moving through, not to, recovery centers in new york state nyaprs conference thursday, september 15,...
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Moving Through, Not To, Recovery Centers in New York State
NYAPRS CONFERENCEThursday, September 15, 2011
Jack Guastaferro, CEO/CFORestoration Society, Inc.66 Englewood AvenueBuffalo, New York 14214-1235716-832-2141, ext. [email protected]
Challenges “Moving the Cheese” Thinking out of the box New attitudes Concerns & doubts Helping customers to
transition from dependency to independency
Helping staff to adapt to their evolving role “What do you want us to
do” Syndrome
“Hitting the Streets” Learning curve –
figuring out how to do this and then doing it
Inspiring/Challenging Customers to envision themselves & life-styles beyond the MH system
Inspiring/challenging staff to think differently
Challenges From facility-based to
community-based activities strategy
Language changes Educating Stakeholders The value and
challenge of facility based “special events” Intent Role of
events/discovering passions
Staff role during and after events
Community connections Overcoming
apprehensions Just doing it Addressing
beliefs/biases about community groups and persons, & their beliefs/biases about us
Thank You!