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Person-Centered Skills Training.
Person-Centered Thinking skills and techniques are essential to achieving Person-Centered Practices. If people are going to gain or regain positive control over their lives, then those supporting the person need to utilize a skilled, person-centered approach to delivering support.
Person-Centered Thinking Training
Receive the foundational, Person-Centered Thinking skills that enable those who support others to deliver services that are organized and consistent with Person-Centered Practices.
Person-Centered Coach Training
Person-Centered Thinking skills and foster the implementation of person-centered practices into any level of the organization.
Person-Centered Thinking Training
Available on-site at your location or virtually via Zoom
Great for: All staff, particularly management staff and case managers
Duration: 3 days virtual or 2 days on-site
The staff you hire rarely come with an awareness of how to be person-centered.
Consider what it would look like if your staff, newly hired or a long-time veteran, were specially trained in how to intertwine person-centered approaches into their everyday work to support the person. What if this was just how they did their job?
Graduates are also trained in how to accurately complete the Person-Centered Description (PCD). An accurate PCD can drastically improve the services and supports of the person as well as improve quality of life.
- Gain a proper perspective of the person
- Find that often elusive balance of what is Important To and For the person
- Ensure that what is learned about the person is properly recorded and built upon
Become a Person-Centered Coach
Great for: Management, supervisors, proficient PCT supporters
Duration: 6-8 months
Prerequisites: Coach Candidates must complete the Person-Centered Thinking Training and be trained with a partner.
Keeping the momentum of your person-centered efforts going is not always easy.
A lot of things compete for time and focus. Having key staff specifically trained to support, propel, and enhance this momentum is vital. Staff often need help using or implementing person-centered practices effectively. This is where having your own Person-Centered Coaches on-hand can be of immense value.
- Help staff develop and incorporate Person-Centered Descriptions into annual plans and daily support efforts
- Provide technical support
- Gain and keep the person-centered momentum in your agency
About the Curriculum
IntellectAbility has partnered with TLCPCP to provide tools and training that empower, educate, and inform those responsible for protecting, maintaining, and restoring health, wholeness, and good quality of life.
For a more detailed look at the Curriculum, please contact us below!
Meet Our Trainers
Our Person-Centered Services Mentor and Trainers are all credentialed with The Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices and deliver this curriculum.
When you successfully complete any of these trainings with IntellectAbility, you will be officially recognized with The Learning Community.
Marissa Landgraf
PCS MANAGER & PCT TRAINER
Marissa has over 7 years of experience working with vulnerable populations, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – specifically Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has served these populations at the agency level and the state level with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. Marissa also has experience supporting and teaching students with disabilities at an inclusive post-secondary comprehensive transition program. Marissa, who joined IntellectAbility in December 2022, is currently a Person-Centered Thinking Trainer and the Person-Centered Services Manager for IntellectAbility.
David Toback
PCT MENTOR & PCT TRAINER
David has nearly 16 years of experience working in the field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. He has worked both at the provider level and the state level as a training and project manager for GA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). David has experience in transition initiatives for those moving from institutional to community settings and also worked as a SIS interviewer for many years. He is a certified Person-Centered Practices Mentor and Person Centered Thinking Trainer by The Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices.
Johnathon Crumley
PCT TRAINER
Johnathon has nearly 20 years working in the field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. For many years he was the Vice President of Operations for a large Support Coordination agency in Georgia. Concurrently he worked as a Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) senior trainer with AAIDD, working in both the US and Canada. He is a certified Person-Centered Thinking Trainer by The Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices. He has been with IntellectAbility since 2013 and is currently its Chief Operations Officer.
Debra Davis
PCS MANAGER & PCT TRAINER
Deb has over 20 years as a Registered Nurse working with vulnerable populations, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Mental Illness, and Aging. She is an Certified Developmental Disabilities Nurse and a Registered Nurse Trainer for the state of Illinois. She has been a member of DDNA for 14 years and served as the president of Central IL DDNA for 10 years.
Rick Strickland
PCT TRAINER
Rick Strickland has close to 50 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities. From 1985 to 2016, he assumed a leadership role at a “cutting edge” agency providing Person-Centered supports. The organization moved from a traditional segregated facility-based program to a fully integrated, community-based, person-centered organization. Rick has presented at numerous state and national conferences and, in 1995, founded Creative Resources, a consultation and training organization that has provided training and consultation to over 75 organizations, including the Council on Quality and Leadership, University of Georgia, Georgia Department of Adult Education, Qlarant, IntellectAbility, and Support Development Associates. His insights come from 50 years of firsthand experience spanning an array of settings, including national consultation organizations, large state-operated programs, and small community-based non-profit organizations. His humor and down-to-earth style will entertain, educate, and delight you.
Adriane Mota
PCT TRAINER
Adriane has worked in the service industry since 2007. Starting as a one-on-one personal assistant, she transitioned to working in a day program as an Instructor, Supervisor, and Program Director. As a Program Director, Adriane led teams at five program sites, serving over 200 people and collaborating with the five Regional Centers across Los Angeles County in California. In 2022, Adriane became a certified Person-Centered Thinking Trainer with The Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices (TLCPCP). Adriane joined IntellectAbility in 2024 as a Person-Centered Thinking Trainer and is currently a Person-Centered Coach Trainer candidate.
Emily Lane
PCS SUPPORT REP
Emily Lane has been providing technology and administrative support for lntellectAbility’s Person-Centered Services since 2020. She regularly assists in facilitating virtual trainings and works with both trainers and coaches throughout the process of credentialing. She is also currently a student and is anticipating graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2023. Emily is currently a Person-Centered Support Representative for lntellectAbility.
Andreia Hutcheson
PCS SUPPORT REP
Andreia is an Army wife, mother to three children, and a veteran. She’s a volunteer with the Florida Soldier and Family Readiness Group and an advocate for positive change. She began her work with IntellectAbility in July of 2023. Her professional experience is rooted in the service industries, where she can problem solve, collaborate, and be of service to others. This experience allows her to work with many different people within the human services industry, ensuring they get the best experience possible whilst learning about Person-Centered Thinking.
Connie Fleming
CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER
Connie Fleming joined IntellectAbility in 2021 as an Office Assistant and has worked up to Service Support Manager. She obtained this role in 2023 and has used her background knowledge of the company to provide excellent and accurate customer service. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration and has always had a passion for helping those in the IDD Community. Connie’s responsibility is to coordinate and collaborate with the Client Services team to assist and ensure users access training.
