Professional Development

By Butterfly Effects Editorial Staff   |   12/29/2011   |   comments
Whether you are a practicing professional or represent an organization or school, your approach to professional development needs to be as dedicated and committed to quality as your approach to client services.

Rather than look at it as an obligation, professional support should be regarded as an investment that will improve the services you and / or your organization delivers, while improving your own career development.

At Butterfly Effects, our network continues to grow by dozens every month and now encompasses more than 300 leading professionals across all fields and areas of expertise.
One of the primary reasons that we continue to attract care providers, clinicians, therapists, and educators is our focus on professional development. We provide opportunities for education, supervision, consultation, and oversight that reflect the vast, diverse, and highly experienced professionals who make us such a respected national and international provider.

Our depth of resources, our extensive knowledge, and our pioneering communication technology as well our reputation with schools, the military, service providers, insurance companies, certification boards and government organizations allow us to provide you and your organization with a complete menu of professionals services. Those services are steeped in an understanding of both the practical realities and the newest developments in this continually evolving field.

We at Butterfly Effects understand the variables involved with providing services to individuals with disabilities.
As you already know, these variables can be as complex and multifaceted as they are unique and situational. If you are a professional you need to be aware and develop strategies to cope with these key realities:
  • Federal and local regulations continue to evolve and change both in terms of their letter as well as their application.
  • Changing insurance regulations, health care reform, and the shrinking budgets impacting schools and healthcare facilities are creating new practical realities that can compromise your ability to deliver comprehensive quality care.
  • New research, new technology, new evaluation practices, and new evidence continues to change our understanding of the field and the way treatment plans are developed and implemented,
  • Increased publicity and increased public scrutiny are changing people's expectations and presenting challenges that sometimes fly in the face of evidence.
These realities must be dealt with, but they don't have to define who you are as a professional or make it impossible to deliver the kind of quality services that can make all the difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Whether you are a clinician, therapist, paraprofessional, or educator; or whether you represent an organization or a school or are an independent provider, you need to find the right support.
You need to be plugged into a support system that can meet your supervision needs and continually advance your professional development so that you are able to deliver effective services, maintain your professional credentials, and access the funding required to keep you and / or your organization solvent and operating to full potential.

The Butterfly Effects network can match you with experienced practitioners who can provide you with both remote and onsite professional services, including:
  • Individual and group staff training, including the very best training in the disciplines of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Special Education, Speech and Language, to name a few
  • Individual and group monitoring services to ensure effective supervision programs that meet state licensure and / or board certification requirements
  • 24/7 self-paced continuing education certified by the BACB and ASHATM
  • Consultative and oversight services covering plan development, care delivery, and behavioral management
  • Business development and insurance and regulatory compliance consultation
CentralReach online platform can provide support that is not constrained by time or distance.
CentralReach has been developed to meet the practical needs of today's professional. It offers an effective way to maintain written and visual records as well as a way to efficiently communicate and exchange ideas and information with supervisors and peers. It allows you to connect with top experts in your field anywhere in the world.


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