Start: Thu 13 Feb, 2025 09:30 End: Thu 13 Feb, 2025 11:30
Location: Online via Zoom
Presented by: Ed Cohle
What if the information you were given about supporting behaviour change was not really that effective or even just plain wrong? This happened to the presenter many years ago when he saw a speaker who had a more common-sense approach to helping change behaviour. The presenter changed his way of supporting people to a much gentler and more helpful long-term approach. He shares what he learned and what he had to unlearn.
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Ed Cohle
While in graduate school for psychology, Ed Cohle started his career as a live-in staff in a house with six people with intellectual disabilities who needed support. He later became the director of a supervised living program that operated on principles consistent with Social Role Valorization (SRV). He became involved in teaching SRV in various states and Canada alongside associates of Dr. Wolfensberger. He has been a behaviour consultant (referring to himself as “the un-professional”) since 1986, providing support to families in their home and to individuals living in supervised community settings. He recently retired as a partner in the Creative Supports Institute near Philadelphia in the US. He was involved with the governor’s council on disability in his state for nine years. Ed is currently on the board of a Citizen Advocacy program near his home and is president of the Board of Trustees for his church. Ed believes in the healing power of relationships and is a critic of behaviour modification and many current ABA practices and thinking. He has presented at many conferences.