Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS)
The TSS works directly with your child using the interventions from the treatment plan, to learn and practice new behaviors. The TSS will also demonstrate interventions to you and other adult caregivers, and support you in providing structure and limits for your child.
The TSS may do the following:
- Work with the child directly, in the home, school and community,
using the interventions developed by the treatment team.
- Provide one-on-one intervention, such as role-playing, role-modeling,
prompting, redirection, and use of rewards.
- Assist the child in understanding and behaving within structure
(rules and expectations).
- Teach adults who are in the child's life how to provide structure.
- Help equip the parents to intervene with the child effectively by
teaching and modeling skills.
- Assist and support the child in the community with socialization
skills and with using community resources.
If assigned to the school setting, the TSS may do the following:
- Follow the teachers lead in helping the child to remain on task,
with focused attention.
- Assist the child to follow rules, and deal with challenges appropriately.
- Assist the school in providing necessary structure for the child.
- Assist the child in developing positive relationships with peers and teachers.
- Support the school staff in providing direct supervision to the child.
The TSS may NOT do the following:
- Provide services not included in the treatment plan.
- Substitute for parents or responsible adults; the TSS is not in the
home to give parents a break.
- Baby-sit or provide housekeeping.
- Provide therapy or counseling.
- Take the place of school personnel; the TSS may not provide
academic tutoring, work as a classroom aide, or teach in the school.
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