Breakout Session
Come learn about what the new national DSP Fellowship is, and how to get involved. The session will also discuss the CAMH Azrieli Centre’s mindfulness research for DSPs, and how mindfulness can help us and our DSP workforce.
We are the best resource we have, and need to protect ourselves from burnout. Both advocacy and research-backed wellbeing tools like mindfulness can help.
Sue brings a joy and passion for the wellbeing of DSPs. Come, learn and discuss what you think DSPs need to thrive in the field, and how mindfulness can help.
Takeaways- Workshop participants will come away knowing:
- What the DSP Fellowship is
- What Mindfulness is, and how DSPs can engage with it
- Some facts about the research conducted at the CAMH Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre on the wellbeing of the DSP Workforce
Sue Hutton, MSW loves what she does – bringing a lens of rights advocacy and mindful awareness to her work. This work is currently with the research team specializing in the health and mental health of adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their care providers (paid and unpaid) at the CAMH Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre in Toronto.
Sue has a 30 year history as a community based DSP, plus the same length of time as a mindfulness practitioner. As a DSP, Sue also coordinated a self-advocacy council for a decade and developed the agency rights training for staff and people with disabilities.
Sue now coordinates the new national body the Direct Support Professional Fellowship, and also leads national Mindfulness groups for DSPs, working with the research team at CAMH. This work is powered by the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence.