Management, Operation, and Program Development in Human Services Organizations: EnvisionSMARTâ„¢: A Melmark Model of Administration and Operation concentrates on leadership within HSOs. The book details how to establish a structure for a board of directors, including committee standing, composition of members, orientation and training, board engagement and board reporting. Guidelines for how to design a senior leadership structure are also discussed, including examples of organizational charts, position descriptions, performance management approaches, and strategic and succession planning. Human Service Organizations (HSO) are groups, both public and private, with one main goal, to enhance human well-being. These organizations provide a variety of services for children and adults, including mental health care and educational programs. The Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) model is an effective approach to designing, implementing and maintaining services within HSOs. Each volume in this series highlights key concepts and applications pertinent to each division of HSOs. It is written in a user-friendly format that allows readers to easily integrate the model into their own practice or organization.

Clinical Systems and Programming in Human Services Organizations: EnvisionSMARTâ„¢: A Melmark Model of Administration and Operation provides a step-by-step plan for creating clinical programs within HSOs using Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and Functional Analysis (FA) Systems. This includes establishing standards and guidelines for behavior support plans that meet federal and state guidelines. Readers are also provided with instructions and templates on how prepare clinical “report cards” to track patient progress. The book promotes a multidisciplinary working environment for clinicians to help foster collaboration amongst medical, nursing, psychiatric and allied professionals. Human Service Organizations (HSO) are groups, both public and private with one main goal, to enhance human well-being. With the decrease of federal funding for these services, many private HSOs have been created to supplement the void. To ensure that these HSOs provide adequate services to their patients, it is vital that they adopt an effective model. The Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) model is an effective approach to designing, implementing and maintaining services within HSOs. Each volume in this series highlights key concepts and applications pertinent to each division of HSOs and is written in a user-friendly format.

Professional Development, Training, and Supervision in Human Services Organizations provides the latest research on Human Service Organizations (HSO) groups, both public and private, and their use of the Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) model for effective designing, implementing and maintaining services within HSOs. Each volume in this series highlights key concepts and applications pertinent to each division of HSOs, with this release providing program directors and supervisors with the tools they need to develop an efficient and effective training program for onboarding, performance evaluation and professional development for their staff.

provides an overview of the area of OBM-IDD summarizes the extant literature offers research-to-practice recommendations includes operational strategies for building successful service settings synthesizes the published literature and directs practice and research in the areas of assessment and evaluation, training, supervision, and performance improvement, systems interventions, and organizational development an integral aid for professionals looking to improve different aspects of service delivery

provides an overview of the area of OBM-IDD summarizes the extant literature offers research-to-practice recommendations includes operational strategies for building successful service settings synthesizes the published literature and directs practice and research in the areas of assessment and evaluation, training, supervision, and performance improvement, systems interventions, and organizational development an integral aid for professionals looking to improve different aspects of service delivery

Gold Medal Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, 2015 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. Rita is an infant when her father leaves a successful career in the US to live in "paradise"-a seaside village in the Dominican Republic. The Coconut Latitudes is her haunting, lyrical memoir of surviving a reality far from the envisioned Eden-and of the terrible cost of keeping secrets.