Keystone Human Services

Keystone Institute

2008 Schedule of Educational Events

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To register for events, please contact the Keystone Institute at 717-909-9425 or email registerki @ keystonehumanservices.org.

January
UNDERSTANDING LOSS AND GRIEF
Date: January 8
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Grief can be described as a roller coaster of emotions, an engulfing wave that bowls you over, an ever-changing sea of experiences, and a place without anchor. C.S. Lewis experienced grief as a feeling like fear itself. Whatever our experience is today, we know that our experiences tomorrow will no doubt be different. Please join us as we explore the human experience of grief and loss, discuss strategies to move through and move onwards, and discover our own journey through this natural process of dynamic change which is so much a part of life.
CONSIDERATIONS IN SUPPORTING OTHERS THROUGH LOSS AND GRIEF
New Workshop
Date: January 8
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
How can we be helpful as those around us – friends, family, and people we serve in professional roles, move through tough times and difficult losses? This follow-up to the morning session will cover in more detail how we can be supportive as we assist others adjust to life's losses and changes. There are some universals of support and assistance which will be helpful to us all to discuss and explore. Considerations related to loss and grief in the lives of people with disabilities and other devalued conditions will also be a focus area for our discussion.
HELPING PEOPLE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE DURING THE DAY
Date: January 22-23
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm each day
This two day workshop focuses on why it is so difficult to design and implement supports for people to have full, meaningful days, what kind of vision is required to guide our actions in this area, and how essential it is to help people develop positive social roles. In addition to the presentation, participants will work in small groups to develop concrete ideas around supporting one person to spend their time in more fulfilling and meaningful ways during the day.
This is an ideal workshop for people interested in developing supports for people that are quite different from many of the day and work programs typically available and offered.
EXPLORING KEYSTONE'S QUALITY PILLARS: The Culturally Valued Analogue
New Workshop
Date: January 24
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The concept of the Culturally Valued Analogue has offered leaders and service workers inestimable guidance over the past 30 years in designing services, supporting people well, and making decisions. The importance of this concept is reflected in the fact that it was chosen as one of the 5 “Pillars of Quality” which Keystone has chosen to measure the quality of our services. Asking and answering the question, “Are services and supports provided in the context of what exists within the typical valued society?” is at the heart of exploring the “CVA”. How might the answers to this question drive us to create relevant, helpful services? What does “The culturally valued analogue” mean, and how can we use this powerful tool to do better on behalf of vulnerable people?
Join us for a brief presentation on the topic of The Culturally Valued Analogue, a chance to discuss how the idea fits within different supports and services, and an opportunity to tie all this in to our commitment to continuous process improvement through our quality initiative.
SRV Study Group
AND THROW AWAY THE KEY: How the Criminal Justice System is being used as a Human Service Solution
Date: January 31
Location: Keystone Family Support Associates, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prerequisite: Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
Please join us for coffee and exploration around issues related to the concepts of Social Role Valorization.
More and more, people with disabilities and other vulnerabilities are being thrust into the criminal justice system, often with devastating results. Prison can be seen as a significant strategy used by society to distance devalued people from the valued core, so we should not be surprised to see incarceration used as another means of institutionalization. Please join us to discuss the effect of this disturbing trend, and talk about the likely outcomes in the lives of the people affected.
February
TEAMS THAT WORK
New Workshop
Date: February 13
Location: Gordinier Hall, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
This workshop is part of the series entitled “All for One, One for All: A Series on Working Together”
Accomplishing positive social change requires that we not only have positive ideology, but that we can join together with others effectively. Please join us for the second Professional Development Series held at Millersville University, as we join Dr. Thomas Neuville to explore the topic of working together in three sessions. Each session stands alone, and also blends harmoniously to build upon the skills and tools learned in each to make the most of learning and capacity. Come with a desire to learn and explore, a readiness to participate actively in your own learning, and expectations to learn and use critical professional skills.
Teams that Work: This workshop will explore the components of strong and robust teams, de-mystify the dynamics that operate within teams, identify common difficulties and dysfunctional patterns that may affect teams, and discuss strategies to strengthen and fortify team members.
MODEL COHERENCY: FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT DRIVE EXCELLENT SUPPORT
Date: February 21
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Prerequisite: Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
