Community Supports Mentoring Message from Jerry Thomas:

Over many years, I have had the privilege of sharing ever evolving strategies and practices for successful relationship building and positive supports practices to those in direct support roles with the folks we serve. A relationship role I like to promote for Direct Support Professionals is one of being a mentor, a bond I have come to appreciate as “guiding without dominating”, or “engaging through collaborative interaction”. It is my hope to share in this space on a recurring basis, some ideas, practices and suggestions that may help to further examine, grow or strengthen our direct support interactions.

This Month’s Topic: Emotional Bank Account