Team Curriculum Vitae

Team Curriculum Vitae

David & Faye Wetherow

911 Terrien Way
Parksville, BC
V9P 1T2 / phone: 250 248-2531
fax: 250 248-2685

David P. Wetherow

1994-present Founding Partner, The Community Institute, Parksville, BC

1981-1994 Executive Director, Association for Community Living, Winnipeg, MB

1974-1981 Program Evaluation Coordinator, Province of Manitoba, Mental Health and Child Welfare Directorates

1971-1974Program Evaluation Coordinator, Western Institute of Human Resources, Denver

Faye L. Wetherow, RN, BScN

Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, University of Saskatchewan

Course work for Master's Degree in Education, University of Manitoba

Registration British Columbia Registered Nurses Association

1994-present Founding Partner, The Community Institute, Parksville, BC

1981-1994 Coordinator, Family Support and Community Development, ACL Winnipeg

1979-1981 Graduate Student, University of Manitoba Department of Education

1978-1979 Nursing Consultant, Manitoba Public Health Nursing Directorate

1976-1978 Senior Public Health Nurse, Province of Manitoba

1974-1976 Public Health Nurse, Province of Manitoba

Team Training

• Syracuse University Training Institute in Human Service Leadership:
• Program Analysis of Service Systems
• Social Role Valorization
• Planning Comprehensive Human Service Systems
• Moral Coherency in Human Services

• Facilitated Communication (Syracuse University Facilitated Communication Institute)
• Creative Facilitation, MAPS and PATH Planning (Forest, Pearpoint and O’Brien)
• Gentle Teaching (Dr. John McGee)
• Communication and Conflict Resolution (Dr. Joseph Schaeffer)
• Problem-Oriented Record Keeping and Goal Attainment Scaling

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Team Curriculum Vitae

The Community Institute

Team Accomplishments

Service Demonstration and Development

• Prairie Housing Cooperative (integrated cooperative housing)
• L'Avenir Community Living Cooperative (family- and consumer-directed support services)
• PRT Manufacturing Cooperative (worker-owned integrated manufacturing company)
• Open Access Resource Centre (augmentative and alternative communication resource centre)
• BCATECH (Internet-based virtual community on assistive technology)

• Manitoba Consortium on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Manitoba Training Consortium
• WestWin Personnel (individualized supported employment)
• Infant Development and Family Support Program

• Vipond Family Resource Centre
• Comox Family Cooperative (family- and consumer-directed support services, design phase)
• West Coast Community Living Institute (training and professional development consortium)
• “Hidden Gifts” (ecumenical conference on building inclusive congregations)

• Project Welcome Home (deinstitutionalization pilot project)
• "In the Company of Friends" (deinstitutionalization and individualized funding pilot project)
• Micro-Board model development (consumer direction and individualized funding)
• North Shore Service Providers’ Consortium (design phase)

Direct Service Operation

• Kaizen Management (individualized support services, Abbotsford, BC)
• Individualized Support Services (deinstitutionalization project, Winnipeg, MB)

Sustained Education and Training

Curriculum Development and Training

• Protective Service Social Worker Training Program, Province of BC
• Services for People with Mental Handicaps, Province of BC
• Douglas College Community Support Worker Training Program, Burnaby, BC
• University of Manitoba Pre-Masters Program – Issues in Special Education

Senior Trainers, Team Leaders

• Creative Facilitation and the PATH Planning Process
• Program Analysis of Service Systems (PASS-3)

Field Supervisor (FLW)

• Community Health Nursing (University of Manitoba)

Training Organizers

• Creative Facilitation and the PATH Planning Process
• Gentle Teaching (non-aversive approaches to challenging behaviour)
• Program Analysis of Service Systems (PASS-3)
• Facilitated Communication Training

Sessional Presenters

• BC Association for Community Living
• Self-Advocate Caucus of BC
• BC Family Support Institute
• Planned Lifetime Assistance Network
• University and community college seminars
• Church and community organizations
• Consumer and parent organizations
• Professional associations and service providers

