All Southwest support staff along with other professionals from other agencies in the province dedicated to enriching the quality of life for people living with a developmental disability took part in the welcome return of Dr. Michael Kendrick to share his insight and sound teaching. |
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Dr. Michael Kendrick, PhD, is currently an independent international consultant in human services and community work with a focus on work in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as well as occasionally in other countries, e.g. Nicaragua, Honduras, Ireland, and Belgium etc. His interests,involvements and writings have included leadership, service quality, the creation of safeguards for vulnerable persons, social integration, change, innovation, values, advocacy, the role of individual persons and small groups in creating advances, evaluation, alternatives to bureaucracy, personalized approaches to supporting people, and reform in the human service field amongst others. He has most consistently worked in the disability,mental health and aged care fields for nearly thirty years but has also occasionally worked in areas such as drug abuse, child protection and community education. In this work he has occupied a variety of roles including being the Assistant Commissioner for Program Development with the Massachusetts government, the Director for the Institute for Leadership and Community Development and the Director of the Safeguards Project. He is very active as public speaker and trainer as well as evaluator, consultant, and advisor to advocates, governments, agencies and community groups. His masters and doctoral work was in social work and sociology. He regularly teaches at various universities both here and abroad as time allows. He also writes quite extensively and his publications are available upon request.
Some of the topics in the two-day sessions included: ~ Service trends in the sector and economic assumptions about some of the trends ~ Models that are out of date and those that are on the horizon ~ Supports for individuals at higher risk and with higher needs ~ Lessons learned from other jurisdictions around the world ~ Building capacity within government and community The conversation continues... |
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