1 / 9

CREATING SAFETY: Checking Power & Control in Support Relationships

CREATING SAFETY: Checking Power & Control in Support Relationships

joanne
Download Presentation

CREATING SAFETY: Checking Power & Control in Support Relationships

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. CREATING SAFETY: Checking Power & Controlin Support Relationships Mark Sweet PhD Trainer & Consultant Disability Rights Wisconsin 608 267 0214 msweet@drwi.org www:disabilityrightswi.org

  2.  What is Organizational Culture? assumptions, expectations, beliefs, language, humor, level of trust, whose POV is more dominant • Organizational Culture re: Autonomy, Choice, Self-Direction re: Support Relationships

  3.  How are support relationships, paid or volunteer, different than friendships;what limitations/boundaries?  Places & Activities  Time (paid or unpaid; work or nonwork)  Physical Contact  Expressions of Emotion (I love you)  Giving/Accepting Gifts ($ and other)  Personal Information; Topics 

  4. Why should there be limitations?  Imbalance in power & control  Some are considered more vulnerable; protection  undue influence  taken advantage of  Avoid confusion in relationship  Opportunities

  5.  Questions to help you decide.  Who has more power in this relationship?  Will my choice add clarity or confusion?  Who will benefit (by my decisions)?  What is myintention; her/his intention?  What opportunities might be missed?

  6. Power & Control Wheel: People With Disabilities & Their Caregivers  Intimidation  Emotional Abuse  Isolation  Minimize, Justify, Blame  Withhold, Misuse or Delay Support  Economic Abuse Caregiver Privilege  Coercion & Threats

  7. What circumstances in your support relationships fit the categories on the power & control wheel? • What might help within your organizational culture to prevent ordinary & unintentional misuses of power & control in support relationships?

  8. Available soon at: disabilityrightswi.org Creating Safety by asking What makes people vulnerable? Click: Publications Search: Creating Safety

More Related