31/08/2026
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At Northshore More, we believe that every child deserves care that is safe, ethical, evidence-informed, and delivered by professionals who are properly trained and licensed to provide the services they offer.
Recently, our team became aware of the use of our Occupational Therapistโs professional signature without her consent in connection with another ABA clinic. This resulted in confusion and, unfortunately, personal attacks directed towards our OT.
We want to make one thing clear:
๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ.
A signature is not merely a name on a piece of paper. It represents a professionalโs identity, accountability, and responsibility for a service or document. Using it without authorization can create serious concerns regarding professional ethics, informed consent, and accountability.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
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Parents have every right to ask:
โข Who assessed my child?
โข What is this personโs professional license?
โข What is their scope of practice?
โข Who is supervising the intervention?
โข Is the professional actually signing or endorsing this document?
โข What qualifications does the person providing the intervention have?
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป/๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป.
An ABA technician may have training and certification in behavior-analytic techniques, but that does not automatically make them an Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Psychologist, Physician, or other PRC-licensed healthcare professional.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
For rehabilitation and developmental concerns, we strongly encourage parents to entrust their children to the appropriate PRC-licensed professionals and qualified medical specialists, working as a multidisciplinary team.
๐๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Our medical team also includes a ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ). Rehabilitation Medicine is a recognized medical specialty, and Physiatrists are involved in the medical assessment and rehabilitation management of patients across the lifespan including children with developmental and neurologic conditions.
In fact, the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก-๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ/๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.
And yes, our Physiatrist underwent specialty training in Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of the PhilippinesโPhilippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), one of the countryโs major tertiary training and referral institutions. UP-PGH has an established Department of Rehabilitation Medicine with residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, our Occupational Therapist is PRC-licensed professional, a trained and authorized to perform Occupational Therapy evaluation and intervention within their professional scope.
TO ALL PARENTS:
Please donโt hesitate to ask for credentials.
You are not being difficult.
You are being a responsible parent.
Your childโs developmental care deserves more than a label, a certificate, or a clinicโs claim.
It deserves qualified professionals, proper assessment, appropriate referrals, ethical practice, evidence-based intervention, and accountability.
At Northshore More, we will always stand for professional integrity, respect for every discipline, and most importantly the welfare of every child entrusted to us.
Choose professionals. Choose accountability. Choose ethical and evidence-informed care.
