The Alberta Association for Community Living would like to invite staff, professionals, administrators and others working in the field of developmental disabilities and related fields to this unique event to hear this distinguished international speaker. April 10, 2015 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Fantasyland Hotel | Edmonton , AB Pathways to a Real Home John O’Brien & Anne Hughson Name: __________________________________________________________ Organization (if applicable): _______________________________________ Job title (if applicable): ___________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________ City: ______________________________ Prov: ________ PC: ____________ Wk Ph: ________________________ Hm Ph: __________________________ Cell: ____________________________ Fax: ___________________________ Email: __________________________________________________________ o Yes, my registration is part of a group discount o Visa o Mastercard o Amex o Cheque o Cash Credit Card #: ___________________________________________________ Exp Date: ________ Signature: _____________________________________ Please forward your completed registration form with payment to: Alberta Association for Community Living 11724 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5G 0X5 Phone: 780.451.3055 ext. 400 or Toll Free: 1.800.252.7556 Fax: 780.453.5779 or Email: [email protected]Or register online at www.aacl.org Fee: $175 per-individual In order to make this important workshop more affordable and accessible to staff, professionals, administrators and others working in the field of developmental disabilities and related fields, AACL would like to offer you the following: Three registrations for the price of two! Please indicate below that you are taking advantage of the group registration rate and include a separate registration form for each individual. registration
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The Alberta Association for Community Living would like to invite staff, professionals,
administrators and others working in the field of developmental disabilities and related fields to this unique event to hear this distinguished
Please forward your completed registration form with payment to:Alberta Association for Community Living 11724 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5G 0X5 Phone: 780.451.3055 ext. 400 or Toll Free: 1.800.252.7556 Fax: 780.453.5779 or Email: [email protected] register online at www.aacl.org
Fee: $175 per-individualIn order to make this important workshop more affordable and accessible to staff, professionals, administrators and others working in the field of developmental disabilities and related fields, AACL would like to offer you the following:
Three registrations for the price of two!Please indicate below that you are taking advantage of the group registration rate and include a separate registration form for each individual.
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John O’Brien, Ph.D., is a founder and lifelong advocate of Person Centered Planning. His values based approach emphasizes learning with each person about the direction their lives could take, challenging and overcoming practices, structures and values that lead to marginalization and underestimation rather than inclusion, and an approach to change based on creating more meaningful lives. He is a former Associate Editor of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. John and his wife and partner Connie Lyle O’Brien have been in the forefront of creating precedent setting innovations that help to create full lives for people with a disability the world over. Some of John’s many publications are available at http://www.inclusion.com/jobrien.html
E. Anne Hughson, Ph.D., is also a Registered Psychologist with an extensive background in advocacy with individuals with disabilities, their families, and parents with developmental disabilities. She is a recipient of the University of Calgary Faculty of Education Excellence in Teaching Award and the author and co-author of a number of texts, chapters, and articles on a wide range of disability-related subjects.
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Pathways to a Real Home
Presenters & Facilitators: John O’Brien, Ph.D., International consultant, author, advocate, and one of the fields leading thinkers and innovators with Anne Hughson, Ph.D., Director and Associate Professor, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Home, in its fullest sense, is a deep and abiding universal human necessity, across time and cultures. As children grow up within their parents’ home they learn the meaning of home and the means to its creation. In the transition to adulthood, young adults typically go through a process of temporary housing arrangements (e.g., living with friends, university residences, roommates) but always with the ever present desire to move at some point to a place truly of their own. A home is integral and necessary to pursuing a safe, secure and meaningful life in community.
Yet, the majority of individuals with developmental disabilities do not yet enjoy having a place that truly reflects home as most people without disabilities understand it. Because of limits in personal finances or the imposition of government funding and rules, many individuals with developmental disabilities find themselves living in group homes or in places subject to intrusive inspections and licensing provisions that are more reflective of facilities than homes.
In this workshop, facilitated by John and Anne, individuals with developmental disabilities and families, will share their journey to creating a real home including home ownership. If you’d like to know more about the pathway to a true home, then please consider attending what promises to be an informative and inspiring workshop.
