Supporting families that include children with disabilities and complex needs is not easy. Creating a meaningful connection to caregivers and their children, through a family-centered lens, engaging with understanding, compassion and a therapeutic rapport is essential for family well-being.
Join Angela Taylor, former child in care, labeled with complex needs, caregiver of children with exceptional needs, and founder of Inspire Community Outreach. Angela uses humor and storytelling to engage her audience.
This support is created for service providers, including therapists, social workers, and other professionals, to learn strategies for enhancing family engagement practices and increasing confidence within yourself and your team.
Objectives:
Understanding the hidden reality of families that include children with disabilities, including complex needs
Reframing neurological, cognitive, and psychological disabilities to invite understanding and celebration of neurodiversity and differences
Working within limited resources to maximize connection and well-being for families
Family engagement and inclusive support, adapted for and by families who include children with disabilities
Building on strengths, sharing strategies, tools and resources to support continued growth and learning
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Community Together
Supporting Community Together
Building Relationships and
Understanding Complex Youth
Connecting to and creating meaningful relationships with youth with disabilities and complex needs can be difficult. Learn with Angela Taylor, former child in care labeled with complex needs, caregiver of children with exceptional needs, and founder of Inspire Community Outreach. Angela uses humor and storytelling to engage her audience.
This support is created for caregivers or service providers, including therapists, social workers, and other professionals, to learn strategies for connecting to children with disabilities, improving well-being of your family or workplace.
Objectives:
Understanding the hidden reality of teens with disabilities, including complex needs
Reframing neurological, cognitive, and psychological disabilities to invite understanding and celebration of neurodiversity and differences
Exploring the intersectionality social expectation, disability, attachment, and development
Working within limited resources to maximize connection and well-being
Youth engagement and inclusive support adapted for and by youth with exceptionalities
Building on strength, sharing strategies, tools and resources to support continued growth and learning
Objectives:
Supporting Community Together
Exploring Neurodiversity and Disability in Community Through a Strength-Based Lens
A discussion about mental illness and disability in community. This workshop will support front line staff to understand and communicate more effectively with individuals in our community who may be experiencing mental health distress or live as neurologically diverse. Learn with Angela Taylor, a former child in care labeled with complex needs, a caregiver to exceptional children, and
Objectives:
Introduction to mental health, illness, and neurodiversity in our community (Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, ADHD, Autism, FASD, and others)
Exploring triggers and how to support community members and ourselves through these difficult moments, with compassion
Providing practical tools customized to the needs of your organization
Building on your strengths and giving a variety of resources for continued growth and learning