The beginning...
Getting Started!
Shake It Up!
Building Blocks
Key to Community
100
An advocate in Western Pennsylvania since 1970, currently serving as the CEO of CLASS.
Who is Dr. Al Condeluci?
100
Another name for friendships, also refers to connections and relationships developed around community and the value these relationships hold for members.
What is Social Capital?
100
Determine what makes us common.
What is Step 1 of Cultural Shifting?
100
Pre set, special recreation, interests or social groups for people with disabilities.
What is "dualistic society?"
100
The key to the acceptance of the person you are helping engage; someone who is already accepted and included in the culture and has some formal or informal influence within the culture.
What is the Gatekeeper?
200
The relationship between two entities that help someone complete tasks they aren't able to do themselves.
What is Interdependence?
200
When friends help friends.
What is Social Reciprocity?
200
Find the community where the passion is regularly celebrated.
What is Setp 2 of Cultural Shifting?
200
The effort of linking people with disabilities to natural community activities.
What is "Community Building?"
200
One who is open and willing to take risks, accepting, optimistic, likes people and looks for the good, more often is female, has respect and influence in their community.
What is the Positive Gatekeeper?
300
This focuses on segregation, deficiencies, is professional-driven and wants to fix the consumer.
What is Medical Model?
300
"This is an amazing quote because it underscores the fact that social capital breeds life. It actually helps us live longer."
What is "If you belong to no groups, but decided to join one, you cut your risk of dying over the next year in half!"
300
Understand how the community operates.
What is Step 3 of Cultural Shifting?
300
To become aware of opportunties within neighbourhoods and community, to research these venues, discover what they offer, to identify the logistics and distances, plan, coordinate.
What is Community Mapping?
300
- Set goals, promote cooperation, social interaction and work towards a common goal. - Encourage a group member to assist individual with a disability in aquiring a skill, and to get to know him/her. - Study interactions between group members, restructure the group to promote positive social interactions.
What are three strategies useful in recruiting a gatekeeper?
400
A network of people who regularly come together for some common cause or celebration.
What is Community?
400
This is a visual interpretation of a person's relationship patterns, ranging from aquaintances to deeper, more intimate relationships.
What is a Sociogram?
400
Find and engage the gatekeeper.
What is Step 4 of Cultural Shifting?
400
Rituals Social patterns Language/Jargon History/Memory.
What are the four common themes all communities have?
400
- Make friendship development a priority - become aquainted with others through school, church, community, sporting events. - Schedule children's time together - swap numbers and infomation, take the initiative to call. - Learn about individual needs, feel comfrotable assuming responsibility. - Encourage cooperative play - Learn about community resources
What is "What can families can do to encourage friendships between individuals with and without disabilities?"
500
The learned and shared manner in which communities do certain things.
What is Culture?
500
Covenancy, Friendship and Acquaintanceship
What are the categories of the Social Capital Sociogram?
500
A means to get to know a person from a positive perspective and learn about his/her passions, dreams, skills, talents, hopes and other positive elements of self.
What is the Interest Profile?
500
- Modify the Equipment - Provide Structure and Routine - Eliminate Distractions - Use Multiple Senses - Manipulate the Environment
What are things to consider when adapting an activity?
500
To challenge the assumptions of separation, for when we are together, we are better.
What is the intention of this manual?
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