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Families Leading Change
Positive Pathways
the
In Conversation
Series
Who is this for:
The series is for Parents, Siblings, Relatives, Friends, Advocates supporting a loved one
with an intellectual disability.
What can it help with:
Those searching or on a new path.
This could be attached to a personalised budget, a transition from school, a move into
employment, development of a micro-business, or moving into the community.
WELCOME The In Conversation Series is a family-led initiative.
It has been developed by Positive Pathways, in
collaboration with individuals, family members,
professionals, and the Inclusive Living Network.
The In Conversation Series,
What are the benefits for you?
Rich Valuable Content Flexible & Supportive Inspiring & influencing
Built on what Irish Families have told us You can complete the In Conversation Learning through the sharing of stories,
they are looking for - an opportunity to elearning sessions at your own pace. experiences, and resources from
come together to learn, grow, listen, Support offered through the peer learning families who are creating individual and
share and build a community of support. webinars. inclusive support for their loved ones.
Useful information, easy to use templates and Adding your voice and story to the
guidance next steps to enrich your learning project to influence change in Ireland.
journey.
In Conversation Series, Family Leading Change, Positive Pathways
Vision, Planning & Community life
Learning Objectives Why it is important to have a vision for a good life for
our loved ones?
How to create meaningful and positive valued roles
The focus of our conversations will be to create a within our community?
safe welcoming learning space for families and to How do we support our loved ones to build positive
answers some of the questions they are facing such relationships within their community?
as:
Engagement with Services
What resources and skills are useful when linking
The Role of Family in with services?
How to get the right support when asking for our
loved one's needs?
How to understand our natural authority and What is self-directed, personalised budgets, & all
importance as a family member? practical elements of using your budget well.
How to strengthen our voice as family members?
How to stay strong during times of challenge? Family Stories
How to build resilience and plan for the future as a
How can we learn from each other's experiences?
family?
How to share our wisdom and lived experience as
Irish families?
How to grow peer support for each other as
families?
PROCESS
8 eLearning Sessions
This blended learning
experience will consist of
the following elements and
5 In Conversation Series
engagement with families.
The Reflective Articles &
Family Support Booklet
In Conversation
Series
4 Peer Learning Support
Webinars
4 Capturing the Irish Family Voice
& Lived Experience pathways.
The In Conversation Series
The series will focus on providing information to support you to develop your skill set and knowledge to support your family to enable change for your loved one.
eLearning
Topics
1 2 3 4
Introduction, Society & Community Living Self-Directed Lives,
Importance & Power Disability & a Life of Meaning Engagement with
of Families the System
5 6 7 8
Vision, Creating the The Importance of The Power of
Building &
Life you want Planning Relationships &
Sustaining Resilience
Circles of Support
The above topics will also be explored and discussed through the Peer Learning Webinars and through the In Conversation Series Written
Material.The Molly O'Keeffe Aoife O'Toole
In Conversation B.A.,M.A., Family member , ILN
Member & Founder of Positive
Family Ally, Change Agent & ILN
Member
Series, Pathways
Meet the
TEAM
Anne Motherway Willie Walsh
B.A. and H.Dip., Psychotherapy Studies. A Founder of Glan Beo,
family member, member of ILN. Early adopter https://www.clanbeo.org/ & ILN
of the self-directed support model MemberThe In
Conversation
Series Elearning VIDEO & SLIDE BASED
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
experience Presenters walking families through the
Recorded interviews with families who
have in-depth experience on the subject
content
matter.
A Blended
learning
approach
PODCASTS
READINESS CHECK
THE 8 ELEARNING SESSIONS WILL COMPLIMENT Interviews with families, people with a
THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE IN CONVERSATION disability, and allies who are on the self-
Opportunity for families to measure
SERIES. direction journey.
where they are at with short quiz/survey
IT WILL ALSO CONTAIN RESOURCE INFORMATION
LINKING FAMILIES TO USEFUL WEBSITES.The In
Conversation
Series
FAMILY PATHWAY
In Conversation Series SUPPORT BOOKLETS
Reflective REFLECTIVE ARTICLES
Articles & A series of reflective articles including Practical support, templates, and next
Family support practical information, feedback, and
helpful tips including the Irish family's
steps but from the family lived
experience.
booklets lived experience.The In
Conversation
Series
Peer Support PEER SUPPORT WEBINARS CAPTURING THE
FAMILY VOICE
Webinars Family members undertaking the In Family members will be invited to
& Conversation series will be offered peer
support in breakout groups with other
engage in pathways to capture their
voice, lived experience, and what they
Capturing the families engaged in the series supported feel would make the most positive
by a facilitator. change for families going forward.
Family voiceThe In Conversation Series
will be hosted on the
Inclusive Living
Network(ILN) website
ILN Website Collaboration C0-Faciliation
Positive Pathways will work in partnership with the
The In Conversation Series will be
The In Conversation Series will be members of the ILN Network. Members including
facilaited by the project coordinator Molly
hosted on the ILN website, engaged professionals, family members, and individuals will be
O'Keeffe and members of the ILN
families will explore the learning invited to share their learning, wisdom, expertise, and
Network. These will include family
process and resource materials knowledge from their lived experience to support the
members and professionals who have the
through coded access. development of the podcasts and family stories. Their
lived experience of personalised budgets
views and insights will also be hosted within the written
and self-directed living.
documentation.
The Inclusive Living Network (‘the Network’) is a unique network of individuals, families and agencies who
are passionate and committed to promoting, enabling and demonstrating self-determined and inclusive
lives for people who are labelled as having a disability. www.http://inclusivelivingnetwork.ie/The In Converstaion Series
will run over 8 weeks,
A p r i l t o M ay 2 0 2 1
For more information please contact:
Molly O'Keeffe,
email: molly.positivepathways@gmail.com
mobile: 086-4080052
Facebook: Positive Pathways
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