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Welcome to our team at Connective Intervention Services (CIS)! Please review the following videos and documents prior to meeting for your orientation. This will allow us to spend our time answering any questions you may have when we meet. You will be paid for two hours of your time for orientation.
Please view this welcome video from Sonja and Dennine.
Welcome to Connective Intervention Services, LLC.
Click the icon on the left for a video ( minutes)
- CIS Staff Site:
How might you use this site to help you? Click the image on the left for a video (7 minutes)
How might you use this site to help you? Click the image on the left for a video (7 minutes)
2.Referrals:
2.Referrals:
a. How do referrals come in? Click the image on the left for a video (5 minutes)
a. How do referrals come in? Click the image on the left for a video (5 minutes)
*Please start the case within 14 days of the IFSP date.
b. Please read about the counties you will serve using the links:
b. Please read about the counties you will serve using the links:
*Your login information will be provided in a separate correspondence from Ann Lowell*. In the meantime for orientation purposes we have created a "sandbox" for you to play/practice accessing Provider Soft (if you wish) while you complete you orientation.
Log in: https://web.providersoftllc.com/CIS/TherapistsLogin/TherapistLoginScreen.aspx
Username: cisfake@connectiveis.com
Password: cisfake#2
You will be logged in as a fake provider (Candy Cane, SLP)
(Note: We do not utilize My Classrooms)
Option 1: Post a Single Session
How to post an Electronic Session Note using the desktop EMR: https://youtu.be/zUkYTCmCGP4
How to post a Paper Session Note: https://youtu.be/olhyTeGVfOI
Option 2: See Mobile App option below (most staff use this)
*** Berks County ONLY cases will have the BSU # in a field on the Child Contacts page (on the right-hand side above the Contacts section). Please copy/paste this number on each session note in the top left ID # area.
Alerts, Contact us & Shortcuts
Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting
Provider Soft Mentors: Who can I contact when I need support
5. Using the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) Activity Guide:
5. Using the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) Activity Guide:
a. The HELP Activity Guide can be used in so many ways:
-When you arrive to a home and the child is sleeping
-During a session if the child needs a break
-To educate families about the developmental sequence of domains
-To provide as "homework" between sessions for your families to work with their child and master skills
-During TI sessions
-Many, many more possibilities.
6. Billing/Payroll will be collected through Session Notes in Provider Soft. For school billing and other billing, please use the Google Form.
6. Billing/Payroll will be collected through Session Notes in Provider Soft. For school billing and other billing, please use the Google Form.
a. Please check that all session notes are posted in Provider Soft. There should be no sessions in Drafts
Payroll will run on the 15th and the last day of each month.
7. Ounce/ECO: Videos linked below
7. Ounce/ECO: Videos linked below
You will fill out in documents using a fillable form in Provider Soft.
This is usually done at the 2nd session, but can be done during the 1st session in BC and MC
ECO Form (submit through ProviderSoft)
9. What to Expect After Orientation- No video
10.EI Training: Please read over the mandatory state-required training each year. The number of hours varies per staff member and depends on when you start. 24 hours are due each year from July 1st to June 30th. About 11 hours are the state mandatory training and the same each year while the others are your choice to pick from to a total 24. You will upload certificates in the Provider Registery. Staff meetings do count as training hours.
10.EI Training: Please read over the mandatory state-required training each year. The number of hours varies per staff member and depends on when you start. 24 hours are due each year from July 1st to June 30th. About 11 hours are the state mandatory training and the same each year while the others are your choice to pick from to a total 24. You will upload certificates in the Provider Registery. Staff meetings do count as training hours.
11. LC and NC ONLY:
11. LC and NC ONLY:
Done during the 1st session in the home with the family.
Here is quick video that summarizes the process.
Please use the Google Form to enter your strategies. Your entry will be reviewed by CIS Admin. Once approved, CIS Admin will paste your strategies into Pelican.
Add the Google Form to your Home Screen- video
Writing High-Quality IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals Training-video
12. Progress Reports: Please refer to each county page for details. The timing is calculated from the date of the most recent IFSP.
12. Progress Reports: Please refer to each county page for details. The timing is calculated from the date of the most recent IFSP.
Lehigh County; 5 and 9 months
Northampton County: 6 and 10 months
Montgomery County: 3, 6, 9 months
Berks County: 3, 6, 9 months
Schuylkill: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months
13. Connect with us on Social Media: Please follow and like our posts and share with families.
13. Connect with us on Social Media: Please follow and like our posts and share with families.
LinkedIn** Please post that you are now working at CIS on LinkedIn :-) We would greatly appreciate this. - Use this template if you wish.
14.The Coaching Pathway is strongly encouraged for new staff members. There is currently a $500 stipend offered by the state to staff members meeting fidelity.
14.The Coaching Pathway is strongly encouraged for new staff members. There is currently a $500 stipend offered by the state to staff members meeting fidelity.
Coaching:
Coaching Across Settings (OCDEL Announcement Effective December, 2020)
Coaching and Collaborative Partnerships
Coaching and Natural Learning Environment Practices
EITA Portal: Various Coaching Training
15. Please ask Dennine or Sonja when our next staff meeting will be:-)
15. Please ask Dennine or Sonja when our next staff meeting will be:-)
CIS Zoom Link- password: CIS
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