Would you like to train to become PATH Facilitator?

Are you interested in assisting people with a disability to plan for their future and achieve their life goals?  Would you like to learn a great planning tool?  Have you heard about the PATH facilitator training but weren't able to attend our March 2013 training Workshop?  

We have good news!  We plan to hold another facilitator training workshop soon (September/October), if we have enough interested and available people.   

If you are interested in training to become a PATH facilitator and would like to go on our training mailing/waiting list, please email Lou Bannister at bcspath@act.gov.au with your name, email address and best contact phone number and ask to be added to the waiting list.  

We will need a minimum of 16 people to hold the workshop.  I will contact interested people re their availability to attend a 2 day plus 1 evening workshop in the next few weeks. 

Guest PATH finder at a recent Workshop for trainee facilitators 

John O'Brien & Connie Lyle O'Brien Workshop, 30 July 2013

Today, I had the honour of meeting John O’Brien and
Connie Lyle O’Brien as part of their whirlwind Australian tour.  

John and Connie were invited to Canberra by Belconnen Community Service to lead a community discussion on:

“Does our support of individuals lead to relationships, dignity, choice, real contribution, and inclusion in community life?” 

• Community Participation: How can we expand and deepen people’s relationships?
• Encouraging respect and valued social roles: How can we enhance the reputation people have and increase the number of valued ways people can contribute?
• Promoting Choice: How can we support people to have more control and choice in life?
•  Supporting Contribution: How can we assist and support people to develop more competencies? 
• Community Presence: How can we increase the presence of a person in local community life? 

The all-day workshop was held at the Holt Community Centre and was attended by approximately 50 service providers and interested individuals.

The workshop has given us much to consider about the way we currently work with people with disability and has shown us many innovative alternatives... Food for thought and lots of new opportunities to form partnerships across the community...