Not clueless not me, it is not a joke - well maybe in Florida (now I know you would agree with me on that) but it is not perfect either, it is though an added layer of some protection - education parent/consumer education is crucial and this is what I do, I cannot control whether a parent chooses to place, it is not up to me, and I am not an Ed Con either so can't go that route nor do I want to, if a parent calls I give them all the facts, connect them with other sources of information, etc., but they have to call me I can't go across the country knocking on doors, and our Residential Schools and Group Homes in MA fall under some stricter licensing, oversight, and service delivery regulations than most other states.
Andrea
PS they are not supposed to do this and if they are physically stopping someone from running in a licensed school in MA I want to know about it that would be against regulations and law here.