Corey's Summary of a Multiple Day (10)

Yesterday went pretty good.  There was morning reading/writing, then work, then Dr. M's appointment, and afterward, we took ourselves out for dinner, then before bed, we had a chance to talk to Forest Path on the phone for a few moments (he was still working in the city on a three day mission to put order into one of his manufacturing floors). 

Before work, we chose to send Sr. Tess the last entry we had written.  When she met us at the door with her big gracious smile, we knew it was going to be ok.  After a few minutes of talk, she gave us permission to be working after hours.  We were able to convey we had this free time to safely give and we find great joy in doing this.  Very happy ending.

A good portion of the morning was to write a new behavioral assessment for the DSP's to communicate problems the individuals are having.  We like developing new systems.  Chiefly we utilized an assessment the industry uses for adaptive/maladaptive behaviors called, an "ICAP."  Then we added a "new" directive space for QMRP/Administrator alternatives.  For example, if we know that an individual enters/exits the bathroom slamming doors, we can suggest, "walk with the individual to and from the bathroom."  The individual should be learning to trust our help.  

In the afternoon, we did an observation on an individual who will be staffed on Tuesday.  We also consulted with this indivdual's DSP. 

We spent the rest of the afternoon on CARF.  We developed our outline and began to type it out.  In particular, this question asks us to gather and analyze 13 different areas of business information.  CARF is much changed in that now it asks for more analyzing of information and from that establishing new business priorities.

Lastly, we went to Dr. M's.  For the last part of the meeting KC was out.  It was very unsual for her to be out without Casey.  Jamie came next to calm things down.