ORIENTATION TO

Person-Centred Thinking

TWO DAY WORKSHOP

 Hosted by

Community Living Fort Erie, Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet and Community Living Welland

Port Colborne, ON

9:00am- 4:30pm

September 15-16, 2008

WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL

FEES:                 

Registration is $200.00 + GST/ participant. 

  Click here for a Registration Form in Microsoft Word Format.

(Please submit registration form and payment to CQL Canada)

What’s it about?

This 2-day training serves as a foundation for everyone who is involved in supporting people with significant disabilities.  Implementation and ongoing support of person-centred plans and services is more likely where staff have participated in this training. The skills and tools taught strengthen employees’ ability to use any person-centred planning model.

The training is designed and recommended for all paid staff – regardless of their role.  Managers need to attend if they want those doing the direct support to use the skills learned.  Participants will need to commit to attending both days of training to fully benefit from it.

Day One:

The focus of this day is on learning person-centred thinking skills that support choice while addressing issues of health and safety.  Using a series of stories participants will learn how to:  

• strike a balance between what is important to and what is important for each person supported;

• clearly describe the roles and responsibilities of staff in implementing plans;

• evaluate their own efforts by looking at what is and is not working within the lives of those supported; and

• lead change within their organizations by creating optimistic discontent.

Day Two:

The focus of this day is to practice mindful listening and using the information in describing what is important to each person and how to best support her or him.  Participants will apply and enhance their person centred thinking skills through a series of guided exercises, many of which are done in pairs with a fellow participant.  Participants will learn skills that they will be able to use on an every day basis when providing person-centred services and developing person centred plans.  They will see how to grow plans over time by using “learning logs” and structured questions as well as practicing the traditional approach of gathering and synthesizing information.  At the end of the day participants have a first plan that they have completed on themselves.

WHAT WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT:

• an understanding the basic concepts of person-centred thinking and how to apply them
• a desire and commitment to go back into the agency and begin to attempt to apply what was learned
• a beginning plan for how to do the applying
• an understanding of where they are presently in terms of being person-centred and where the people they support are on the continuum toward full community life
• a knowledge that person-centred thinking won't go forward without an ongoing plan of support and learning for those using the concepts
• an awareness that a team of trained and supported coaches is the best way to provide that support
• a commitment to a supported coaches team that is able to provide ongoing training for its members
• an agreement from among staff who learned these concept and way of thinking that they'll be the coaches team; and
• an initial plan for providing ongoing support and training to the coaches team

Who should attend?

Direct Support Staff, Support/Service Coordinators, Program Managers, Clinical Staff, Program Directors

COST:   $200.00 + $10.00 GST = $210.00

The deadline for registration is September 5, 2008.

Cancellation Policy:  Should you find it necessary to cancel your registration, please notify CQL Canada in writing. Cancellations received by September 5, 2008 are refundable, minus a $75.00 administrative fee per person.  After September 15, cancellations are subject to the entire fee.  Please note that if you do not cancel and do not attend, you are still responsible for payment. Substitutions may be made at any time.

LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS

WORKSHOP LOCATION

The Person Centered Thinking Workshop will be held at 100 McRae Avenue in Port Colborne.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Recommended accommodations in Port Colborne

The King George Inn

239 King Street

Port Colborne 

905-834-9849

Alternative accommodations in Welland (approximately 15 minutes away)

Best Western

300 Prince Charles Drive

Welland

905-732-0922

DIRECTIONS

To workshop (from Highway 401)

Take the RTE-427 S/HWY-427 S exit, EXIT 352, toward Q.E.W.

Merge onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 427S.

Merge onto QEW toward Hamilton

Take HWY406 exit, EXIT 49, toward THOROLD/WELLAND/PORT COLBORNE

Merge onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 406 S

Turn LEFT onto E MAIN ST/RR-27

turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 140

PROVINCIAL ROUTE 140 becomes ELIZABETH STREET/RR-140

Turn RIGHT onto KILLALY STREET

Turn LEFT onto McRae Avenue

100 McRae is about a half block up on your right.

Directions from alternative accommodations (Best Western, Welland) to workshop:

From  Best Western head east on E Main St toward Patterson Ave   2.7 km

Turn right at HWY-140  10.8 km

Continue on Elizabeth St  1.0 km

Turn right at Killaly St E  0.4 km

Turn left at McRae Ave  0.2 km