moving cattle
May 12th, 2012 | 
Author: Greetings! This is my first post, and I thought I would share a picture (well, I did not take this, I “borrowed” it from the state website) of what we watched last evening.
herding cattle in Montana
While I was out visiting folks on our campus, I noticed one of the guys watching something intently. I looked over to see if I could figure it out. He was watching the cows in the adjacent field. I had heard them earlier. Then I realized why they were so noisy – they were being herded!
I watched for just a moment as 3 cowboys were working the herd. Then I walked into the house I had been planning to visit, to let some of the other folks know what was happening. We went outside
and got to see a cowgirl gallop across campus – right between 2 of the houses! – to re-direct some of the cows who were headed the wrong way. There were 2 or 3 other people on horses and a couple of cow dogs. We saw lots of calves – they are so cute! – but it was not a large herd. They walked on the street right next to the house where we were. The cows going the wrong way were actually on the other side of the house, probably trying to drink some of the water in the irrigation ditch that runs through campus.
Sure did keep the cowboys busy and us entertained!
Little fish.
Testing. Testing. Is this thing on.
I am new to the great big sea of information that is Therap. I have been swimming in it for about a year and have come to realize a few things. First, the deeper into Therap one goes the more amazing it is. Second is that fact that once you step into the Therap waters you are carried swiftly (and gladly) into those deeper waters. And finally I have learned that no matter how deep you get there is always a friendly Therapite to guide you.
Until next time this is Craig, from the blue waters of the Pacific Northwest, signing off… Wait is this thing still on.
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Spring time in the Rockies
Happy Spring!!
It’s a typical spring day here in Montana, snowy and cold lol. However, the weather is slowly but surely starting warm up and Spring Fever has definitely hit our Clients and Staff.
With the change from recording most of our events into GERs to recording them into T-Logs and Health Tracking there have been a lot of discussions about the best way to title events and the best way to do tracking. There have been several glitches in the new system but we are slowly working them out and are starting to travel down the right track to a more streamlined event recording system. Any suggestions that anyone has on the best way to collect data I would greatly appreciate it.
I am also starting to look into how the Attendance module works but am hopelessly lost so any help would make my day 
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I hope the spring brings warm days and great memories to everyone.
Tammy
Welcome, Deb Gabse!
- She has certifiably good taste in dinner…
Deb Gabse is the latest certified trainer from Montana Developmental Center in Boulder, MT.
She has held many positions in the field: a special education teacher, and then at MDC, she was Life Skills Supervisor, and then a QMRP, and then an After-Hours Administrator and now a Human Services Specialist (we decided that is truly a title that could encompass anything!).
She is like a gypsy (…and likes seafood and is becoming a wine connoisseur. And she likes Seattle…sounds certifiable to me, for sure!)!!!!
Deb’s position is varied and she tends to be very interested in content and quality of the material, as well as assuring that it meets Montana’s requirements and guidelines, more than the ongoing training for MDC. She joins some good company (who had better get blogging!).
Montana is Therap country, for sure.
Allison
Greetings from Montana
Greetings from Montana!
It is chilly and snowy as I type this, around 27 degrees, with scattered snow showers. Well, another fantastic National Conference is over. I had a chance to make new friends and meet and work with some of the design team. We are looking forward to implementing some new (to Montana) functions, such as Eligibility, screening and referral, and Personal Support Planning, in the near future.
Let me invite you all to view My Montana!
Hello from Boulder, MT
Hello everyone in Therap Land! My name is Tammy Ross and I’m so happy to be a Certified Trainer for the Montana Developmental Center. Let me tell you a little about what we do around here. Montana Developmental Center (MDC) is a treatment center that serves people with developmental disorders and most of our Clients also have been dually diagnosed with a Mental Illness.
My job is to keep the Superintendent, Clinical Director, and Director of Quality Management on task . I’m also a co-leader of the Therap Steering Committee, so I’m pretty busy.
Currently MDC is changing the way we record GER events. We are actually eliminating about 85% of our GERs and recording them either in T-Logs or Health Tracking, this project has taken a long time to complete but the end result will be well worth the effort.
Well I better get back to work. I’ll let you all know how are new GER documentation works once it gets up and running. I look forward to hearing from all of you and reading your blogs.
Tammy
Welcome, Tammy Ross and Janie Brothers!
Tammy (top) is the second smarty pants from Montana, Janie (bottom) is the third. And not only are these two from Montana, they are from the same agency that Julia Streib works at which means that place is bursting with Therap nerd-dom!
Tammy is new to Montana Development Center (MDC) and is not only the lead Therap trainer but she also heads the Therap Steering Committee (we could use some steering sometimes!). She is all about process and leading the way to full implementation of Health Tracking (by January 1st, she promises…).
Janie brings twenty four years’ experience with her as a shift manager at MDC and is excited to see how Therap will transform what they do over there…right now, she is patiently weathering the transition. 
Montana is one of those states that is total Therap country, too. Did you also know that the average square mile of land in Montana contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope, and 3.3 deer? And deer, antelope and elk outnumber the human Montanans? Fun facts, my friends. Fun facts. You’ll thank me someday when playing Trivial Pursuit!
Allison
Welcome, Julia Streib!
You know, there are smarty pants in Montana, too! Julia is the first Certified Trainer from Montana (which is totally Therap country!). She works with Montana Development Center and has done so for TWENTY FIVE years.
She knows tons of stuff, especially about tracking goals. Watch for her to strut her stuff in an upcoming webinar.
There is no photo as she contends there are none. None in the world. I personally think she is fibbing a little.
(I’ll post one when I get it!)
UPDATE: Here she is…
Allison
