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PAN delivered an Advocacy Awareness and Empowerment programme to Southland Enterprises Inc. during August 2005. This programme is clearly tailored to the needs of people with disability and/or low literacy levels. The programme itself is highly innovative, interactive and delivers a high level of information in an entertaining and wholly accessible manner. The quality of delivery matches the content.
Southland Enterprises Inc. is happy to endorse the People's Advocacy Network as a training provider to the health, social care and social inclusion industry and looks forward to their future development in advocacy and self-empowerment training.
Russell Small, Human Resources Director, Southland Enterprises Inc.
SPEAKING UP GROUPS - Where are they?
Pan supports self-advocacy through user-led self-advocacy groups (speaking up groups). Speaking up groups are a tried and effective model for the promotion of self-advocacy and personal empowerment everywhere in the world - except in New Zealand. Read more about Speaking Up groups and self-advocacy
The Books of Speaking Up
This resource is being published worldwide by an international UK-based publishing company and will be translated into several different languages. The books will be available world-wide in September 2006. However, copies can still be obtained at our special price, up until that date, through PAN.
A leading UK expert in learning difficulties, Dr John Tufail, is now available to undertake consultancy and advisory work in the areas of:
Enhanced Communication
I have often been told by ‘experts’ that ‘Linda has only limited ability to communicate,’ and that, ‘decisions will always have to be made for her.’ I now know absolutely that this is untrue. I observed Dr Tufail spend less than one hour with Linda. In that short period he was able to demonstrate to me that Linda has a wide range of communication skills. In fact within ten minutes Dr Tufail was communicating with Linda at a level I have not seen for many years and the affect on Linda was uplifting.
Dixie Signal, Chair, Hawkes Bay Kimberley Carers Support Group
Augmented Communication
Dr Tufail has developed a range of communication and learning strategies and media that enables service providers and users to work together in identifying and developing an individual’s range of potentials. . .
Self-advocacy
Recent NZ research carried out by Dr Tufail and his team has led to the development of the Ara Tukutuku model of hauora - - a holistic approach to self empowerment . . .
John can be contacted through Pan at 64 4 9022553. Read more about John's work here.