Edit1986
Paul Beck and Greg Monaco start Monaco-Beck Incorporated to provide PC training and related services. Their first paying job is to create a manual for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) system for Employment Security in Kansas. Paul and Greg had a shared interest in project management. In addition, Paul's background included system development and computer programming. Greg's background included psychology and research, particularly in the area of developmental disabilities. Paul and Greg worked together as training specialists for the State of Kansas.
Edit1987 - 1988
Monaco begins consulting on Active Treatment and preparing smaller facilities around Kansas for an increased level of scrutiny associated with the HCFA survey process. In the process, Monaco finds that there is a need at most facilities for staff training on the "basic concepts" of service delivery to people with developmental disabilities. From this comes the idea for a video training series and with the help of his colleague, Jim Smith, Monaco and Smith write and produce the ten videotape series
Basic Concepts for Teaching People with Developmental Disabilities.
Edit1989 - 1991
Paul leaves Monaco - Beck Incorporated. Greg Monaco continues to conduct staff training, but now it is on a national basis, due in large measure to the success of the Basic Concepts series of tapes. Monaco & Smith develop a second series of staff training videotapes entitled
Basic Concepts II: Challenging Issues in Developmental Disabilities. M&A publish the first edition of
Active Treatment Solutions which continues to provide "practical solutions to your active treatment problems" for several years. The name of the organization is changed to Monaco & Associates Incorporated (M&A).
Edit1992 - 1998
Jeanne Tomiser joins M&A and, in addition to other responsibilities, begins work on the design of an electronic record keeping system. She also introduced the
Motivation Assessment Scale by Mark Durand and Dan Crimmins to Monaco. Monaco contacts the authors and invites them to publish the MAS and an Administration Guide with M&A. The
Motivation Assessment Scale is published and becomes a leading tool in the effort to provide positive behavioral supports to people with disabilities. In preparation for the development of the electronic record-keeping system, Monaco creates
MASSoftware, an electronic version of the Motivation Assessment Scale for the PC.
After several years of anticipation, M&A releases
Encompass Service Coordination Software and quickly discovers that another company in a related field has trademarked the name "Encompass" for their software. The next release of the software in entitled
EC2.