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The Potential Role Of Questionable Assumptions In Personal Planning Processes

In recent decades "person centered service" has been heralded by many people as constituting a kind of high order paradigm shift.

Culturally Sensitive Family Support Services: The Massachusetts Example

In this article, Michael Kendrick describes an innovative flexible family support service which is particularly responsive to the needs of people from non-English speaking background.

The Empowering Value Of "Life-Giving" Assumptions About People

It is normal enough for most people to believe that their personal values are in the proper place and that they usually behave in a virtuous and blame-free way.

Family Governed Flexible Family Support: The Massachusetts Small Project Example

Considerable interest exists in the strategy of supporting grass roots family governed family support projects that has occurred within the state of Massachusetts. This strategy was developed extensively during the 1990s and continues in the present.

The Role Of Personal Integrity In Upholding "Right Relationship" In Organisations

Choosing the right pathway begins with the recognition that there needs to be a fundamentally respectful and ethical relationship between services and the people they assist, i. e. "right relationship".

Some Broad Strategies to Shield People from Invasive Bureaucracy

Recognising that services themselves struggle with Technocratic Managerialism, Michael Kendrick offers some broad strategies to organisations and workers who can become effective buffers against impersonal bureaucratic processes that intrude into the lives of the people they support.

"When People Matter More Than Systems"

We are at a point in our history where there is considerable interest in whether it is possible to do a better job of responding to people as individuals.

Some Initial Thoughts On Establishing "Right Relationship" Between Staff, Professionals, Service Organisations and the People They Assist

Perhaps the most common complaint one hears from the experiences of people who find they must rely on formal human services is that they do not feel particularly well treated.

Surviving the transition to high school

This article provides tips on how to help your kid have a successful transition to high school. Samantha Hornery gives some ideas for your child to become more organised, how to design a good study area, or how to prepare for the first day.

The Art of Asking

In this article, Ric Thompson explains why, when it comes to asking members of the community to stand alongside and with individuals with a disability and their families we enter a period of silence and apprehension.