Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – OIFN Shared Learning Events

The Power of Leisure Identities & Valued Social Roles

Led by Judith McGill of LifePath Facilitation and Training

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 AND Thursday, December 9, 2021

10:00am – 3:00pm Eastern each day

This two-day course helps to build a more robust understanding of how social roles define how we come to know others in social contexts and how we become known. Without this role “lens” it is difficult to help adults to take up a meaningful life in the community where they can offer their gifts and make a contribution.

This energizing and thought provoking course begins with personal introspection around the ways each of us creates a life for ourselves. The unique exercises and dialogue lead to a fuller appreciation of leisure and how it can create aliveness and balance in our lives. Some leading questions include:

• What does it take to support others to go after their dreams, to really do what they have always imagined doing?
• How can people be supported to get on with creating a passionate life for themselves within their leisure.?

“What is really intrinsic in leisure identities is the combination between the doing and the relationship. We appreciate that others really “see us.” We need to be both the giver and receiver. Not always the receiver. Even though it may change over time what remains is a sense that “I have something I am passionate about and I can share that passion with you and get acknowledged for the passion.” That is important for all of us. Particularly for those who live with labels and seem to always be on the receiving end. Our passions help others to see one another as a belonging member of society.” – Past Participant

ABOUT OIFN SHARED LEARNING EVENTS

OIFN Shared Learning Events are designed for people living with disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring, new, and experienced independent facilitators.

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing and delivered in an interactive format, to include a combination of presentation, small group work, reflective exercises, whole group dialogue, and invitations to do some reading and reflection prior to the sessions.

Please see the flyer to learn more about this and other upcoming course offerings:

December 7-9, 2021: The Power of Leisure Identities and Valued Social Roles with Judith McGill

January 18 & 19, 2022: The Power of Possibility with Heather Simmons

March 1 & 3, 2022: Conscious Listening and Speaking with Judith McGill

COST

$150 for the course

or register for all 3 courses for $400.00

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – OIFN Shared Learning Events

The Power of Possibility Thinking: Who I Am and Why I Do What I Do

led by Heather Simmons of H Training and Consultancy

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 AND Wednesday, January 19, 2022

10:00am – 3:00pm Eastern each day

Imagining possibilities takes practice!

Many of us doubt our own worth and are held back by what we see as our failings and inadequacies. We often find it difficult to be comfortable with difference, seeing it as a negative and judging people harshly. In the world we live in ‘possibility thinking’ can be a challenge. At the heart of any Person-centred work is the capacity to imagine possibilities for people and their lives. Throughout this course we will

• focus on gifts and capacities for ourselves and for others
• look at language and how words shape perceptions.
• offer the Values of Inclusion to encourage people to think differently.

This course is intended to encourage participants to develop their capacity to think in terms of possibilities and in creating freedom in their imagination to see themselves and their situation differently and the future of people labelled with disability or difference. The course will be practical and interactive, with exercises that encourage participants to see the best in themselves and in others. Come and join us…see where your imagination can take you!

ABOUT OIFN SHARED LEARNING EVENTS

OIFN Shared Learning Events are designed for people living with disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring, new, and experienced independent facilitators.

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing and delivered in an interactive format, to include a combination of presentation, small group work, reflective exercises, whole group dialogue, and invitations to do some reading and reflection prior to the sessions.

Please see the flyer to learn more about this and other upcoming course offerings:

December 7-9, 2021: The Power of Leisure Identities and Valued Social Roles with Judith McGill

January 18 & 19, 2022: The Power of Possibility with Heather Simmons

March 1 & 3, 2022: Conscious Listening and Speaking with Judith McGill

COST

$150 for the course

or register for all 3 courses for $400.00

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.

Building Capacity in Independent Facilitation – OIFN Shared Learning Events

Conscious Listening and Speaking

Led by Judith McGill of LifePath Facilitation and Training

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 AND Thursday, March 3, 2021

10:00am – 3:00pm Eastern each day

We are called to find a way to listen with our entire being to what matters the most to the people we serve and our family members who live with a disability. Our aim is to meaningfully come to know those we serve so that we can support them set the pace and direction of change. Today, conversation is skewed by a barrage of questions with little space left to have something new emerge spontaneously in our speaking and listening.

This two-day, in-depth course offers participants an expanded imagination of what it takes to be truly present in a conversation and hold space. Through personal reflection and dialogue, participants will have opportunities to explore new ways to approach conversations and practice what it takes to transform our relationships with others.

“The reflective nature of this webinar encouraged me to grow as an independent facilitator and to become more in tune with the possibilities that can exist if we are willing to walk with people and truly listen with our whole being to what they are telling us, as well as the possibilities that exist if we are willing to look a and be conscious of our own prejudices.” – Past Participant

“Judith has figured out the fine line between too much information and not enough, providing a surprising depth to such a short amount of time.” – Past Participant

ABOUT OIFN SHARED LEARNING EVENTS

OIFN Shared Learning Events are designed for people living with disabilities, family members and/or loved ones, and aspiring, new, and experienced independent facilitators.

Courses will be held virtually using Zoom Video Conferencing and delivered in an interactive format, to include a combination of presentation, small group work, reflective exercises, whole group dialogue, and invitations to do some reading and reflection prior to the sessions.

Please see the flyer to learn more about this and other upcoming course offerings:

December 7-9, 2021: The Power of Leisure Identities and Valued Social Roles with Judith McGill

January 18 & 19, 2022: The Power of Possibility with Heather Simmons

March 1 & 3, 2022: Conscious Listening and Speaking with Judith McGill

COST

$150 for the course

or register for all 3 courses for $400.00

Links to the Zoom meeting will be sent by e-mail, once registration is confirmed.