Collaboration

WHOLE COMMUNITYPlanning

CollaborationDefined As:• an exchanging of information, altering

activities, sharing resources and enhancing the capacity of another for mutual benefit.• To achieve a common purpose by sharing

risks, responsibilities and rewards.

GOAL• Lessens impact–Resources–Medical personnel

• Integrate Functional Needs into general population

• Match and Maximize resource allocation

• Make sure we are all ready

Begin with Collaboration is NOT and end in its selfBUT a means to other ends– Improve performance– Increase Quality– Stimulate Innovation

BUTIf the end can be

accomplishes better some other way – DO NOT – expend

the energy and resources

WH

Y??????

Begin with • Don’t plan for plan with• NOT ‘Special Needs’• Do not tell us what we are doing

wrong – tell us how to do it right• Allows looking at the diverse

needs of your community C-MIST (Communication, Medical, Independence, Supervision, Transportation)

• Addresses cival rights issues• Ensures inclusion• Moves away from medical model

WH

Y??????

The 3 T’s and 1 CTrust, Turf Time and Communication

Trust and Turf • Is not built overnight - it takes TIME• Building is a transformation process that must – Respect diversity of values– Respect diversity of perspective– A willingness to listen– A willingness to respectfully educate– A willingness to share power– Mutual Learning– Mutual accountability– A willingness to draw out ideas and information in ways that

contribute to effective problem solving– Leave ‘ego’ at the door

Trust and Turf cont.

• It comes through building relationships through engaging honest sometimes NOT PC but respectful conversation

• Put away ‘this is the way we have always done it’ or ‘it’s the law’

• Put on your teaching and listening hats

TrustDamage Trust• Not open and inclusive• Not adding value in term of

meeting participation• Carless handling of

confidential/group discussion• Not keeping commitments to

communicate message or have a discussion with a non member

Destroy Trust• Not delivering commitment to

the group• Misleading members about

their abilities or intent on group• Poaching ideas• Always being the ‘devils

advocate’• Deliberately using confidential

group information• Repeatly damaging relationship

within the group

Communication

The definition of communication may be seen as:

• a culture of people who relate to each other through various means

• as our means of keeping track of the events that occur in our immediate environment and in other places in the world

• be seen in the way we perceive each day of our life by means of our connection with people

Ways We Communicate

Perceptual Barrier• Most Common barrier to

communication because our words actions and mannerisms are open to interpretation.

• Can differ based on culture, emotion, personal and spiritual background

• Easy to make assumptions

Generations• Greatest Generation or G.I. Generation – 1901-1924• Silent Generation – 1925-1945• Baby Boomer Generation – 1946-1964• Generation X or Baby Buster Generation – 1964-

1981• Generation Y or Millennium Generation – 1982-

2001• Generation Z or Generation @ - 2001- present

Things to consider

• Engage a facilitator when beginning• We all view the world through different lenses– Cultural (native heritage, work/living environment,

generational)– Language (native heritage, acronyms, work living

environment, generational)– Do not continue to restate the problem – move forward

– FIND SOLUTIONS

Kentucky

How it all began!

• Collaboration began in 2005• National conference on

disabilities• Emergency Management,

Homeland Security, Public Health, Department of Community Based Services, Office on Aging and the Developmental Disabilities Council

At TheGovernors Request

THROUGH GUIDED FACILITATION

• We accomplished–A knowledge base of each agency and the

role each plays in all areas of disaster–A work plan - ‘NEXT STEPS’ that is updated

annually.–Other partners that were needed–A readiness to work cooperatively

Partnership expanded

• Private organizations representing individuals with disabilities, children and the aging population

• University programs, state agencies, private disaster agencies, human services organizations

• Individual advocates• About 40 in total

What have we accomplished

• Held a large Summit that included anyone that was interested in all aspects of emergency planning for individuals with disabilities

• Over 150 attendees from every part of the state • Held break out session with facilitated discussion

on – preparedness, response and recovery• Developed an outcome focused project plan based

on the input provided by the Summit attendees

First Responders and Community Responders

• Held two conferences to focus on First Responders and Community Response agencies to at the local level– All presentations were provided by individuals with

disabilities– OUTCOME DIALOGUE WAS OPENED

• Distributed over 5000 First Responder handbooks• Preparations underway for 5th conference due to

demand

Adopted by Public Health

• Created a charter • Function under Public Health• Formally a part of Health Emergency Management

as a sub-committee with a representative on the larger committee

This has given the committee a formal status within the emergency management structure

In Closing• Collaboration and

communication go hand in hand

• When you have a diverse group it is more difficult

• Consider everyone a valuable partner and resource

• Everyone is at the table

Right People

Right Reason

Right Time

COLLABORATE

Last But Not Least•Maintain a VERY good sense of humor and flexibility especially during those times when the process gets a bit messy.

Everyday thought

Make brilliant things happen by collaborating with unlikely partners

Pat SeyboldCommonwealth Council on Developmental DisabilitiesPat.seybold@ky.gov

502-564-7841