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[Deleted User]

Perhaps the question you ought to ask, for which I do not have the answer, is:

Can I set up a "disclaimer-agreement" to be signed by myself and by my therapist that states that the individual ABA-therapist will be the one to be responsible for reporting earned income for the duration of our contractual-employment agreement?

Would such a disclaimer "cover" the parents(the employers) from any sort of WCB, EI, etc. responsibilities so that the obligation to report the income is left to the therapist and all the parent has to do is pay for services rendered?

I think that is the question that is raised here, …I think!! Maybe not! :o)

[Deleted User]

Perhaps I am dense but information about whether ABA therapy is tax deductable does not help me determine what is to done with individual therapists. I know that other therapists like speech and occupational opperate under private contracts, provide their own insurance and coverage and file their own gst numbers. Is it reasonable to expect individual therapist to do the same or are parents expected to set themselves up as employers? At the Autism 2002 Conference, Dr. Doug Lee aluded to the fact that that this in practice is not done. Am I mistaken?

[Isaac]

In reply to the recent tax question posted to the board, there is some helpful insight into those issues available at the FEAT BC web site … https://www.featbc.org/revenue_canada/

Isaac

[Deleted User]

My question in the tax issue is: who is responsible for reporting the earnings? Is it the individual therapist, or must parents set themselves up as employers, contributing to WCB, CPP, and EI? I know that this is the "offical" interpretation but I wonder how often this actually occures.

[Deleted User]

RE: Income tax.

This is really simple: if you earn money, you must pay your taxes. Tax evasion is a criminal offence and for good reason.

I was going to go on an enormous rant about people who don't pay their taxes, but looking back at the original post it seems this was an innocent, if misguided, question.

Answer: YES. Everyone from Gene to the Queen pays taxes, and not even ABA therapists are exempt.

[Deleted User]

Hello, this is directed at ABA therapists, but anyone with info is welcome to reply.
I was wondering how other therapists deal with income tax, do they pay or not? Please send me an email with your ideas or how you deal with this issue.
Will we be hunted down by the Tax Man in a few years for not paying or declaring income?
Im a bit confused. Thanks
Reply to this post or email me privatly at amberleigh@telus.net

[Deleted User]

Hello everyone, I know of a good daycare opening soon in Maple Ridge, run by a great teacher, whose son is Autistic, but wont be open for another 3-4 months, and it's in Maple Ridge. sorry.
We are also looking for a respite/therapist to work with our son 5 days a week from 2:30 till 4:30…..Maple Ridge area. Anyone interested?

[Deleted User]

COULD ANYONE RECCOMMEND A DAYCARE IN THE LANGLEY/SURREY AREA THAT YOU HAVE FOUND TO BE GOOD WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ?? OUR DAYCARE JUST ASKED US TO FIND A NEW DAYCARE BECAUSE OUR SON REQUIRES TO MUCH ATTENTION. WE ONLY NEED ONE DAY ( MONDAY ) BUT UNDERSTAND THAT MOST REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO DAYS. WE ARE FINE WITH THAT. PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT JHECKLEY@BWINSURANCE.COM

[Nancy Walton]

Hi Again,

Much smaller post this time.

Laurie Romey has asked me to take on the
task of being the ASBC facilitator for Surrey.
We will both be at the next meeting which is
Tuesday Oct 8 (7-9pm) at the Victory Christian
Center.
Address: 6788 152nd Street.

Whether or not you are an ASBC member
please feel free to join us this evening. Also,
you don't have to be a Surreyite to attend.
Everyone is welcome.

We have no speaker, so I will be sharing
some ideas on what to put in ads for
therapists, what questions to ask when
interviewing and what my expectations are for
my team. Otherwise it is going to be a parent
discussion session.

I look forward to seeing you there if you can
make it.

Nancy Walton

[Nancy Walton]

Hi Everyone,
I have been meaning to add to my previous
post last week where I was saying that my
son, Casey, started doing much better when
our new consultant, Bo, was watching over his
programming and keeping things easy (not
too challanging). I was mentioning this
because at the same time I was increasing
his wheat intake and his language started
getting better.

Our consultants programming was important
but there were 3 more things that may have
increased Casey's success.

1) For a variety of reasons, Casey had been
only getting 23 hours per week. Dr. Sallows
felt that he may be forgetting material, or even
regressing because he wasn't getting enough
hours per week. We increased to 35 hours
(not including preschool) and Casey has
never regressed since. I think this is an
important point because at the conference (to
answer Anonymous Oct 1) Dr. Tristram Smith
told us about his Lovaas replication results.
He did not have as high a recovery rate as the
original Lovaas study did, but he also
averaged 25 hours a week. I know that WEAP
had better results at their replication and they
kept to the 40 hours. Dr. Smith admitted that
his collegues feel this is important. I think it is
more important than he lets on. More hours
meant much more success for my son. Not
just in how much he learned, but whether he
was able to retain. (that should answer your
question Melanie Sept 30)

2) At about the same time of hiring Bo, I also
had the luck of finding a very experienced lead
therapist. I had been running the therapy
program myself, on top of working almost full
time and taking care of a sibling. I was unable
to keep up with the "book". I did OK for the first
year, but as time went on, I got worse at
keeping up. Casey's review items
consequently slipped away unoticed. My new
lead, Amanda, was diligent at keeping an eye
on all the programs. Making sure review was
done regularly, moving programs along, etc.
This helped Casey not lose review items.

3) Our lead, Amanda, is also very good at the
art of "manding". Manding is a way of getting
the child to use speech to get what he/she
wants. We were doing a crude form of it
before both Bo and Amanda. I think if we had
of had these two working with Casey 2 years
ago, when we first started, he would have
been speaking a long time ago. Casey now
mands over 100 times per session.
Amanda regularly attends Verbal Behavior
conferences
(Carbone is one source) and has brought
skills that fit with ABA to our team. (Amanda,
correct me if I have the terms wrong).

So, in summary, I have found 4 important
components of my Lovaas program
-having a qualified consultant who can pick up
on difficulties
-maintaining well over 30 hours/week
-having a good lead to keep an eye on
programs
-developing good manding skills

Nancy Walton (Casey's analyzing mom)

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