Person-centered thinking will be the theme when The Resource Center holds its fifth annual Educational Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The 2012 conference is titled “Person-Centered Thinking — Looking Inside Out” and will be held in TRC’s Administrative Offices at 200 Dunham Avenue, Jamestown.
The keynote speaker will be Bob Sattler of Support Development Associates, a Maryland-based company. His presentation is titled “The Time Has Come to BE Outside the Box” and is designed to help people think differently about how supports are provided.
Also scheduled to speak is Leigh Ann Creaney Kingsbury, the Chief Executive Officer of InLeadS Consulting and Training in North Carolina. Her presentation is titled “Getting Out of the `Typical Meeting’ Trap: Using Facilitation Skills for Better Planning” and will focus on getting people to be on the same page.
The afternoon presentation will be made by Randy Vance, Laurie Cirillo and Cathie Illenberg of Crystal Run Village, which supports people with developmental, psychiatric and physical disabilities in the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions of New York State.
Other activities going on that day will include a display of paintings created by people with disabilities in TRC’s “Creations” art program as well as a display from the Museum of disABILITY History.
Registration for the day-long conference is $85, and included in the cost are a light breakfast and a boxed lunch. People may register online at www.resourcecenter.org or by phoning 485-7219.
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