Papers by John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien

PUBLICATIONS BY JOHN O'BRIEN AND CONNIE LYLE O'BRIEN

June 30, 2004

John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien (Responsive Systems Associates), through a subcontract with the Center on Human Policy, produce a wide range of informational material on person-centered planning, community building, and innovative services. We would like to make these publications available to you here on our web site. The majority of these files are in Abode "PDF" format and can be downloaded with the Acrobat Reader Plug-In program which is available free from Adobe Systems.

If you are looking for John O'Brien "Five Accomplishments," please see the paper, What's Worth Working For? Leadership for Better Quality Human Services.

Access.adobe.com is a free server that enables people with visual impairments to read any Acrobat document on the web using any standard web browser.

	Against Pain as a Tool in Professional Work on People with Severe Disabilities
	Assistance with Integrity: The Search for Accountability and the Lives of People with Developmental Disabilities
	A Chance to be Made Whole: People First Members Being Friends to Tear Down Institution Walls
	A Checklist for Evaluating Personal Assistance Services (PAS)
	Community Engagement: A Necessary Condition for Self-Determination and Individual Funding
	Cultivating Thinking Hearts: Letters from the Lifesharing Safeguards Project
	Deliberate-Fire: An Account of Organizational Transformation in Onondaga Community Living, Syracuse, New York
	Discovering Community Living: Learning from Innovations in Services to People with Mental Retardation
	Embracing Ignorance, Error, & Fallibility: Competencies for Leadership of Effective Services
	"Everything in His Life Has Changed..." Clark County's Family Grants Program
	Finding a Way to Everyday Lives: The Contribution of Person Centered Planning
	Focus on Vermont's Self-Determination Project
	The Genius of the Principle of Normalization
	Getting the Job Done: Learning to Expand the Social Resources Available to People with Severe Disabilities at Work
	Guiding People Home: The Role of Wisconsin's Supported Housing Specialist
	Implementing Self-Determination Initiatives: Some Notes on Complex Change
	Inclusion as a Force for School Renewal
	"It's How You Look at Your Work That Makes a Difference": Direct Support Workers Consider the Meaning of Their Job
	Learning About Community Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
	Living with the Questions: Notes from a Gathering of People Concerned with Supported Living
	Making a Move: Advice From People First Members About Helping People Move Out of Institutions and Nursing Homes
	My House is Covered with Papers! Reflections on a Generation of Active Citizenship
	Never Give Up: Assets Inc.’s Commitment to Community Life for People Seen as “Difficult to Serve”
	One Day at a Time: Changing a System to Realize a Dream
	The Origins of Person Centered Planning: A Community of Practice Perspective
	Pathfinders: Making the Way from Segregation to Community Life
	Paying Customers Are Not Enough: The Dynamics of Individualized Funding
	Person Centred Planning In It's Strategic Context: Towards a Framework for Reflection-In-Action
	The Politics of Person-Centered Planning
	Renewing Organizations Through Person Centered Planning
	Searching for Quality in the Crooked Map Zone
	Signs of Community Building
	Supported Living: What's the Difference?
	Telling New Stories: The Search for Capacity Among People with Severe Handicaps
	The Transition to Supported Living: Realizing the Moment and Moving On
	A Tune Beyond Us, Yet Ourselves: Power Sharing Between People with Substantial Disabilities and Their Assistants
	Unfolding Capacity: People with Disabilities and Their Allies Building Better Communities Together
	Walking Toward Freedom: One Family's Journey Into Self-Determination
	What Can We Count On To Make and Keep People Safe? Perspectives on Creating Effective Safeguards for People with Developmental Disabilities
	What's Worth Working For? Leadership for Better Quality Human Services

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