February 2014 -

February 20

Say No to Saying No

Burritos and Cherry Pies Saying Yes, Saying No: What Direct Support Professionals Need To Think About The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 7 By: Dave Hingsburger “Tell them that they shouldn’t say ‘no’ so much!!” She shook her finger at me when she spoke those words. We had been chatting and she’d asked me […]

February 20

Making Connections

Making Connections: Direct Support Staff as Bridge Builders www.peterleidy.com By: Peter Leidy Community. Now there’s a word we hear often. It’s interesting how much the service system uses the word. Community Integration Program, Community Options Program, Adult Community Services, Community Based Residential Facility…you get the idea. I think the system should use the word community, and […]

February 20

Social MEdia

Keeping the ME in Media: Thoughts, Ideas and Tips for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities to Use Social Media The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 4 By: D0nna Lee Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, YouTube, Tumblr, Pinterest. These and other social media have become common pastimes for many of us over the past few years. […]

February 20

Mindfulness

Mindfulness: Making Moments Matter The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 6 By: Stephen White, M.A., C. Psych., Clinical & Counselling Psychologist, North Community Network of Specialized Care Many people have heard about the concept of mindfulness, but are unsure what it means, and why it might be helpful in their lives and/or the lives […]

February 20

Doing Our Best Work

Doing Our Best Work – 10 Ingredients of Quality Support www.peterleidy.com By: Peter Leidy I would like to share some thoughts with you about the important roles that direct support professionals* can play in the lives of people with disabilities. […] So, when are we at our best? What are the beliefs and practices that […]

February 20

Positively Magical

Positively Magical…What We Think About What We Do The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 1 By: Dave Hingsburger and Angie Nethercott Be intentional about being positive. Intentionally guarding what we say to ourselves about ourselves and what we say to ourselves about others. And when we do, we should have a lot to […]

February 18

Voice

Avoiding the Temptation to Silence, Promoting the Need to Listen The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 12 By: Colleen Orrick Recently my husband went to a conference. He brought back a satchel full of papers from the conference and on the front of the satchel was printed “Our Voice.” We often hear reference to “voice” when […]

February 18

Not Skirting the Issue

Discovering Ways to End Poor Health Care for Women with Disabilities The Direct Support Workers Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 2 By: Isabella Adjei-Dankwah and Yona Lunsky When reading Marie’s file I noted that, even though she was 55 years old, she had never had a mammogram. I wondered why. We have a new study showing that the […]

February 5

Soup and Song

Over the last couple years the FamilyHome team has worked to build a community of people connected to the FamilyHome Program. We have begun hosting events throughout the year to bring people together, develop relationships and provide a sense of commonality around what it is like to share your lives and homes with one another. […]

February 4

Making it Sustainable

Friends Forever! The following article, Making it Sustainable by allienordman, was featured on the Cincibility blog (www.cincibility.wordpress.com). Cincibility is a community of writers who care about inclusion in Cinicinnati, USA. Check it out for its thoughtful, relevant and often provocative articles. The piece that follows really brings to light something that is so important about friends […]