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Healthcare is characterized by waiting . . . in Lean waiting = muda, and muda means waste. Reducing waste is the primary goal of Lean. Michael McCarthy, MEd 

Working to match authority with responsibility can be done by first understanding the meaning of responsibility and authority. Janis Allen, BA 

Emotions are as much a part of the analysis of behavior as observed behavior. T.V. Joe Layng, PhD

No news is not good news. There is no improvement without feedback. Janis Allen, BA

We start knowing our work is important when other people tell us. Janis Allen, BA   

The issue of modality can become really critical. Obviously, when we start with pictures or any other augmentative system, whether it’s sign languages or a device, everybody is concerned that when they use the pictures, they will learn to rely on them and never learn to speak.

Topical and systemic interventions can work side by side, and often together, with the same client in order to produce great outcomes. T. V. Joe Layng, PhD 

“Well a lot of lives are lost on the road... We lost more people during the period of the Vietnam war on the highways than we did in Vietnam.” Ronald Van Houten 

A ‘free for all type of social group does not benefit children with autism. Most children with autism in these ‘free forall’ social groups appear to be very lost.

I have been fortunate to be in a position to help execute his vision, and I am not done because his vision was quite expansive. We will be rolling out some of Jerry’s plans for years to come.

As mental health professionals, we’re often invited into the courtroom, into the playground of lawyers, and it’s important that we understand that we must play by the rules. Understanding the rules allows us to play and enjoy the time that we might be spending in the courtroom.

The organizational benefit is the alignment of pay/effort of employees to the company.  Byron Wine, PhD

By far the most common form of maltreatment in the United States is neglect . . . Side effects of neglect, short term, and long term, are actually as serious as those of physical abuse and sexual abuse.

There is often training that is required to be given. Byron Wine, PhD, BCBA-D 

 … but to have serious, open, honest discussion about human sexuality, it’s something most of us would rather not do. Peter F. Gerhardt, EdD