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Winter 2021 Foundational Microboard Courses Now Available for Registration

​Join us for the following series of foundational courses.   
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or more information, contact  our Provincial Consultant, Judith McGill directly via email at jlmcgill11@gmail.com or by phone at 416-997-3311, or stay tuned for future scheduled sessions here at Microboards Ontario.
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The foundational series offers the following four courses:
Microboards 101: An Introduction to Microboards (half-day session)
  • What is a Microboard?
  • Three key functions of a Microboard.
  • Four core beliefs of people and families.
  • Fundamental roles of Microboard members.
  • Reasons for incorporating.
  • Benefits of Microboards.
  • When a Microboard may be most helpful.
  • Role of Independent Facilitation and other supportive persons.
  • Getting ready to create a Microboard.
 
Microboards 102: The Power of Support Circles/Networks (day and a half session)
  • Creating a Support Circle/Network.
  • Benefits of a Support Circle/Network.
  • Potential challenges and dangers of Support Circles/Networks.
  • Keeping the Support Circle/Network alive.
  • Creating a new kind of dialogue.
  • Role of the Independent Facilitator or other supportive person.
  • Planning and decision-making within the Support Circle/Network.
 
Microboards 103: Legal Aspects You Need to Know (half-day session)
  • The rewards and benefits of incorporating a legal entity.
  • The roles and responsibilities of incorporation both fiscal and legal.
  • Legal concepts that do and do not apply to Microboards.
  • Director’s liabilities.
  • Managing and protecting assets.
  • Managing funding.
  • Liaising with Housing trusts and other decision makers.
  
Microboards 104: Understanding Complex Communication (full day session)
  • Understanding challenging behaviours as communication of unmet needs and/or preferences, desires and longings.
  • Taking direction from people who communicate in multiple ways.
  • Shared meaning making: The task of interpreting and then discerning and reviewing actions and outcomes- holding and testing the hypothesis of what is intended in the communication.
  • Drawing out and supporting a person’s “voice” and expressions of will in multiple contexts and multiple ways.
  • Communicating through the “doing” and not the saying. Observing and interpreting actions for meaning.
  • Broadening our understanding of communication for ourselves and others.
  • Learning from and about someone with the help of augmentative devises.
  • Setting the pace and direction of change through careful observation.

As family members age, they begin to recognize how necessary it is to share power and decision-making with others who are devoted to ensuring that their family member with a disability is heard and understood. By creating a Microboard together, the family sets out to assist their loved one to strengthen and sustain their relationships and decision-making powers for when they as a family are no longer alive or capable to assist.
People and families that choose to invite others together to form a Microboard fundamentally believe that building strong and abiding relationships is central to a person’s security and well-being. They trust that close, reciprocal relationships help to strengthen a persons’ voice and enhance their willingness to be heard. Most importantly, they believe that everyone deserves and wants to have a sense of purpose in their lives. 
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