This is a guidebook is designed for participants of Art of Participatory Community Building and the shorter Participatory Community Building workshops. It is not a substitute for attending a workshop and is designed to enhance the workshop experience and to be used as a point of reference for your future practice. The Art of Participatory…
The ocean has always been in my dreams. As a child, it showed up as crocodile-filled pools of fear, swirling and inescapable. As an adult, particularly during the decade I spent navigating PTSD and depression, it became something else: tsunamis. Towering, relentless, terrifying. But in those years, I learned to swim into them. To survive.…
John’s service is set for Saturday, December 14th at 10:00am in Evanston, Chicago, IL, USA. You can read John’s beautiful obituary and share your thoughts and memories here: https://www.donnellanfuneral.com/obituaries/John-McKnight?obId=33633851#/obituaryInfo A Tribute by Dee Brooks, Jeder Institute “How do you know what you need, if you don’t know what you have?” — John McKnight On the 2nd of November,…
Navigating Crisis with Compassion: The Case for Person-Centred Emergency Planning in Local Government In times of crisis, the effectiveness of emergency planning can be the difference between chaos and resilience. Local Governments play a pivotal role in preparing communities for emergencies and disasters, yet there’s a growing recognition that a one-size-fits-all approach falls short in…
“Behaviour support focuses on evidence-based strategies and person-centred supports that address the needs of the person with disability and the underlying causes of behaviours of concern, while safeguarding the dignity and quality of life of people with disability who require specialist behaviour support’ (NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission). What does behaviour support include? A…
