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SUMMARY:HSA USA Community Connecting January 27th - March 10th\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Community Connecting! \nSix 3-hour sessions to explore HCBS Requirement #1: Access to Community and learn ways to think creatively about people being engaged in their community and how to make it happen. \nTopics to be covered: \nJanuary 27: Community and Belonging\nFebruary 3: Celebrating Who a Person Is\nFebruary 10: Discovering a Person’s Gifts and Capacities\nFebruary 24: Making a Contribution Within Your Community\nMarch 3: Finding the Best Fit\nMarch 10: Sustaining Best Practices  \nWhat is Community Connecting? Community Connecting is centered on fostering a sense of belonging and encouraging people to engage meaningfully within their community. Community Connecting training offers opportunities to discover the connections people seek within their community\, and then creatively identify ways to make those connections happen. These sessions prompt thinking about what else people might do to build resilient networks of support that are not reliant on a service-customer relationship\, supporting HCBS Requirement #1: Access to Community. \nWhat will we do together? In these interactive sessions\, you will be provided with practical tools to use when seeking community connections with people you support\, practice using the tools with your peers\, and develop an action plan to take back to your own communities. During this program participants will: \n\nLearn how to explore the persons gifts\, interests and passions in the community context\nExplore ways to identify what is available in communities\nLearn how to match the person to the available options\nPractice evaluation tools and explore ways to increase the chances of successful and sustainable connections\n\nHow Community Connecting will help people thrive: \n\nSupports people to build resilient networks of support that are outside the traditional framework of services\nEnables people to build authentic\, human connections that matter to them\nReduces the risk of loneliness\nIncreases a person’s sense of agency\, personhood and self\nIdentifies opportunities to contribute\, increasing feelings of self-esteem and wellbeing\n\nWho is this training for? Community Connecting training is recommended for service providers\, people with intellectual/developmental disabilities\, family members\, regional center staff\, and any interested community members. \nHow it works: This Community Connecting series will meet via Zoom for all six modules. Participants must attend all sessions to receive a certificate of completion. \nTo participate in this remote Modules of this course you will want to make sure you have access to the following: \n\nComputer with reliable internet\nWebcam so you can see and be seen by others\nComputer speaker and microphone (headset or earbuds are recommended)\nAbility to access Zoom.us (videoconferencing app)\n\nCommunity Connecting has been developed and compiled by Helen Sanderson Associates and has drawn on information from John O’Brien\, Beth Mount\, The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices\, Patsy Davies\, Claudia Bolton\, and Martin Seligman. \nIf you have questions contact Holly@helensandersonassociates.com
URL:https://www.helensandersonassociates.com/event/hsa-usa-community-connecting-january-27th-march-10th-2025/
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SUMMARY:HSA USA Free Webinar - Work Histories: How the past can inform the present and future.
DESCRIPTION:Did you know the average person spends over 2\,000 hours at work each year? \nIn that time\, we gain a wealth of knowledge and experience. But how often do we reflect on how this can and does shape our current and future work choices\, approach to leadership\, office culture and career development? \nJoin us for an insightful webinar where we’ll explore the power of understanding your Work History. Introducing you to one of the many ways HSA’s Leadership Development program is supporting people to better understand what it means to bring your whole self to work and why that is important. \nTogether\, we will take a look at how your past work experiences can help you show up with  intention\, build stronger connections with your team\, and support your ongoing professional growth. \nWhether you’re aiming to strengthen your leadership\, improve team dynamics\, or align your career with your personal goals\, this webinar can provide a launching point to reflect\, connect\, and grow! \nTo learn more about HSA’s Leadership Development program contact Alyssa@helensandersonassociates.com
URL:https://www.helensandersonassociates.com/event/hsa-usa-free-webinar-work-histories-how-the-past-can-inform-the-present-and-future/
CATEGORIES:Teams and Leaders,US
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SUMMARY:HSA USA- Community Connecting Free Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how you can support someone to become more involved in their community\, engaged in more of the activities they like doing and be around people who like the same things as them? \nThat is what Community Connecting is all about. We learn how to put some of the different person-centered approaches into action to get to know someone better and then discover places in their community where they can make meaningful contributions. \nHSA USA is excited to invite you to join us for a free 1-hour remote webinar to experience Community Connecting first hand as we explore how the person-centered tool Prescence to Contribution\, informed by other person-centered tools\, can help create a clear path for connection for a person. \nYou can learn more about the Community Connecting program by clicking here. \nIf you have any questions please feel free to contact Julie@helensandersonassociates.com 
URL:https://www.helensandersonassociates.com/event/hsa-usa-community-connecting-free-webinar/
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SUMMARY:HSA USA- Making Planning FUN!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a FREE webinar with our Planning Live trainers and facilitators to learn about practical\, creative\, person-centered\, and fun ways to come together and create a person’s “plan”. \nPlanning can be a time to celebrate\, acknowledge and inspire! \nWe hope you will join us to learn about how you can make the planning process a PARTY! \nWHEN:\nOctober 7th\, 2024\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST Via ZOOM \nLink will be emailed to you when you register. \nIf you have any questions about Planning Live and Planning for a Good Life Training programs please contact Kristi@helensandersonassociates.com
URL:https://www.helensandersonassociates.com/event/hsa-usa-making-planning-fun/
CATEGORIES:Person Centered Planning,US
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SUMMARY:HSA USA - Introduction to Compassionate Communication
DESCRIPTION:HSA USA is hosting an introduction to Compassionate Communication – how speaking and listening without judgement can transform workplace conversations webinar. \n\nDo you wish you could say what’s on your mind and be truly heard?\nDo you want to have conversations that matter with your colleagues?\nDo you want to be more competent and resilient when conversations are challenging?\n\nIn this hour you will: \n\nBe introduced to the OFNR (Observation\, Feelings\, Needs\, Request) process of Compassionate Communication\nThink about how ‘the story I tell myself’ gets in the way of empathy for ourselves and others\nExplore how our feelings point us to what needs have been met or unmet\nConsider how being clearer about our needs enables us to ask for what we need in a way that connects with colleagues\nBe introduced to further resources to find out more\n\nCompassionate Communication is also known as Nonviolent Communication developed by Marshall Rosenberg.
URL:https://www.helensandersonassociates.com/event/hsa-usa-introduction-to-compassionate-communication/
CATEGORIES:Teams and Leaders,US
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SUMMARY:HSA USA- Community Connecting Free Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how you can support someone to become more involved in their community\, engaged in more of the activities they like doing and be around people who like the same things as them? \nThat is what Community Connecting is all about. We learn how to put some of the different person-centered approaches into action to get to know someone better and then discover places in their community where they can make meaningful contributions. \nHSA USA is excited to invite you to join us for a free 1-hour remote webinar to experience Community Connecting first hand as we explore how the person-centered tool Prescence to Contribution\, informed by other person-centered tools\, can help create a clear path for connection for a person. \nYou can learn more about the Community Connecting program by clicking here. \nIf you have any questions please feel free to contact Julie@helensandersonassociates.com 
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