Community Connecting sessions give you the opportunity to learn more about what connections a person might like to build in their community, and then think creatively about how to make it happen.
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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.
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.
Who 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.
Community 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.
How Community Connecting will help people thrive:
Supports people to build resilient networks of support that are outside the traditional framework of services
Enables people to build authentic, human connections that matter to them
Reduces the risk of loneliness
Increases a person’s sense of agency, personhood and self
Identifies opportunities to contribute, increasing feelings of self-esteem and wellbeing
Community Connecting
During this program participants will:
- Learn how to explore the persons gifts, interests and passions in the community context
- Explore ways to identify what is available in communities
- Learn how to match the person to the available options
- Practice evaluation tools and explore ways to increase the changes of successful and sustainable connections
How HSA can deliver Community Connecting training
This Community Connecting series can be delivered remotely or in-person. It is a 16-hour program that can be delivered over two days or spread out over 6 weeks (6 x 3 hour sessions).
Participants must attend all sessions to receive a certificate of completion.
Here is how you can participate in Community Connecting training:
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