One of the most important things that a service provider can do in protecting vulnerable people, and helping to create the conditions for people to experience a full and rich life, is to assure that services are proposed, designed, and planned with great care and caution to assure that they truly meet the needs of the people that are to be served.
Model Coherency embodies the idea that all elements of practice in a service should be in harmony with each other, and follow from a unifying set of principles. It requires people to think about the identity of the people who are to be served, what is it that would be required to support people well, who could do the work well, and in what ways the work could be done with consistent, high quality.
Model Coherency is a unique and very helpful tool which can be used to both conceptualize positive service designs, and help participants develop a framework for services which increase the likelihood of a coherent match between people's identities, their most pressing needs, and the supports to actually meet those needs. Join us to learn about and work with this powerful tool.
FINDING MEANING IN THE WORK: CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPPORT WORKERS IN LIVES OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE
Date: February 28
Location: Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
We believe that direct support workers make essential contributions to the lives of the people they support when they are committed, competent, and capable. Opportunities to reflect on what is meaningful in direct service work are an important source of the learning that underpins good work and the effective leadership of service organizations. Please join us for focused discussion, conversation and facilitated exercises as we explore the contributions that direct support workers make in the lives of people they support, delve into what the work means to us personally and professionally, and gain a measure of clarity together on what is worth doing and doing well.
March
THE POWER OF ROLES
Date: March 6
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation.
This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will learn about ways to help people have better lives by helping them achieve positive valued social roles. Practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support are discussed.
ELEMENTS OF SERVICE: Groupings & Associations
New Workshop
Date: March 11
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Will people who have been marginalized, oppressed, and devalued experience the “Good Life”? Will they truly be a part of the community and have a variety of relationships? Will they have valued roles and full and meaningful lives?
How vulnerable people are grouped together has a powerful impact on the services people receive – it is possible that the ways that people are grouped together impact services more than any other aspect. The PASSING tool (Program Analysis of Services Systems Implementation of Normalization Goals) gives us some excellent ways to look at groupings and associations through a number of lenses. This workshop will focus on these concepts, and help people learn to identify the issues and impacts associated with this essential aspect of service design.
RETREAT SERIES PART I: BEST PART OF ME
Date: March 20-21
Location: Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA
Time: 9:00 am Thursday to 3:00 pm Friday
The retreat series that includes Best Part of Me, Vision & Values, Community & Culture and Foundations of Service may be attended individually or as a sequential set. Each workshop focuses on exploring our work in human services. Best Part of Me is aimed at identifying and acknowledging the gifts people have and bring to their work. Deep in the discussions comes the principle that personal values are the basis for professional values. Exploration of those values leads us to delve into the “why's” of what we do, the meaning behind our actions.
Held over two days in a beautiful wooded retreat setting, participants are welcome and encouraged to stay overnight at no additional expense.
EXPLORING KEYSTONE'S QUALITY PILLARS: Individualization
New Workshop
Date: March 24
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tailoring supports to be specifically relevant to each person served is an essential part of providing quality services. How can we take care to assure that supports are truly person-centered and individualized? In services and settings where people are grouped together, relevant focus needs to be preserved. An overview of individualization, time for discussion about how individualization might be increased in diverse services and connection to our efforts to improve and measure our performance through the quality initiative are all on the agenda for the morning.
April
AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION
Date: March 31 - April 2
Location: KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS SOUTHEAST
Time:
  • 3/31: 8am - 6:30pm
  • 4/1: 8am - 6:30pm
  • 4/2: 8am - 4:15pm
This three day workshop combines presentation and small group reflection to examine in detail the common life experiences of people who are devalued by society. The workshop presents the idea of assisting people to have positive social roles as a productive and helpful response to those wounding life experiences.
People wishing to understand the life experiences of people they support, and the implications of those life experiences, and are committed to work towards making life better for them are encouraged to attend. Participants should be prepared for significant lecture style presentation.
SRV Study Group
A GRAND VISION FAILED: The Story of the Great Institutions
Date: April 8
Location: Keystone Family Support Associates, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
Please join us for coffee and exploration around issues related to the concepts of Social Role Valorization.
