Minnesota Ged
Q. I have worked as a "para" (in Tim and Joe's COMPLETLELY DECEPTIVE AND BOGUS SENSE OF THE WORD). I have been a mental health worker (what used to be called a "psychiatric aide") and know damned well this is not any sort of "paraprofessional" in any usual meaning of the term. I have also more recently worked at half-way houses for the chronically mentally ill. There, again, there were only high level people( psychiatrists and psychologists, plus some social workers) and low level "mental health workers" (with VERY little training at all and often only a GED). I have also more recently worked at half-way houses for the chronically mentally ill. There, again, there were only high level people( psychiatrists and psychologists, plus some social workers) and low level "mental health workers" (with VERY little training at all and often only a GED). The argument that there are already "paras" being used is false and moreover is intentional deception on the part of unethical people.
A. A paraprofessional is anyone employed to provide therapeutic services who is not licensed and/or does not have a doctorate. Depends on who you talk to (e.g., the APA, MPPP, ABPP, etc). So, for example, the B.A./B.S. degree'd psych techs working at Fairview-University Medical Center are paraprofessionals; so are the Master's degree'd case managers. The Master's-level unlicensed therapists working at most of the day treatment programs for S&PMI individuals in the Twin Cities area are paraprofessionals- and usually working under the direct supervision of a licensed psychologist. According to the APA definitions, the master's level licensed psychologists in Minnesota would be paraprofessionals, as would MSW-level LISWs, LGSWs and LICSWs. So would many LMFTs in Minnesota. Someone with a GED or high-school diploma is probably not quite well-trained enough to be considered a paraprofessional. Halfway houses cannot afford to pay for paraprofessional staff, as well you know. On the other hand, Rule 36 facilities (which house more people in Minnesota with schizophrenia than all of the halfways houses) *do* hire paraprofessional staff. So do the community mental health centers, drop-in centers and all of the day treatment programs. The unethical person deceiving others is you, Brad. I would agree that paraprofessionlas could play a larger role, but there are many "paras" working in your own state today.
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