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SIX QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING about a her/his POV ______________________________________

SIX QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING about a her/his POV ______________________________________

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SIX QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING about a her/his POV ______________________________________

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  1. SIX QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING about a her/his POV ______________________________________ Mark Sweet PhD Disability Rights Wisconsin 608 267 0214 msweet@drwi.org disabilityrightswi.org Spring 2014

  2. What factors affect your comfort?  appearance & hygiene O language & fluency / \ attitude / \  environment  beliefs; practices  cognition; processing  What do you wish you wouldn’t see or hear?

  3.  When you’re uncomfortable (put off)…  what thoughts? ________  what sensations? ________  what emotions? ________  What happens to your intention?  What happens to her/his sense of safety & well being?

  4. The intention to be… helpful is not always experienced or understood as… help  Experience is in the body; nervous system  Understanding is based on learning & past events  Our failure to imagine…

  5. What Kinds of THINKING? If something interfered, …? Adjustments of MOOD? If you couldn't adjust to situations or expectations, …?

  6.  Who might have difficulty with thinking & mood adjustments? People living with  intellectual disabilities  brain injuries or changes  neurological differences (autism)  thought disorders  mood disorders  trauma

  7. Behavior= Actions context is everything else stress is what puts you off balance =Coping: trying to restore balance (skillfully or not) = Assertiveness- CommunicationI want… I don’t want… I think… I feel…

  8. ______________________________ behavior  communicating, coping, asserting ______________________________ What is her/his POV (point of view)?

  9.  supporter  person supported ___________________________________  time /schedule  activity  expectations  what s/he didn’t do  what s/he did wrong wanting energy 

  10.  supporter  person supported ___________________________________  time /schedule  sensations  activity  curiosity  expectations  understanding  what s/he didn’t do  emotions  what s/he did wrong  coping & history* wanting energy  wanting energy Enter: Power & Control with Brain Lock

  11. We Characterize stubborn  inappropriate manipulative  noncompliant  has behaviors  uncooperative  distractible  wild, out of control  having behaviors  is challenging  has challenges • Interactions?  Whose POV(point of view)?

  12. SHIFTS IN PRACTICE From: How do we make it stop?To: What’s happening or has happenedfrom her/his POV? From: Characterizing To: Reporting from her/his POV

  13.  To Unlock Thinking: Six Questions about her/his POV What do you see or hear …?  When is s/he more likely … ?  If you wanted to provoke?  What does s/heunderstand …  activity?  materials?  relationships?

  14.  What is s/he probably  experiencing (sensations) &  feeling (emotions)?  What is s/he trying to accomplish, assert or cope with? With ease of communication what would s/he say? I want… I don’t want… I think… I feel…

  15. What is it like to be ___, to have her/his… interests & curiosities … skills & abilities … understanding ... temperament, energy … sensory sensitivities … health & wellbeing … losses, grief, coping skills & to be supported as s/he is now?

  16. Based on her/his POV, what could you do or not do to help her/him ___ to Avoid ___ to Understand ___ to Participate ___ to Cope ___ to Assert

  17. We have a choice Judgment Blame Criticism or Curiosity about her/his POV Choose Curiosity

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