The huge institutions are well known for their horrible treatment of people, and for the continuing legacy playing out in the lives of many people we are serving today. What beliefs and assumptions were held by a society that could create such structures? How could lofty ideals and grand aspirations end in such misery and tragedy? What legacy and lessons remain for us to learn and gain from? Please join us as we tell the story of the age of institutions and consider questions that endure today.
INCLUSION WORKS!
Date: April 10
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Part of our hope and vision is for people with disabilities and other devalued conditions to experience the fullness of everyday life and this implies having a variety of valued roles. Supporting people to live, work, learn, and recreate in typical ways, with typical people, doing typical things – this can lead powerfully to a full and rich life. Join us for a discussion on practical experiences with inclusion, with a special focus on inclusion in our schools.
WORLD DISCOVERY CAFÉ CONFERENCE
Date: April 24
Location: Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
“We can be wise only together” —Margaret Wheatley
Based on the dimensions of the World Café, this conference promotes the discovery of our collective wisdom. The day promises to be filled with discussions, brainstorming sessions, presentations and exercises that work to shape the futures of our communities and our commitment to inclusion of all people.
Come prepared to contribute your thoughts and visions of a new tomorrow!
May
HOW TO FUNCTION WITH PERSONAL MORAL COHERENCY IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL HUMAN SERVICE WORLD
External Workshop Opportunity
Date: May 4-10
Location: Andover, Massachusetts
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
“We can be wise only together” —Margaret Wheatley
Contact: SRV Implementation Project info @ srvip.org
Moral Coherency Study Group & Massachusetts Alliance for Personal Action
ONE PERSON AT A TIME: EXPLORING INDIVIDUALIZED, PERSON-CENTERED SUPPORTS
New Workshop
Date: May 8
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Person centered supports are designed to overcome inertia - the tendency for things to continue in a straight line. For many people with disabilities, the status quo is isolation, invisibility, and dependence. Many people are detained, if kindly, in “serviceland” - both in the old serviceland (physically behind a wall) and in the new serviceland (physically in and among the real world, but subtly separate and never quite connecting to the ordinary). Please join us to explore three essential questions: (1) What are the likely consequences for a person if current practices do not change? (Wolfensberger & Glenn, 1995), (2) What are the characteristics of support processes? and (3) How might the use of these processes impact the future of people who are supported by human services? These questions will form the foundation for exploring individualized person centered supports.
ELEMENTS OF SERVICE: Service Felicity
New Workshop
Date: May 16
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
What do the comforts of home, beauty both inside and out, life-enriching interactions, and ease of parking have in common? Well, taken together, they define in part the idea of “service felicity” as an important service measure – is the service conducive to assisting to facilitate a pleasing environment and conditions? Join us as we explore the areas associated with service felicity, and develop strategies to improve quality in this area.
COMMUNICATE FOR SUCCESS
New Workshop
Date: May 19
Location: Gordinier Hall, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
This workshop is part of the series entitled
“All for One, One for All: A Series on Working Together”
Accomplishing positive social change requires that we not only have positive ideology, but that we can join together with others effectively. Please join us for the second Professional Development Series held at Millersville University, as we join Dr. Thomas Neuville to explore the topic of working together in three sessions. Each session stands alone, and also blends harmoniously to build upon the skills and tools learned in each to make the most of learning and capacity. Come with a desire to learn and explore, a readiness to participate actively in your own learning, and expectations to learn and use critical professional skills.
Communicate for Success: Excellent communication is at the heart of the success of any organization, and the area that we most easily can lose competencies as individuals, teams and organizations. This workshop will focus on sharpening communication skills, identifying basic human needs and linking them with communications, and facilitating positive communication between others. Excellent communication is at the heart of the success of any organization, and the area that we most easily can lose competencies as individuals, teams and organizations. This workshop will focus on sharpening communication skills, identifying basic human needs and linking them with communications, and facilitating positive communication between others.
RETREAT SERIES PART II: VISION & VALUES
Date: May 22 - 23
Location: Black Rock Retreat, Quarryville, PA
Time: 9:00 am Thursday to 3:00 pm Friday
The retreat series that includes Best Part of Me, Vision & Values, Community & Culture and Foundations of Service may be attended individually or as a sequential set. Each workshop focuses on exploring our work in human services. Vision & Values explores the relationship between personal values and Keystone's vision. The exercises encourage peer support in developing a sense of personal leadership through personal and professional vision exploration. This workshop also explores the concept of “work as a calling”.
Vision & Values explores the relationship between personal values and Keystone's vision. The exercises encourage peer support in developing a sense of personal leadership through personal and professional vision exploration. This workshop also explores the concept of “work as a calling”.
