Toilet Training for Children with Autism and Other Disabilities

Toilet Training for Children with Autism and Other Disabilities
Charlotte Crane and Jane Dettra

Saturday, December 8th 2012: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Enterprise Hall Room 80
George Mason University – Fairfax Campus

BCBAs may earn 3 Type II BACB ACE Hrs / Open to the Public!

Register at http://spedsurvey.gmu.edu/snap/2012/aba_workshops/dec8_toilet_training/

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related developmental disorders often experience difficulty with toilet training. This workshop provides information on determining readiness, developing a routine, habit training, overcoming fear, communicating the need to use the toilet, modeling and pre-teaching to support success.

What to do with all these applicants?

As mentioned in a previous blog post, we received over 80 resumes in for a handful of positions in DC, MD, and VA (at the time the blog was posted it was 70).We thought long and hard about what to do with the additional resumes. Many of the people who applied were more than qualified and were very eager to start. They had a variety of background experiences and we really didn’t want this pool of potential staff members to just disappear as many parents have often told me that they can’t find potential staff members for their program. So what were we to do?

Firstly, we created a new blog site to post new job announcements for the people who had sent in their resumes. This provided us with a central location to have potential staff members look for positions without us needing to constantly email all of them and potentially having our emails marked as spam. Current staff members will continue to be notified via our staff newsletter about open positions.

Secondly, we created a Potential Behavioral Technicians page on the Breakthrough Developmental Services, LLC homepage. The address to the new page is http://bdshelps.com/Pages/BehTechs.aspx. On Thursday, August 16, 2012 the Human Resources Department sent an email requesting an information update from all persons who previously applied for a position. As these updates are received from the applicants, they will update the information that is posted on the page. Parents, if you are interested in having a potential applicant join your team you may feel free to contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected] or 240-355-0834.

As a reminder, all staff members must complete our 4 basic training classes before beginning with a client. Additionally, with each new client there is training specific to their individualized program. All Behavioral Technicians also received ongoing training and supervision.

If you have any questions about this correspondence, please feel free to contact our offices at [email protected] or give us a call at 240-355-0834.

Sincerely,

Barbara Erby

President

Breakthrough Developmental Services, LLC

www.BDSHelps.com

Attention Parents!

Are you searching for additional team members? We had several immediate openings with some of our families, but we received in more than 70 resumes of people looking for positions. Please don’t let this influx of qualified applicants go to waste. The resumes have come in from DC, MD, and VA and are looking for part and full time positions.

If you are interested in adding another member to your team, contact us immediately.

Sincerely,
The Human Resources Department

Breakthrough Developmental Services, LLC
“Making a difference in the lives of those around us.”

Ph: 240-355-0834
F: 301-559-7006
E: [email protected]
Website: www.BDSHelps.com

New Resumes Arriving!!!

Parents:

We have new resumes arriving from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Are you searching for new team members? All BDS Behavioral Technicians are trained in behavior principles and receive ongoing training. Each one of our Techs meets the qualifications to work under Maryland’s Autism Waiver.

Interested? Contact us today at [email protected] or http://bdshelps.com/Pages/ContactUs.aspx