Person-centred Essentials
SARC Member In-Person $198.00
Non-Member In-Person $219.00
This training is intended for anyone who works directly with people experiencing disability and provides practical skills to implement person-centred services for the people you support.
Person-centred Essentials (PCE) is available in-person, in-house, and online (on demand)! The online course can be accessed at any time and completed at each person’s individual pace (over the 60-day access period).
The online PCE course will take approximately five (5) to six (6) hours to complete.
The in-person and in-house PCE sessions will take approximately six (6) hours to complete.
This course is eligible for COMPASS funding.
Person-centred Essentials
Person-centred Essentials is an interactive training that profiles a variety of creative tools and techniques used in the disability service sector. This training will help you improve your ability to deliver personalized support in your daily work by discovering what is important to a person, how they communicate and make decisions, and how they want to be supported.
Learners have 60 days to complete Person-centred Essentials online.
Interested in hosting a session at your organization?
SARC Learning Central’s facilitators can bring this session to your organization! This session can be delivered to a group of employees at your organization in-person or virtually. Contact us today!
By taking Person-centred Essentials, either online or in-person, you will learn:
- What person-centred support is and how it impacts the work you do
- They key concepts in person-centred support, including strategies to strengthen your person-centred approach
- About several tools that you can use to get to know the people you support and strengthen those relationships
- How to support people with choice and decision-making
- How to support people with dignity of risk and challenging choices
Whether you take Person-centred Essentials in-person or online, you will be provided with resource information, key takeaways, resources, and templates to reference throughout your career!
Lori Morphy, Trainer/Resource Developer – Service Delivery, SARC
Lori Morphy has more than 15 years of experience in the Disability Service sector in a variety of roles, including involvement in disability sports and adapted physical activity programs, work as a Direct Support Professional, assistant coordinator with Disability Support Services at the University of Alberta, and coordinator for mentorship and employment programs for youth experiencing disability.
Lori holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a Master of Arts in Physical Education, both specializing in physical activity for people experiencing disability. She has taught post-secondary courses in adapted physical activity, health education, human growth and development, and therapeutic activities through the University of Alberta and Saskatchewan Polytechnic.
Lori joined SARC in 2018 as a Trainer and Resource Developer. In 2019 she received TLR and PART Instructor certification from the Saskatchewan Association for Safe Workplaces in Health. In 2020 she completed training as an NTG Affiliate Provincial Trainer for the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices – Canada (NTG-Canada). She brings energy, enthusiasm, and an interactive approach to all programs that she facilitates, and she looks forward to sharing her knowledge with others. Lori has also contributed to the development of several of SARC’s training programs and resources.
Lori has a keen interest in person-centred practice. Her master’s research focused on the experience of choice for adults experiencing disability. She continues to build her knowledge in person-centred work, and recently completed training in Person-centred Thinking, Personalization of Care and Support Plans, and Person-centred Risk through Helen Sanderson and Associates. She applies this knowledge as a facilitator for SARC’s Person-centred Essentials training.
Lori and her husband have two young children, and she enjoys spending her time being active in gymnastics and many outdoor activities. She is an active community member, working as a gymnastics coach for athletes experiencing disability, rhythmic gymnastics coach, and volunteering for various community events.
COMPASS funding is available to SARC Regular and Associate Members, as well as Affiliate Members with CLSD funding.
COMPASS funding will cover the registration fees for an organization’s employees to take Person-centred Essentials.
In order to receive this funding, organizations must:
- Register employee(s) at your organization for the training.
- Use your COMPASS code at check-out to access this training at no cost.
- Have the employee complete the immediate session evaluation which will be emailed to them.
- Have the employee complete the follow-up session evaluation which will be emailed to them.
As a requirement of CLSD COMPASS funding, SARC must report on training satisfaction rates. As a result, we ask that all learners complete individual program evaluations immediately upon finishing any training, as well as within three (3) to four (4) months of completion. Your feedback will also be used to ensure that SARC continues to provide the best training possible.
Person-Centred Essentials helps us focus on why we do what we do. It brings a greater sense of job satisfaction while providing a better quality of life to the people we support.
This course provided many resources that will be helpful for the future.
It gave me insight into tools and practices I can use when working with people with disabilities.
I feel more confident in my role as a DSP moving forward. Have more knowledge in my area now.
