

TruePotential PLLC is pleased to announce its new Educational Therapy Program for Children with Disabilities, designed to provide a special education support system for current students and teachers, and the design of individualized education plans for children with developmental disabilities, monitored, supervised, updated and assessed by TruePotential PLLC. Over the last few years, our experience developing educational and therapeutic program has allowed us to: Define best ways to develop educational therapy programs that relate to the Arizona Standards for Teaching curriculum. Build a teaching structure that provides consistent monitoring and adaptation of educational therapy plans, using: Trained service providers that maintain steady progress in all areas, by connecting with their students, building rapport and a healthy, productive working relationship. An experienced behavior specialist that will oversee the design, implementation and modification of each program to maintain its validity. A staffing coordinator that will assist the selection and placement of personnel to maintain a strong therapeutic team, as well as coordinate field trips, facilitate communication with parents and scheduling/rescheduling efforts. A clinical director that will oversee implementation of educational therapy plans by the behavior specialist and service providers. Identify the most important parts of each therapy plan. These allow parents and providers to measure and know for sure progress is being made. These parts include: Number of exercises per hour/session Number of active/review programs in each therapy plan Relationship between each goal and its functional use, for improvement on quality of life and independent functioning. Through this collaborative model, children of ranging skill levels can receive the individualized attention they require, while participating in a dynamic model that adapts to their needs with every changing moment. Important Changes to Our Program We are excited to announce the introduction of our new behavior specialist, Melissa Robinson to our team! Her position is a new position, developed to best fit the needs of all of our children and their programs. As the behavior specialist/teacher in charge, Melissa’s duties will include, but not be limited to: Development of implementation of all generalized routines, including morning and lunch routines, field trips and individualized schedules for each student. Monitoring of the implementation of each program by each assistant, by spending time every day to observe and examine the structure, materials and content our students are using, ensuring their effectiveness. Assigning and monitoring daily homework assignments, communicating with parents to ensure their completion and effectiveness. This daily interaction with parents will allow Melissa to monitor students’ energy levels, scheduling needs and behavioral considerations. Running 60 minute, bi-weekly parent group training sessions, that will include: Answering parent’s individual questions and concerns Developing specific topics for parents’ better understanding of their children’s academic, behavioral and social development Sheltering and encouraging an atmosphere of cooperation, information sharing and rapport building between all of our families Training of all specialized educational therapy assistants (existing and new). This includes Online Structured Training Modules for the continuing education of our educational therapy staff. Scheduling and running weekly meetings with clinical directors to best define modifications to treatment plans, and answer any concerns arising from interactions with students, assistants or parents. Scheduling and running quarterly progress report meetings. During these meetings, we will: Do our best to coordinate them along with the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)’s quarterly meetings, where present will be our clinical director, behavior specialist, educational assistant, staffing coordinator and therapeutic personnel involved in the child’s treatment plan (ST, OT, PT). Please contact us with any questions about the development of your educational therapy plan, materials or schedule at 520-300-5585.