Care for one person is almost never delivered by one person. A child with a developmental disability might have a parent, a direct support professional, a BCBA, a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, and a teacher — six people, six systems, and a binder that's out of date the moment it's printed.
This blog is where we write about closing that gap.
What you'll find here
We write for the people doing the coordinating:
- Families carrying the mental load of every appointment, medication, and plan.
- Direct support professionals who inherit a person's history on day one and learn the rest by trial and error.
- Clinicians — BCBAs, SLPs, OTs — who see a person a few hours a week and have to account for the other 160.
Expect practical writing: how to run a clean caregiver handoff, what actually belongs on a one-page emergency sheet, and how to spot a pattern in daily notes before it becomes a crisis.
What we believe
The person at the center of care should never have to be re-explained.
Trellis is built on a few convictions:
- Everyone on a care team should see exactly what their role needs — no more, no less.
- The record should be shared, not forwarded, faxed, or re-typed.
- Privacy isn't a feature you add later. It's the foundation, enforced in the architecture.
If any of that resonates, you're in the right place. We're just getting started — and we'll have more to say soon.