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FREE INFORMATION SESSION
MICROBOARDS AND HUMAN SERVICE CO-OP INTRODUCTION
Come either November 28, 2007 or November 29, 2007 6:30-7:30 PM
OR: an in depth Free session:
INTRODUCTION TO PATH, Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope
Microboards and Cooperatives:
December 1, 2007 9:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Lunch will be provided)
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WINGATE INN BY WYNDHAM-NORTHBROOK CONERENCE CENTER
600 Milwaukee Ave , Prospect Heights , IL 60070
Willow & Milwaukee
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Managing the Art of Living is a project in partnership with the
Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities. Over the course of
this two-year project, individuals with disabilities, family members
and community partners will have the opportunity to develop
Microboards and Human Service Cooperatives, a person-centered
approach, consumer governed structures that support individualized
funding in several Illinois localities. Community-Building and PATH
training provides the underlying planning, organizing and community
development skills that lie at the center of these emerging service
forms.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
A diverse group is ideal for this training. We welcome
· people with disabilities,
· families and extended family members, friends and community allies,
· service coordinators, educators, human service staff and managers,
· policy-makers and program managers
· leaders in civic, cultural, and congregational organizations,
· anyone else who wants to help people journey toward a person-
centered approach to self-determination and full community
participation.
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In addition, we will hold a THREE DAY HANDS ON COURSE in COMMUNITY
BUILDING and PATH FACILITATION TRAINING
Schedule for PATH training
November 28 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phase I
November 298:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phase II
November 30 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Phase III
Lunch will be provided all three days
The Three Day Training is FREE for anyone from Illinois who agrees to
serve as a PATH facilitator for at least three PATH sessions during
the upcoming year or so. For everyone else, the training is $200.00
About the Workshop
In this three-day hands-on course, we will learn and practice some of
the most valued organizational and person-centered planning tools in
use today. Participants leave inspired and energized, with tools that
they can immediately put into use at work and in their personal
lives. Each participant gets their own personal PATH completedand
helps two other participants complete their PATHs. Practice makes
perfect!
PATH and Solution Circles are powerful graphic facilitation tools
developed by Jack Pearpoint, Marsha Forest and John O'Brien.
Strategies for community-building have been developed by many
colleagues including David and Faye Wetherow (the presenters),
Pearpoint, Forest and O'Brien, John McKnight, Judith Snow, and others.
The Presenters
David and Faye Wetherow have long been involved in innovative service
development, training, management consultation and facilitation in
the field of community living. They created the very first
Microboards, inclusive housing and service cooperatives, and some of
Canada 's earliest individualized residential and personal support
services.
They have conducted PATH and Community-Building workshops since 1994,
facilitated nearly two hundred individual and organizational PATHs,
and supported the Tennessee Microboard project with design
consultation and PATH training.

In partnership with the Illinois Council on Developmental
Disabilities and organized by Tony Records and Associates Inc.
Registration Form
Managing the Art of Living
Community-Building and PATH Facilitation Training
In partnership the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities and
organized by Tony Records and Associates Inc.
You have four ways to register. Choose the one that is most
convenient for you.
Online -- http://www.managingtheartofliving.org
By Fax -- Complete registration form and send by fax to (615) 904-
0308
By Email -- Complete the registration form and Email it to
jilltma@...
By Mail -- Complete the registration form and mail to:
Managing the Art of Living
2160 North Thompson Lane K-6
Murfreesboro , TN 37129
Phone 615-225-8789
Make checks payable to Tony Records and Associates Inc.
Name ________________________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________
City/State/Zip Code
_____________________________________________________
Telephone _________________________ Email:
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Those who volunteer to help facilitate PATHs will be fully registered
immediately. For paid participants, registration fees must be
received to hold your place in the training event.
____ I will attend the FREE three day training for PATH volunteers
____ I will attend the training and not volunteer (I have enclosed or
will be
sending a $200 registration fee.)
____ I have enclosed or will be sending a donation.
I will need special help in the following ways:
_________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Please note that anyone needing personal assistance in order to fully
participate should bring their assistant with them. The assistant's
primary role will be to support the person who invited them. They
will learn a lot, make valuable connections and enjoy the workshop,
but they will not have the same kind of opportunity to practice the
facilitation roles as other participants.
All participants must attend either a Wednesday or Thursday evening
information session on Microboards and Cooperatives

C-U Autism Network <autismnetwork@...> wrote:
What is the message to get in front of everyone? Am I missing
something? Is there supposed to be an attachment? I don't
understand. Is there a meeting, a program, an organization, what?
Sheila