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What is Lorem Ipsum?

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

Why do we use it?

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).

Where does it come from?

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32. The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
  • Physical aggression
  • Property destruction
  • Self-injurious behavior
  • Verbal aggression
  • PICA
  • Stereotypical self-stimulating behaviors
Homeplace Support Services’ Behavior Supports are individualized to the person, their family, and location. Our Behavior Support Specialists provide caregiver training to provide education and training to reinforce the skills necessary to encourage appropriate behaviors. This team-centered approach provides for stronger relationships, more empowered caregivers, and an overall better quality of life for the individual served and their families. Examples of Family/Caregiver Training:
  • Modeling appropriate behaviors
  • Parent education
A Timeline for Services A Behavior Specialist will meet with you to complete a Functional Behavioral Assessment. This assessment will determine if behavior supports are needed. The assessment allows the person served to identify areas where he or she wants to make changes, and help the Behavior Specialist with determining why those inappropriate behaviors are occurring. Upon the approval of the Functional Behavioral Assessment, the Behavior Specialist will create the Positive Behavioral Support Plan. This plan explains how the team is going to teach more appropriate replacement behaviors. Upon approval of the Positive Behavioral Support Plan, the Behavior Specialist will regularly meet with the individual to provide education, training, and strategies to promote the success of the appropriate behavior. The Behavior Specialist also meets with the family/caregiver to provide training, guidance, and suggestions for the further reinforcement of appropriate behaviors.