Contract Consultation, Evaluation and Training

• Tennessee Microboard Association, Nashville, TN
• The Nemasket Group, Fairhaven, Massachusetts
• Rhode Island Community Living Assistance Services, Providence, RI
• Lutheran Social Services (We Care Residential Services), Cincinnati, OH
• Cuyahoga and Tuscawaras County Boards of MR/DD, Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH
• The Glendale Institute for Research and Community Development, Victoria, BC
• Fraser Valley Adventist Institute, Abbotsford, BC

• BC Ministry for Children and Families
• HOMES Society, Abbotsford, BC
• Mennonite Central Committee Community Support Services (Abbotsford)
• Kindale Development Association (Armstrong, BC)
• Kamloops Society for Community Living
• Okanogan University College

• Mennonite Central Committee Supportive Care Services, Campbell River, BC
• Powell River Association for Community Living, Powell River, BC
• Community Links, Port Hardy, BC
• Nanaimo Association for Community Living, Nanaimo, BC
• Nanaimo Youth Services, Nanaimo, BC
• Community Futures Development Corporation, Port Hardy, BC

• Alberni and District Association for Community Living, Port Alberni, BC
• Laxgalts’ap Village Government, Greenville, BC
• Fairview Management, Prince Rupert, BC
• Ontario Cerebral Palsy Association, Toronto, ON
• Saskatchewan Association for Community Living, Saskatoon, SK
• Alberta Association for Community Living, Edmonton, AL

• Jay Nolan Community Services, Los Angeles, CA
• Southern Indiana Resource Services (SIRS), Evansville, IN
• Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change, Taunton, MS
• Maine University Affiliated Program, Augusta, ME
• New Hampshire Department of Developmental Disabilities, Concord, NH
• Neighbours, Inc., Franklin Park, NJ

• Community Development Council, Pittsburgh, PA
• TASH Center for Community Support, Seattle, WA
• Connecticut Developmental Disabilities Council, Hartford, CT
• Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council, Harrisburgh, PA
• New Mexico State University, Faculty of Social Work, Las Cruces, NM
• Indiana University Affiliated Program, Autism Resource Group, Bloomington, IN

• New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities, Dover, NH
• New Hampshire Department of Disability Services, Dover, NH
• Maine Department of Mental Health, Augusta, ME
• CHORD and NABORS Cooperatives, Toronto, ON
• Georgia Advocacy Office, Atlanta, GA
• Winnipeg Child & Family Services, Winnipeg, MB

• Washington Department of Developmental Disabilities, Tacoma, WA
• Centre for Management of Community Services, Toronto, ON
• L’Arche Canada
• North Region Mental Health Team, Prince George, BC
• 2nd Int’l Conference on Social Role Valorization, Boston, MA
• The Communities Institute, Vancouver, BC

Related Enterprises and Volunteer Activities

• Internet Publisher and Webmaster - Foundations in Community Living
• Editor and Publisher - The Whole Community Catalogue
• Founding Board Members - West Coast Institute on Community Living
• Board Member and Training Associate, Communitas, Manchester, CT
• Board Member and Construction Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Winnipeg, MB
• Senior Member, Manitoba Marathon Allocations Committee
• Member, Parksville-Qualicum Community Foundation

Volunteers

• British Columbia People First
• Lower Mainland Self Advocacy Network, Burnaby, BC
• Vancouver Island Self Advocacy Association, Cowichan, BC
• Family Support Institute of British Columbia
• Project Neighbours (Pentlatch First Nations, Qualicum, BC)

• Contributing members to the following internet-based advocacy and support networks:
• Our-Kids
• Our-Kids Adults
• Autism Community
• Community Inclusion (COMMINC)
• International Coalition on Abuse of Persons with Disabilities (ICAD)
• California Community Imperative Conference

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