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REGISTER NOW! International MSE Training Days at Valparaiso University

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Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with colleagues and expand your skills and competence in working with individuals and groups in multi-sensory environments! The annual, international organization for multi-sensory environments is coming to the U.S. this year (Indiana), at the end of September.

Are you ready to learn more about the benefits of multi-sensory environments?

JOIN US for the annual, international MSE Conference in Indiana this fall, September 28-29-30 at Valparaiso University! An international team of speakers will present everything from MSE Boot Camp Basics to designing and setting up an MSE space, to teaching skills for creating meaningful interactions that facilitate experiential learning and quality-of-life outcomes in an MSE.

Experiential learning especially supports and benefits individuals with various challenges and difficulties. Therapeutic, educational, and recreational goals focus on the organic engagement and intrinsically motivated exploration, movement, reflection, and reciprocation with individuals or groups.

MSE processes nurture self-determination and a sense of belonging by cultivating companionship, creating accessibility for the unknowable human potential for greater unity and community through experiential learning and growth.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for one, two, or all three days. CLICK HERE to view speakers and topics and learn more!

QOLI at Gentle Teaching Conference 2022

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The 2022 Gentle Teaching International (GTI) conference was held this week in Ann Arbor, Michigan, hosted by the MORC agency. This conference is the premiere gathering of people from around the world committed to providing positive and proactive supports . This conference presents a unique opportunity to learn about the research, best practices, case studies and lessons learned on creating and sustaining a culture of  support for vulnerable populations in varied environments.

Quality of Life Institute, Inc. had the privilege of participating as a sponsor for the event, and The Institute’s executive director, Anthony M. McCrovitz, Ph.D., gave a presentation on navigating the heart through moments of crisis, illustrating practical tools for increasing competence in caregiving, using some therapeutic, relationship-building applications that he shared, like teaching one about emotions, by noticing, naming, taming, and befriending them.

Crewmembers from the Globe Star agency joined Dr. McCrovitz in attending the conference and organizing an informational table about the Institute, and for book giveaways and signings (McCroviz, A. (2021) A Return to Gentleness, Journeying with Gentle Teaching, Outskirts Press) and sales at a special conference price.

Globe Star Crewmembers pictured below are Social Worker Assistant, Keeli Friedersdorf (left) and Quality of Work Life Mentor, Vanessa Willis (right).

 

Gentle Teaching Workshop Days at SHARE Foundation, May 2019

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Registration is open for our annual Gentle Teaching workshop days at the SHARE Foundation, May 21, 22, 23. This is a 3-day learning event, held at the St. Timothy Center on the grounds of the SHARE Foundation in LaPorte, Indiana. This event is produced by the Quality of Life Institute, in collaboration with the SHARE Foundation and the agency of Globe Star.

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We will be welcoming back Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz, director of Quality of Life Institute, executive director and co-founder of Globe Star, president of Indiana Professional Counseling Foundation (IPCF) and former president of Indiana Counseling Association (ICA), and Maurits Eijgendaal from the Netherlands (former president of the Gentle Teaching International organization, current president of the International Snoezelen-MSE (Multi-Sensory Environments) Association (ISNA-MSE.org), and a leader and manager of social organizations for more than 35 years.

A foundational understanding of Gentle Teaching will be presented, in its philosophy, practical planning for interactions, and essential applications for mentoring a spirit of gentleness.

In the direction of Gentle Teaching, relationship-building centers each step with four pillars: safe, loved, loving, engaged. This is at the heart of a Gentle Teaching practice.

“Change for the better (quality of life) can occur when one can access their right to self-determination. Mentoring a spirit of gentleness implements learning processes that engage exploration, discovery, and the emergence of one’s unique voice and narrative.

When this is recognized and supported, one is given responsibility for their own life, with the invitation to grow and move beyond limitations.” ~Dr. Anthony M. McCrovitz

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