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WINTER 2019 Teaching Tree

Center & Home ABA Services

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News

We will be offering a summer camp from July 1 to July 31. Our summer program will offer a total of 66 hours of ABA with a ratio of 1 therapist to 2 students and 44 hours with a ratio 1:1. The camp is geared towards children who need structured support during the summer season. Activities will be designed to promote fine and gross motor skills, pretend play, social skills and communication. BCBAs will teach skills identified upon initial assessment during the one-on-one ABA therapy sessions. Schedule: 8:30-13:30 Mon – Fri Age: 2-7. Family training modules: each Tuesday!! For registration, pricing & detailed schedule

contact: Veneta@TeachingTree.de

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Teaching Tree moved to a new location. The new facility has kitchen, bathrooms with showers, gym, small garden and outdoor playground. We also hope to host in the near future OTs and SLPs and offer wrap-around services for our clients.

Where: Kaiserstr. 56, 66862 Kindsbach When: 15-Feb-2019

The new facility can host up to 12 service providers.

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To do the impossible, one has to learn to see the invisible

For the last four and a half years I have been gardening and nurturing a strong community of behavior analysts who serve the local community impacted by autism. With my support, two of Teaching Tree's employees became seeds and branched into private practice to create diversity and reach further into our community. It is important for me to continue to bring professional peers into Ramstein area and weave a rich safety net for everyone seeking support. The data speak for my efforts: Since 2013 the number of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) working with the US Military families in Ramstein went from 1 to 6 and the number of Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) supporting the English- and German-speaking communities went from 0 to 4. Currently there are 3 local independent Tricare-approved ABA providers, compared to 1 non-local ABA provider in 2013. ABA services are offered in English, German, Arabic, Korean, Tagalog, and Bulgarian languages. Five years ago, children accessed ABA services around 40 hours per month, now - approximately 800 hours per month.

The deeper the roots of my Tree grow, the more hidden resources I access. My vision of autism care expands with each year and now I am aiming to build a comprehensive therapeutic practice. Individuals with ASD have multi-spectrum needs (speech, sensory, motor, social and behavioral) and it is my intent to build a team that combines scientific approaches from the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy in a multidisciplinary synergetic treatment system. I hope that Teaching Tree’s new facility will finally host under the same roof gifted OTs, SLPs and BCBAs who will create the so much needed wrap-around service package.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts – Aristotle

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Now hiring Speech Language Pathologist

Minimum Qualifications

German Logopädie Studium/ Ausbildung or US equivalent. Fluent English is a must! Experience working with non-verbal children is a plus. Candidates with training in apraxia, oral-motor development, pediatric feeding, tactile-kinesthetic approach (PROMPT, Kaufman method, etc.), augmentative communication, and autism will be considered first. Driver’s license, no prior criminal history. Applicants must possess values such as: getting stuff done, integrate feedback from clinicians with different professional background, empathy, integrity, teamwork and fun positive energy.

Duties and Responsibilities

You will be addressing the topography and functionality of speech through your knowledge of speech and language development, anatomy and physiology of the oral and hearing mechanisms, methods of linguistic analysis, specific treatments related to swallowing and feeding. Working one-on-one with American children (ages 2-12) diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Collaborating with Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) in implementation of behavioral interventions. Providing speech therapy, pediatric feeding programs, tactile-kinesthetic approaches to promote proper speech articulation for clients with apraxia, utilizing ASL, PECS or augmentative communication devices such as ProloquoToGo and LAMP to establish functional communication skills for non-vocal children.

Benefits

Full- / Part- time offer with excellent compensation, continuing education reimbursement, flexible schedule, clinical setting, mentorship from professionals with more than 13 years of experience, working in a dynamic interdisciplinary team (BCBAs and OTs).

Matthew Pak is leaving Teaching Tree this February to open his own practice in Ramstein. He is now a Tricare-approved network provider. Matthew worked for Teaching Tree for over 3 years and acted as the back bone for Teaching Tree’s initiatives, visions and growth. We are excited that the community of ABA providers is expanding and look forward to Matt’s new adventure at BX Matter.

With heart-felt gratitude and much love, we wish Matthew a safe flight out of Teaching Tree’s nest. May the force be with him!

Now hiring Occupational Therapist

Minimum Qualifications

German Ergotherapeut/in Studium/ Ausbildung or US equivalent. Fluent English is a must! Experience working with non-verbal children is a plus. If you do not have this experience we will gladly provide you with the needed training. Driver’s license, no prior criminal history. Applicants must possess values such as: getting stuff done, receive constructive feedback, empathy, integrity, teamwork and fun positive energy.

Duties and Responsibilities

You will be addressing the mechanical, kinesthetic, physiological, sensory and neurological aspects of functionality by breaking down into smaller steps the processes associated with the acquisition of skills such as hand washing, dressing, eating, riding a bike, or handwriting. You will be responsible for identifying the deficits in the clients’ motor development as well as physical and emotional regulation in order to correct the limitations and promote independence and growth. Working one-on-one with American and German children (ages 2-12) diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Collaborating with Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) in implementation of behavioral interventions. Providing occupational therapeutic services, pediatric feeding programs, teaching prerequisite skills necessary for toilet training, handwriting, dressing, eating, etc.

Benefits

Full- / Part- time offer with excellent compensation, continuing education reimbursement, flexible schedule, clinical setting, mentorship from professionals with more than 10 years of experience, working in a dynamic interdisciplinary team (BCBAs and SLPs). Send your resume to veneta@teachingtree.de