Month: August 2012

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the vulnerabilities booklet… sssshhhh…

Aaron

So I’m not quite sure if I should be sharing any of these drawings yet but here’s a taster of a drawing I like, which might make it into the booklet, which Susan Stanfield, Shelley Nessman, Jim Reynolds and I are facilitating the groups of self advocates to give input into. This is for the third in a series of booklets for C.L.B.C., which has this great idea of incorporating ideas and feedback from self advocates to create materials they can use.   (We had nothing to do with the first one, which was just turned into a lovely little film … Continue reading the vulnerabilities booklet… sssshhhh…

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Step by step action planning: what step are you on?

Aaron

I really liked a recent afternoon of teaching about action planning in which we looked at this drawing and talked about how every goal we aspire to, are working on or have accomplished can be put on these steps.   It was a very fun conversation and people really seemed to like the idea that we’re never nowhere, we’re always somewhere.   Gosh I hope that doesn’t turn out to be my quote for posterity, Yogi Berra style.   But it can be really easy to get very down on ourselves about what feels like a lack of progress, when really it’s just … Continue reading Step by step action planning: what step are you on?

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Support Networks: A Plain Language Guide for Self-Advocates

Aaron

My colleague Susan Stanfield and I collaborated on this project for Community Living B.C. with three groups of self advocates from all around the province.    Susan and I have been working together (with Ernie) for more than 25 years!  Whenever I am thinking of things to be grateful for, this long and quite amazing partnership is at the top of my list.   We had so much fun with the three groups, and with Jule Hopkins, who is such a visionary.   We’re pretty excited about the materials that C.L.B.C. has been producing in print and video and glad to be … Continue reading Support Networks: A Plain Language Guide for Self-Advocates