In the Tailored Package condition, parents will attend one session with a multi-disciplinary team (consultant session) then all further contact will be with their MInT mentor.
This commenced in early 2008 with a brainstorming and consultative session amongst the consultant forensic psychiatrists who are responsible for the decision to admit patients to the Central Mental Hospital.
A total of 28 assessment videos were recorded, with 16 having been performed by consultants (5 consultants performed 2 sessions, and 2 consultants performed 3 sessions) and 12 by residents (5 residents performed 2 sessions, and 2 residents performed 1 session).
Between supervision sessions, the consultant is available for consultation by email.
He singles out management-theory books for particular scorn, and he excoriates a (female) consultant whose corporate indoctrination sessions masquerade as touchy-feely exercises in self-realization.
Mr. Bearden said he was so stunned by that critique that he went to the consultant for private counseling sessions "on my own dime" to try to understand the source of his shortcomings.
Although the financial costs will be higher in the face-to-face guidance strategy, due to more time spent by the ergonomics consultant during the guidance sessions, more financial benefits will be gained through reduced physical risk factors due to an increase in the use of ergonomic measures.
Sessions with consultants include how to speak in the "right" accent, Titanic-style fine dining, personal grooming and other "soft skills".
