Consulting & Speaking
Consulting and Speaking Topics
One Generation at a Time:
Discussing relationships and intimacy for any parent & child can be difficult and intimidating but for parents and professionals working with adolescents and adults with complex disabilities these concepts and conversation can be particularly challenging. In "One Generation at at Time" John McNamara will share tools, techniques and perspectives developed over his 28 years in the field of special education to help parents and professionals to assist adolescents and adults to manage and understand relationships and intimacy. Using experience and humor, John will share simple and durable tools to help build a conversations with an emphasis on health, safety and respect.
Our comfort and conversation in these matters will shape our children's comfort and conversation with their partners and their supports today and in the future.
Tomorrow is Coming Every Single Day:
John McNamara will share his experiences of students transitioning out of School and into adult living. John will share perspectives from teaching and facilitating independence for adolescents and adults with learning disabilities. This session will be a candid look at the factors and forces to consider as your child graduates into the demands of the real world.
Influence vs. Control:
This presentation will focus on the evolving role of a parent and how to use certain techniques and approaches to facilitate independence and growth in their adult children. We will discuss the importance of respecting adulthood and realizing that lessons cannot be taught, but must be learned.
Consulting:
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Sasha McNamara 774-238-2429