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Understanding Program Services
Nina likes to pause at the unfamiliar word everyone else seems happy to skip. She explains program descriptions, treatment settings, and the difference between a service being mentioned and a service being available at a particular center. Patient and exact, she gives readers language for asking providers to elaborate. Nobody should feel obliged to nod along with a term they don't understand.
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