Therapist Terms, Conditions & Guidelines

Terms & Conditions

• 3 week trial period to include intensive training & application of the principals of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). To qualify as a trial period week, therapist must work a minimum of 5 hours for that week. Trial period pay is $5 per hour, this is to reduce training costs for parents and also because individual gains life long behavior analysis skills.
• Ability and willingness to read materials (books, manuals, excerpts) and be videotaped and critiqued.
• $8 per hour after 3 week trial period.
• Payment will be on a subcontract basis.
• Payday is the first and third Monday of every month. Checks will be located in the Black notebook at Kindercare by 10am. It will cover payment period up to the day before (Sunday).
• All employees must fill out their time sheets on a daily basis (if working that day) in the Black notebook.
• No reimbursement for travel is available.
• Tim & Kathy Harris reserve the right to terminate employment or contract at any time.
• All employees must adhere to the Oregon State Code of Ethics concerning client confidentiality.

Guidelines

• Therapists are expected to work a minimum of 6 hours per week for a period of 6 months.
• Be prompt to all scheduled appointments and allow for enough time to get from one appointment to the next.
• Reschedule missed appointments
• Please check the Black notebook and your email at least 3x per week.
• If you arrive late to a session stay late to make up the time. If you are unable to stay late for that particular day, schedule a time with parents where you can come early or stay later on another session. Mark only hours that you actually worked within 5 minutes.
• If you know in advance that you will be gone, notify Tim or Kathy via phone AND email with at least 1 week notice. Tim & Kathy's home number is 541-766-8040, Tim's work number is 541-737-4478 and Kathy's work number is 541-737-8307. Kathy's email address is harrisk@ous.edu or keyharris@uswest.net and Tim's email address is tim.harris@orst.edu.
• If you are ill, notifiy Tim or Kathy as above.
• Follow the curriculum in the Black notebook.
• Only work on targets specified on target lists.
• Do not add or change targets unless otherwise specified at a team meeting.
• Record ideas in the comments section of the notebook to be discussed at the next team meeting.
• Collect data per instruction.
• Attend paid team meetings.

I have read and understand and agree the the terms, conditions, and guidelines above.

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