Planning Good Days
This session continues building on the content from Session 3. It focuses on developing ideas for each individual based on their interests.
We asked participants of Janet’s original Building a Context for Relationship webinar (in 2020) what they thought about her five-pillar framework and what the key messages were. This is what they said:
- It starts with the person
- Creating opportunities
- Relationship takes time
- Patience and persistence guided by the good principles
- Extraordinarily ordinary stories
- Valued and genuine roles in community
- Relationships are safeguards for the person
- Going further with interests than we might – exploring further, great things take time
- The ‘bridging’ work
- So many natural opportunities in our community
- Intentionality, listening, trialling, reflecting, learning
- A person’s differences don’t need to be negative – we can look at a positive outcome
- To start where you are and start small
We recommend that you seek roles that are
- embedded in the community – always look for typical and ordinary
- the role that is the most highly valued by society
- and to look for the role that might not be typically approached. For example, RSPCA and Vinnies are organisations that get approached by the disability sector a lot.
Brainstorming the Interests of the Person – From this session
Colour key:
- Yellow = Role
- Green = Place
- Pink = People
An interest in forensics
An interest in organising/sorting
An interest in music/live performance
An interest in coding
An interest in creative media
An interest in comedy
An interest in ancestry
An interest in animals
Brainstorming the Interests of the Person – Other Examples
In the example below,
- Role is blue
- Place is red
- People are green
Some more examples
Sky
Drama/Performance
Teaching
Building
Construction
Helping
Minecraft
Coaching
Sports
Horses
Cooking
