6 months, the rest of the agency was ready to begin the Therap adventure and current users were ready for additional modules! I will talk about how the agency created its Acceptable Use Policy, rolled out training with existing and new employees and how the agency continues to evolve with Therap. I will highlight Therap’s willingness to incorporate statewide forms into their system and discuss the benets of utilizing electronic communication and documentation.

Next, I will discuss other technological products that ACT utilizes, including the College of Direct Support and Web Footed
Friends (Talintel.) Finally, I will demonstrate how Therap will assist with preparing for an electronic CARF survey scheduled for June 2011.

02/08/2011, Tuesday, 10:15am – 11:15am

Related:

List of Users’ Presentations
National Conference 2011’s Page
Registration

Kelly Kinderman, Erin Bigler & Kristina Masterson: Getting your agency started on the right foot, beginning with buy-in

Kelly Kinderman is the Director of Quality Management,
Erin Bigler, the Records Manager and Therap Administrator, &
Kristina Masterson Assistant Director of Residential Services
Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, New York

With every new process always comes frustration, questions and concerns. Therap will aect each agency sta and position in one way or another, therefore, promoting buy-in and oering start up tips is essential for new users. Learning what Therap has to offer is a journey however recognizing what it can do for your agency is everlasting.

Learner Objectives:
1. The learner will be provided with various tools /concepts to utilize to encourage buy-in from agency staff.
2. The learner will be provided with tips of what to do and what not to do in the beginning stages of implementation.
3. The learner will be able to identify what technology is needed to implement Therap modules efficiently and effectively.
4. The learner will be able to identify potential road blocks within their agency.
5. The learner will be provided with training concepts to roll out individual modules.
6. The learner will be provided models for user guides, structures and processes in implementing modules.

02/08/2011, Tuesday, 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Related:
List of Users’ Presentations
National Conference’s Page
Registration

Paul Smith & Cathy Rathburn: Therap for multi-state providers

Dungarvin’s use of Therap currently extends across 6 states, 200 locations, 700 individuals served, and more than 1000 DSPs.

An open discussion on the challenges (and opportunities) faced by provider agencies operating across multiple states, such as, but not limited to:

• Developing a repeatable implementation process
• Balancing state specic needs with organizational standards
• Facilitating “national”, or “corporate”, access
• Developing “local”, subject matter experts and Provider Administrators
• Assessing the impact on existing systems, processes and procedures

02/08/2011, Tuesday, 01:30pm

Related:

List of Users’ Presentations
National Conference’s Page
Registration

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