Held over two days in a beautiful wooded retreat setting, participants are welcome and encouraged to stay overnight at no additional expense.
FINDING MEANING IN THE WORK: CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPPORT WORKERS IN LIVES OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE
New Workshop
Date: May 30
Location: Lancaster, PA
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
We believe that direct support workers make essential contributions to the lives of the people they support when they are committed, competent, and capable. Opportunities to reflect on what is meaningful in direct service work are an important source of the learning that underpins good work and the effective leadership of service organizations. Please join us for focused discussion, conversation and facilitated exercises as we explore the contributions that direct support workers make in the lives of people they support, delve into what the work means to us personally and professionally, and gain a measure of clarity together on what is worth doing and doing well.
June
SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION 10 THEORY WORKSHOP
External Workshop Opportunity
Date: June 16-19
Location: West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council
Contact: Linda Higgs 304.558.4884 lindahiggs @ wvdhhr.org
SRV Study Group
ATTAINING AND PRESERVING CONSCIOUSNESS (in a world that prefers blissful ignorance)
Date: June 19
Location: Keystone Family Support Associates, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prerequisite: Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
Please join us for coffee and exploration around issues related to the concepts of Social Role Valorization.
Among the more challenging aspects of learning and implementing the concepts of Social Role Valorization are maintaining the heightened awareness that often results from attending workshops and applying that awareness to one's own work site and work history. In this study group, structured exercises and group discussion will be focused on the elements needed to preserve and enhance that awareness and the potentially painful barriers that often prevent increased awareness (for individuals and agencies). The participants will also complete an analysis of their current environment and level of personal and agency consciousness.
MORAL TREATMENT: A Forgotten Success
New Workshop
Date: June 25
Location: Lancaster, PA
Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Time after time, the history of society's treatment of people with mental disorders reveals that backsliding nearly always follows progress in our understanding of and response to mental disorders. Periods of enlightenment have been followed by periods of darkness, with long stretches of periods of neglect in between.
The reformation period of Moral Treatment during the 19th century is of great significance in the history of psychiatry, followed on the heels of some of the worst abuses and most brutal treatment of people with mental illness. Moral treatment has been responsible for some of the greatest successes in terms of outcomes for the people in whose lives it was used, and yet we barely hear about it today. The ideas and assumptions of this movement remain highly positive, useful, and yet barely acknowledged, studied, or taught. Come learn about the history of Moral Treatment in the US and abroad.
July
TORONTO SUMMER INCLUSION INSTITUTE 2008
External Workshop Opportunity
Date: July 12 -17
Location: Marsha Forest Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto
Visit www.inclusion.com for more information.
LOVE YOUR CONFLICT
New Workshop
Date: July 31
Location: Gordinier Hall, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
This workshop is part of the series entitled
“All for One, One for All: A Series on Working Together”
Accomplishing positive social change requires that we not only have positive ideology, but that we can join together with others effectively. Please join us for the second Professional Development Series held at Millersville University, as we join Dr. Thomas Neuville to explore the topic of working together in three sessions. Each session stands alone, and also blends harmoniously to build upon the skills and tools learned in each to make the most of learning and capacity. Come with a desire to learn and explore, a readiness to participate actively in your own learning, and expectations to learn and use critical professional skills.
Love your Conflict!: This session will focus on conflict, an inevitable and positive part of life and work. Managed properly, conflict can be CONSTRUCTIVE, not DESTRUCTIVE, leads to change, organizational progress, and individual growth. Please join us as we explore facets of conflict, practice strategies for resolving conflict productively, and leave with practical tools to use to contribute to a healthy and positive environment.
August
SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION REFRESHER COURSE
Date: Aug 11 - 12
Location: Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA
Time:
  • August 11: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
  • August 12: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Haven't been to SRV for awhile and are looking for a refresher course? Join us as we review the themes of SRV, and discuss how we have used these ideas over our years in serving others. A series of short presentations will be followed by chances to illustrate, discuss, and share ideas and struggles. So join us to learn about the several new themes of SRV, sharpen your grasp of the principles, recommit to using and teaching the ideas, and do it all in a relaxed atmosphere.
ELEMENTS OF SERVICE: Valuing People, Time and Lifetimes
New Workshop
Date: Aug 18
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Our Vision Statement reminds us to take people's time seriously – “services, when needed, must be effective and, when appropriate, time-limited.”
