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Training
 We design and
deliver tailored training courses, for Social Service
Departments, Health Trusts, small and large voluntary sector providers,
community groups, advocacy and pressure groups on a range of different
projects. Further down the page are examples of some of these courses.
University Courses
 In
2002 Pat and Andy helped design a new
Higher Education Certificate in the Person-Centred Approach. This
collaboration with the ALTRUM network and Queen Margaret University
received European Funding in 2003 and over 300 students have enrolled
since then. This award winning
course developed by Diversity Matters in partnership with
Terry Daly and Kate Munro and now managed by The Thistle
Foundation is a winner of a National Training Award for
changing workplace practice and an ESF award for best long-life
learning project it has also been awarded SSSC accreditation.
Accredited Trainers
We are accredited Essential Lifestyle Planning facilitators and
trainers. We admire Michael Smull's continuing impact on person-centred
approaches (www.elpnet.net) and
include his approaches in much of our work.
 We also continue to maintain our learning
about person centred planning by keeping up to date with the work of
Jack Pearpoint, Marsha Forrest (www.inclusion.com)
and John O'Brien (http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp/rsapub.htm)
who are the creators of the MAP and PATH processes.
We keep exploring and developing our facilitation skills
in person-centred planning through direct work with people who use
services and their families. All of our work in facilitation and
training is enhanced by our process work
studies.
Here are some example
training courses: scroll down this table for more information
Person Centred Planning Courses
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Usually lasting 6 days and split into 2 or 3
blocks of work, these courses cover three of the most commonly used
planning processes: Essential Lifestyle Planning, MAPS and PATH. We
explore communication skills and core person-centred values elements in
addition to practical training on how to use the methods. Both Pat and
Andy are accredited Essential Lifestyle Planning Trainers and have over
15 years experience as trainers in Maps and Path
Facilitation. Like all our courses we can tailor the delivery and
content to meet the needs of your
organisation or service.
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Advanced Facilitation in Person Centred Planning
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A three day practical (and sometimes residential)
course
to enhance facilitation skills - participants will have previously
undertaken training and practice in person centred approaches (15 -25
participants).
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Managing Person Centred Services
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We apply a
structured evaluation and reflective process to help managers create a
framework to identify some of the key components of
person-centredness e.g. Uniqueness, Right Relationship, Service
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Community Building & Sustaining Connections
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A three day introductory courses for participants
who are interested in supporting people to increase community presence
and connection &/or three day advanced workshops for those that are
already doing it every day.
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Serve You Right
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A five day course run
in a three day and a two day block on using person centred planning
tools and techniques to work with people who have severe reputations or
challenging behaviour. |
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A three day course on developing communication
skills, especially for those working with people who have severe
reputations (and named after the book by Herb Lovett) this course helps
everyone think about roles, rank and systems and their own place in the
universal process of hearing and being heard.
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A course to help participants explore the nature
of positive support relationships and person-centred thinking,
particularly aimed at engaging diverse groups of people (e.g. People
with learning disability labels, family members and support staff
working together).
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Designing individualised services
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A course for people interested in the IN-CONTROL ideas or in the
possibility
of re-organising group services or starting new individual services.
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Creative ways to approach change
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Developing a range of tools and techniques which
help alter the habits and routine ways we have of coping with change -
we also look at the mythical elements that shape any journey of change.
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An antidote to risk aversion this short two day,
or longer four day workshop that
familiarises people with pro-active person-centred approaches to help
people live a good and full life with a balance of risk and security.
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Intractable Problems Sessions
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These are essions in which teams or small groups
of people
are facilitated to work together around areas where they feel have a
problem and feel stuck or where there is conflict within a team,
organisation or family.
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