You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Han Shan, that great and crazy, wonder-filled Chinese poet of a thousand years ago, said: We’re just like bugs in a bowl. All day going around never leaving their bowl. I say, That’s right! Every day climbing up the steep sides, sliding back. …
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You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. “People coming together to celebrate what they have and what they can do – together.” ~Darryl Answer on what is asset based community development. So often when we have a need, a service or institution is available with a “fix-it solution.” The solution …
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. This week on the podcast we hear from Steve Coulson from the Thistle Foundation in Scotland. For many years, Steve has been facilitating the Big Plan – a group person-centred planning process. To be honest, I told Steve that “group” and “person centred …
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. The education system’s sole purpose is to help students reach their maximum potential and strive to give them the knowledge they need to succeed. Although, they don’t always have the resources on hand needed to help with each student’s individual needs. In this …
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You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. For students, the most important part about going to school is being a part of the social environment. To feel like a “part of the group”. To feel like their thoughts, opinions, and contributions matter. To feel like they matter. Inclusion is crucial …
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You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Being open to change is never easy. As parents who only want what’s best for their children, or as industry professionals who have been using the same methods for many years, it can be difficult to change your way of thinking. It can …
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You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. On this podcast, we’ve spoken about how important inclusion is, and how it offers so much to individuals with disabilities. Although making that transition from exclusion to inclusion in the community can be difficult. It can be hard to persist, and consistently push …
The Transition from Exclusion to Inclusion with Kim Southern-Paulsen Read More »
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Our journey has twists and turns. It isn’t a straight line. Especially when our kids are young and newly identified, we are open to the advice of those we look to for guidance. This is true whether the advice is good or bad. “Your …
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You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Social progress widens over time. Attitudes, laws, and institutions that were acceptable, or even ideal, ten or twenty years ago might be the attitudes, laws, and institutions that we’re trying to revolutionize today. The Centre for Welfare Reform’s John O’Brien thinks of this as …
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Belonging, respect, sharing spaces, contribution, and choice. Those are the five valued experiences for the good things in life as defined by John O’Brien. If you know who your people are, if you have a valued social role, if you use the same community …
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