This requires that we use methods that will work, that we provide these supports efficiently, and that we take care that all that we do contributes to the strength and capacity of the people we serve. Many challenges stand in the way of our success in this area – our own resources and skills, service designs and grouping, and a society who is easily satisfied that any efforts made are “good enough” for people who are at the bottom of the social ladder. Join us as we discuss how we can focus and clarify how we might express that we value and take seriously the time of the people we serve.
ADVENTURES IN ATTITUDES
Date: Aug 20 - 21
Location: Fort Hunter Centennial Barn, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm each day
Everyone a student, everyone a teacher...this is the Adventures in Attitudes experience.
Keystone held its first Adventures in Attitudes workshop in 1986, and we are pleased to continue to offer this popular event on an ongoing basis. This active, participatory workshop will focus on leadership development and personal and professional enrichment through an engaging process. Effective listening, communication skills, attitudes of empowerment, creative problem solving, team building strategies, and reaching your potential will all be focal points around which each participant will both learn and teach.
September
THE IMPORTANCE OF BELONGING
David Pitonyak: Renowned International Consultant
Date: Sept 8
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day
Being connected to the people we love is critical to our emotional and physical well-being. Many people experiencing our services are sick from loneliness. This workshop is about ideas for moving beyond interventions and coverage to a system that supports enduring, freely chosen relationships. Participants can expect to learn about the impact of loneliness in the lives of people who experience disabilities, particularly as it relates to difficult behaviors; the importance of going home to the people we love as an important organizing strategy for helping people to develop relationships; strategies for helping people who are lonely to develop enduring, freely chosen, positive relationships; problem-solving strategies for times when relationships are unbalanced or slow in developing.
The Keystone Institute welcomes David Pitonyak. It has been many years since we have spent time with David and you do not want to miss this opportunity to learn from his remarkable insight, wisdom and wit! The largest part of David's work involves meeting individuals who are said to exhibit "difficult behaviors." He believes that most of these individuals exhibit difficult behaviors because they are misunderstood and/or because they are living lives that don't make sense. Often they are lonely, or powerless, or without joy. Often they are devalued by others, or they lack the kinds of educational experiences that most of us take for granted. Too often their troubling behaviors are the result of an illness, or even a delayed response to traumatic events.
Another part of his practice involves training. David provides workshops and seminars on a variety of topics, including supporting people with difficult behaviors and supporting the needs of a person's friends, family, and caregivers. In the recent past, he has provided consultation and training for individuals, families and professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. He has worked with people in a variety of settings including home and professionally-staffed residential settings, schools, supported competitive job sites, sheltered workshops, and day activity programs.
AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION
Date: Sept 16-18
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time:
  • Sept. 16, 8 am - 6:30 pm
  • Sept. 17, 8 am - 6:30 pm
  • Sept. 18, 8 am - 4:15 pm
This three day workshop combines presentation and small group reflection to examine in detail the common life experiences of people who are devalued by society. The workshop presents the idea of assisting people to have positive social roles as a productive and helpful response to those wounding life experiences.
People wishing to understand the life experiences of people they support, and the implications of those life experiences, and are committed to work towards making life better for them are encouraged to attend. Participants should be prepared for significant lecture style presentation.
EXPLORING KEYSTONE'S QUALITY PILLARS: The Developmental Model
New Workshop
Date: September 30
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
As a core value within our organization and many others, we believe that all individuals grow and develop throughout their lives. As a learning, knowledge-based organization, we are committed to promoting activities demonstrated to lead to growth and positive change. How might this be done? How can the essential concepts of relevance and potency be used to design, develop, manage, and assess services? Please join us as we explain the Developmental Model, facilitate discussion on the application within different services and supports, and connect this to our commitment to continuous process improvement through our quality initiative.
October
THE POWER OF ROLES
Date: October 1
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will learn about ways to help people have better lives by helping them achieve positive valued social roles. Practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support are discussed.
SRV Study Group
A REFLECTION ON THE COMMON EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WE KNOW
Date: October 2
Location: Keystone Family Support Associates, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prerequisite: Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
Please join us for coffee and exploration around issues related to the concepts of Social Role Valorization.
