A SERIES OF HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS
Advancing Strong Leadership in Developmental Disabilities, a three year program created to develop leadership skills and a depth of knowledge for 26 young North Carolina professionals in the field of developmental disabilities, announces four half-day workshops created for Advancing Strong Leadership and open to the general public. Workshop details can be found below. The cost is $45 per workshop. One workshop remains:
| March 25, 2010 | Using Person-Centered Thinking to Develop Person-Centered Organizations |
Michael Smull, Support Development Associates, Annapolis, MD |
COST: $45/workshop
LOCATION: Royal Conference Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
REGISTRATION: Go to www.nccdd.org/leadership/leadership_app.html, if paying by check. To pay by credit card go to http://www.udel.edu/cds-ncworkshops.For more information or for group rates for groups of 10 or more, e-mail Nancy Weiss, nweiss@udel.ed
Workshop 4: March 25, 2010, 9:00 am - Noon
Using Person-Centered Thinking to Develop Person-Centered Organizations
Michael Smull, Support Development Associates, Annapolis, MD
http://www.elpnet.net
If we are to have a system that supports self-determination for everyone, people with disabilities who use the services will need to:
Know what they want;
Have enough control over funding to buy those pieces that need to be paid for; and,
Have access to agencies that will supply the supports they want to buy.Michael Smull has done more to explore how these can occur for everyone, regardless of the significance of their disability, than probably any one else to date. Whether this is the first time you have heard Michael Smull or you’ve heard him many times, join one of the great thinkers of the day in this engaging workshop.
This session will focus on how we can transform our agencies by using person-centered thinking skills. By teaching person-centered thinking skills to everyone in the agency and adopting person-centered management approaches, organizations can both improve the lives of people they support and benefit the organization itself in important and unexpected ways. Some of the principles covered include:
- Discontent as the engine for change
- 5 basic person-centered thinking skills
- Introducing and using the skills
- Using what is learned to drive and manage change