is "eminently qualified" because she has a background in working with the criminally insane.
She's a nice woman, seems very intelligent, can get to my house when she's not working...
BUT - I'm waiting to hear that she bailed.
I had a chance to meet with her one-on-one for about 30 minutes. We went over the details of difficult child's diagnosis and history. New BT seemed to understand where I was coming from and the type of supports that difficult child needs (which largely focus on the personality disorder and helping difficult child learn healthier coping skills).
The state supervisor joined the meeting and began outlining the state's requirements for accomplishing all this. Basically, the state wants each individual behavior detailed and dealt with as a separate issue regardless of the underlying disorder. So, if difficult child is having a bad day and doesn't shower, doesn't do any school work, doesn't eat and then stomps are the house raging and destroying things - the Behavior Therapist is supposed to ignore the "having a bad day" part - and simply focus on addressing eash negative behavior. In this example, the BT needs to document that she spent X amount of time treating the 'not showering', then x amount of time addressing homework issues, then x amount of time addressing proper eating, and then x amount of time addressing the rage.
BT looked at state supervisor like she was crazy! (And remember, this is a woman who DEALS with truly crazy people!)
The BT asked if we could note time necessary for she and I to compare notes on difficult child's behaviors, since difficult child cannot be counted on to be truthful.
The answer? NOPE! Every moment of the BT's time is to be spent dealing directly with difficult child and difficult child alone. If BT decides she needs to get input from Mom or Dad, that's a separate thing and may not be part of state-contracted therapy.
I suspect the potential BT is thinking it over and deciding whether or not she wants to be part of this lose-lose situation. (And really, who could blame her?)
She's a nice woman, seems very intelligent, can get to my house when she's not working...
BUT - I'm waiting to hear that she bailed.
I had a chance to meet with her one-on-one for about 30 minutes. We went over the details of difficult child's diagnosis and history. New BT seemed to understand where I was coming from and the type of supports that difficult child needs (which largely focus on the personality disorder and helping difficult child learn healthier coping skills).
The state supervisor joined the meeting and began outlining the state's requirements for accomplishing all this. Basically, the state wants each individual behavior detailed and dealt with as a separate issue regardless of the underlying disorder. So, if difficult child is having a bad day and doesn't shower, doesn't do any school work, doesn't eat and then stomps are the house raging and destroying things - the Behavior Therapist is supposed to ignore the "having a bad day" part - and simply focus on addressing eash negative behavior. In this example, the BT needs to document that she spent X amount of time treating the 'not showering', then x amount of time addressing homework issues, then x amount of time addressing proper eating, and then x amount of time addressing the rage.
BT looked at state supervisor like she was crazy! (And remember, this is a woman who DEALS with truly crazy people!)
The BT asked if we could note time necessary for she and I to compare notes on difficult child's behaviors, since difficult child cannot be counted on to be truthful.
The answer? NOPE! Every moment of the BT's time is to be spent dealing directly with difficult child and difficult child alone. If BT decides she needs to get input from Mom or Dad, that's a separate thing and may not be part of state-contracted therapy.
I suspect the potential BT is thinking it over and deciding whether or not she wants to be part of this lose-lose situation. (And really, who could blame her?)