Understanding the overwhelming vulnerability of devalued people is at the heart of finding ways to support people to have rich, full lives. SRV helps us do this by describing in great detail the wounding life experiences of most devalued people. Understanding the wounds experienced by devalued people we know, and further exploring the impact these wounds have had will deepen our understanding of their true vulnerability, and help us see what people's true needs are. This study group will help us in the difficult task of personalizing these important issues in the lives of people we know.
MORAL TREATMENT: A Forgotten Success
New Workshop
Date: October 8
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Time after time, the history of society's treatment of people with mental disorders reveals that backsliding nearly always follows progress in our understanding of and response to mental disorders. Periods of enlightenment have been followed by periods of darkness, with long stretches of periods of neglect in between.
The reformation period of Moral Treatment during the 19th century is of great significance in the history of psychiatry, followed on the heels of some of the worst abuses and most brutal treatment of people with mental illness. Moral treatment has been responsible for some of the greatest successes in terms of outcomes for the people in whose lives it was used, and yet we barely hear about it today. The ideas and assumptions of this movement remain highly positive, useful, and yet barely acknowledged, studied, or taught. Come learn about the history of Moral Treatment in the US and abroad.
INTRODUCTION TO PASSING
Date: October 20 - 24
Location: Central Pennsylvania, TBA
Time: 5 full days with 4 late evenings and overnight stays
Prerequisite: Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
This five day workshop is for those who are interested in deepening their knowledge about the principles of Social Role Valorization. The workshop involves learning to use the PASSING assessment tool, which looks at the realities of Social Role Valorization in practice. Most of the work done in PASSING is done in teams and involves visiting and assessing the quality of two human service programs based on SRV criteria. The week's work is conducted under the guidance of an experienced team leader.
November
RETREAT SERIES PART IV: Foundations of Service
Date: Nov. 6 - 7
Location: Mt. Asbury Retreat, Newville, PA
Time: 9:00 am Thursday to 3:00 pm Friday
The retreat series that includes Best Part of Me, Vision & Values, Community & Culture and Foundations of Service may be attended individually or as a sequential set. Each workshop focuses on exploring our work in human services. The workshops are for many different types of human service workers.
Foundations of Service is an exploration of foundation issues in being in service to others. This includes the philosophical assumptions, beliefs in social justice, religions and sense of spirituality people may bring to the work they do. This is a forum for deep discussion and discovery with regard to the human condition, the inherent limits of formal systems, being in service to others and being served.
Held over two days in a beautiful wooded retreat setting, participants are welcome and encouraged to stay overnight at no additional expense.
EXPLORING KEYSTONE'S QUALITY PILLARS: Stewardship
New Workshop
Date: November 10
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The concept of stewardship invokes ideas of safeguarding and sometimes protecting others from harm, listening carefully for the voices of the people one is in service to, standing by, with and for vulnerable people, as well as carefully safeguarding and protecting the resources that are available to serve and support. This essential concept has been foundational in our history as an organization, and its importance has been recognized by including it as one of the 5 “Pillars of Quality” which we seek to make visible within our services. Join us as we explore the meaning of stewardship, discuss its implications, and link it back to our efforts to improve and measure our performance through the quality initiative.
December
SRV Study Group
THE DANGEROUS LEGACY OF RESTRAINT: A Growing Threat to Vulnerable People
Date: December 4
Location: Keystone Family Support Associates, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Prerequisite: Prior attendance at a three-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
Please join us for coffee and exploration around issues related to the concepts of Social Role Valorization.
People continue to be emotionally and physically harmed- and even to die- by physical restraints. Yet many providers and most states still defend their use. Pennsylvania's Office of Developmental Programs has taken a stand and set a goal for PA to eliminate the use of restraints altogether.
At the most basic level, restraints are a by-product of the degree to which most service systems control and limit people with disabilities. This study group will take a look at the profound impacts that physical restraints have on the people we serve. Discussion will include issues of control, communication of negative imagery, loss of dignity and respect, creating environments of fear, and death-making. Time will also be spent sharing ways that lives have been changed through the elimination of physical restraint.
WHAT IS A HOME?
Date: December 5
Location: Keystone Education Center, Harrisburg, PA
Time: 9:30am - 4:30 pm
This day of reflection, discussion, and discovery will focus on the concept of home – what does it mean to have a home, the importance and meaning of home, how do we create home for others?
Through small group work, presentation, and discussion, we will explore ways to assess how we are doing in this area, which is so central to much of the work that we do.
This popular event has frequently been requested, so please sign up early.

