| COURSE OFFERINGS Transition: From Consumers to Producers |
This motivating and informative session details for staff, best
practice approaches in transitioning classic day program
services to a “work” oriented service model. Dr. Tom
Pomeranz provides participants with the values and vision that
drives the Day Program from activities of little meaning (peg
boards, nuts and bolts, beads and string) to a content of
meaningful activities that engender dignity and respect.
Sensory stimulation rooms, mall herding and van therapy (as
well as occasional TV Habilitation) are the hallmarks of Day
Programs with which we are all too familiar.
Tom drives home the point that “work” or expenditure of
meaningful effort is the great equalizer. Work promotes the
opportunity for disenfranchised people to gain dignity and
respect. Being an adult is a bilateral process; one must know
how to give as well as receive.
Given the imposition of the highly regulated environments in
which we operate, limited staff and other fiscal constraints,
Tom provides realistic and common sense approaches to
significantly improve quality of services. Additionally the
session discusses how the objectives of the Individual Support
Plan can easily be integrated into the context of a work focused
program.
The session addresses a variety of management strategies
which enable staff to feel empowered and comfortable during
the period of significant change. Specific programmatic
content and instructional strategies will be delineated.
Suggestions for environmental engineering and staff
deployment are also reviewed.
practice approaches in transitioning classic day program
services to a “work” oriented service model. Dr. Tom
Pomeranz provides participants with the values and vision that
drives the Day Program from activities of little meaning (peg
boards, nuts and bolts, beads and string) to a content of
meaningful activities that engender dignity and respect.
Sensory stimulation rooms, mall herding and van therapy (as
well as occasional TV Habilitation) are the hallmarks of Day
Programs with which we are all too familiar.
Tom drives home the point that “work” or expenditure of
meaningful effort is the great equalizer. Work promotes the
opportunity for disenfranchised people to gain dignity and
respect. Being an adult is a bilateral process; one must know
how to give as well as receive.
Given the imposition of the highly regulated environments in
which we operate, limited staff and other fiscal constraints,
Tom provides realistic and common sense approaches to
significantly improve quality of services. Additionally the
session discusses how the objectives of the Individual Support
Plan can easily be integrated into the context of a work focused
program.
The session addresses a variety of management strategies
which enable staff to feel empowered and comfortable during
the period of significant change. Specific programmatic
content and instructional strategies will be delineated.
Suggestions for environmental engineering and staff
deployment are also reviewed.
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