Tools for Change: Elements of a Person-Centered Planning Process Person-Centered Supports are designed to overcome inertia, and identify ways to enhance and expand a person’s emerging capacities. This workshop introduces participants to the principles and techniques of Person-Centered Planning. We will explore and practice a variety of tools that aid in getting to know a […]
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
The history of society’s treatment of people with mental disorders reveals, time after time, that backsliding almost always follows progress in our understanding and response to people with mental differences. Periods of enlightenment have been followed by periods of darkness, with long stretches of neglect in between. On the heels of brutality and some of the worst abuses of people with mental illness, the reformation of the Moral Treatment movement in the 19th century was responsible for some of the greatest outcomes in the lives of people living with psychiatric disorders during that time.
What are the best parts of ourselves which we bring to the work we do? Best Part of Me aims to identify and acknowledge the gifts people have and bring to their work. Deep in the discussion comes the principle that personal values are the basis for professional values. Exploration of those values lead us to delve into the “whys” of what we do, the meaning behind our actions.