Directions to Workshop Facilities

Keystone Education Center
Address: 124 Pine Street, Harrisburg, PA.
Travel Time: Approximately 45 minutes from Lancaster, 1 hour from Sunbury and Chambersburg, 1 hour and 20 minutes from Westminster, MD and 1 hour and 40 minutes from Conshohocken:
From Route 81:
Take the Front Street Exit heading south (river should be on your right). Travel 3 1/2 miles to Locust Street and turn left. Proceed one block and turn left onto Second Street. Parking is available for a fee at the River Street Garage located in the 200 block of North Second Street. Our workshop facilities are located on the second floor of 124 Pine Street (coming out of the parking garage, turn left to next corner and turn left onto Pine Street). There are numerous restaurants located on nearby Second Street with a range of prices.
From Route 83
Take Second Street Exit and travel approximately 1/2 mile to River Street Garage located in the 200 block of North Second Street. Follow instructions above for walking from garage to workshop facilities.
Black Rock Retreat
Address: 1345 Kirkwood Pike, Quarryville, PA.
Travel Time: Approximately 20 minutes from Lancaster, 1 hour from Harrisburg and Conshohocken, 2 hours from Chambersburg, Sunbury, and Westminster, MD:
Directions:
From Philadelphia:
Exit I-95 in Pennsylvania after Chester, PA at Route 322 West. Travel north until you reach the intersection of US Route 1. Travel south on US Route 1 until you reach the exit for Route 472 (Oxford exit). Turn right onto Route 472 and travel north approximately 8.5 miles. Black Rock Retreat is located on the right side of the road approximately 2 miles after the small town of Kirkwood, PA
From Harrisburg:
Take Route 283 east to Lancaster, PA. Exit Route 283 at Route 72 (Manheim Pike). Travel on Route 72 south until it merges with Route 222 south (Prince Street). Travel on Route 222 through the town of Lancaster and continue on Route 222 south all the way to the town of Quarryville. (Watch the left turn that Route 222 south makes after the Willow Valley Resort, south of Lancaster). When in Quarryville, make a left at the first light (there will be a Sunoco station on your right) onto Route 372 east (State Street) and travel approximately 0.7 miles. Turn right onto Route 472 south. Travel approximately 4.5 miles, and Black Rock Retreat will be on your left. (Do not turn on to Black Rock Road. There is not an entrance from this road).
Camp Hebron
Address: 957 Camp Hebron Road, Halifax, PA.
Travel Time: Approximately 20 minutes from Harrisburg, 50 minutes from Sunbury, 1 hour from Lancaster, 1 hour and 15 minutes from Chambersburg, 1 hour and 45 minutes from Westminster, MD and 2 hours from Conshohocken:
Directions:
From Harrisburg:
Take 322 W. towards Lewistown/State College for about 5 miles. Take the exit for 225/Halifax and follow 225 for about 7 miles. After traveling over Peters Mountain, turn right onto Camp Hebron Rd. Follow this road for about 3 miles. The entrance is on your right.
From Sunbury:
take US-11 S / US-15 S toward Harrisburg for about 32 miles. Merge onto US-22 E / US-322 E toward Harrisburg. Take the PA-147 N ramp toward Halifax. Turn left onto S River Rd / PA-147 N. Turn right onto Mountain Rd. Turn left onto Peters Mountain Rd / PA-225. Turn right onto Camp Hebron Rd.
Fort Hunter Centennial Barn
Address: 5300 N. Front Street, Harrisburg PA.
Travel Time:Approximately 45 minutes from Lancaster, 1 hour from Sunbury and Chambersburg, 1 hour and 20 minutes from Westminster, MD and 1 hour and 40 minutes from Conshohocken:
Directions: Fort Hunter Centennial Barn is located at the Fort Hunter Park in Harrisburg.
From U.S. Route 81:
Take Exit 66 (Front Street Exit) and take North Front Street. 2 miles on North Front Street, Fort Hunter Mansion is on the left, the barn is on your right.
From Downtown Harrisburg:
Follow Second Street to Division Street. Left on Division for one block, right onto North Front Street. Follow North Street for 3 miles. The Mansion is on the left, the barn is on your right.
Mount Asbury Retreat
Address: 1310 Centerville Road, Newville, PA.
Travel Time: Approximately 30 minutes from Chambersburg, 40 minutes from Harrisburg, 1 hour and 30 minutes from Lancaster, Sunbury, and Westminster, MD and 2 hours from Conshohocken:
Directions: From Harrisburg, travel Rt. 81 South until you reach the Newville exit – south of all the Carlisle exits – Exit 37 (formerly Exit 11). At the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Rt. 233 (Centerville Road). Travel about 1 and ½ miles until you reach a stop sign. This is the intersection of Rt. 174 and Centerville Road. Go straight. Continue about 2 more miles and look on your right for signs for Mt. Asbury. The lodge will be on your right.

Event Registration, Attendance, and Cancellations

Registration for educational events will be taken by telephone, email, or mail. Unless otherwise noted, events are on a first come / first served basis, so early registration is recommended. Waiting lists will be maintained for events which are filled to capacity and cancelled spaces will be offered to those people on the waiting list.

For all events contained within the annual Keystone Institute Events Schedule, there is no per-event fee for tuition, materials, or training space for employees and board members of Keystone Human Services, people served by Keystone Human services or their family members. For other attendees, fees will be charged as outlined in the Keystone Institute Event Fees listing, which is available by contacting us at 717-909-9425.

Unless otherwise noted, a simple lunch will be provided for each full day workshop. In order to make the most of the educational opportunities for all attendees, we ask that all participants make every effort to arrive on time to all events, return from breaks and lunch on time, and to stay until the conclusion of all events. Any plans to leave early or arrive late should be discussed with Institute staff prior to the event.

Cancellations for registrations are accepted up to three business days prior to the event. For cancellations received with less than three business days notice, there may be an event fee charged to the agency.

If you'd like more information or to register for any of the above trainings, please contact the Keystone Institute at 717-909-9425 or via email at registerki @ keystonehumanservices.org.

View a PDF file of this schedule.

26th Keystone Golf Tournament

This page last updated on:
December 20, 2007