Nordic seminar on life adjustment

Within the field of deafblindness, the life adjustment model has been used as a tool commonly to understand various aspects of the individual’s transitions, and how they cope with these transitions and changes. This seminar will provide the participants with an overview, a historical perspective and how it has been used in research and practice. 
The different perspectives will be discussed and reflected upon during the seminar. 
The seminar is by the Nordic Network on USHER syndrome. 

Form

The seminar consists of lectures, group discussions, and examples from practice.
As this seminar will cover the life adjustment model described in the book: https://nordicwelfare.org/en/search/?q=life%20adjustment&types=publikationer_cpt&style=pub we recommend all participants to have read this beforehand.

Target audience

This seminar primarily focuses on professionals working with persons, who have Usher syndrome. The content of the seminar could also be relevant to professionals working in the field of deafblindness and people with lived experiences.

Language

The presentations and the discussions during the whole seminar will be in English, but you are welcome to use Scandinavian languages during interactions.

When and where

November 12th 9.00 AM to November 13th 14.00 PM
Hallunda Folkets Hus, Borgvägen 1, 145 68 Norsborg. 
Transport: Please use Red line number 14 towards Norsborg: Hallunda Station.
Hallunda Folkets Hus is a 5 minute walk from the metro station.

Deadline for registration

22nd October, 11:59 PM
The number of places is limited, so sign up as soon as possible.

Maximum number of participants

24 participants

Price

1500 SEK
The price of the course is 1500 SEK, to be paid upon registration. Lunch is included. 
All participants need to book their own hotel and travel. These costs are not included in the seminar fee and will be paid in full by the participants themselves.
If you need an interpreter, sign language or other, you need to plan for this yourself. But please inform us, so we can help coordinate.

Programme

12th of November – Presenting the life adjustment model 
09:00-09:30    Welcome to this seminar
09:30-09:50    The history of the life adjustment model 
09:50-10:20    Break (coffee break)
10:20-10:30    Overview of the life adjustment model 
10:30-10:50    Introduction to “Phase 1: Holding on” and “Phase 2: Processing and Exploring”
10:50-11:20    Reflections in groups of first and second phase
11:20-11.35    Summarizing the reflections
11.35-12:35    Lunch
12:35-12:55    Introduction to “Phase 3: Rooted in oneself” and “Phase 4: Living with and     Maintaining”
12:55-13:25    Reflections in groups of third and fourth phase
13:25-13:40    Summarizing the reflections
13:40-13:50    Break (communication break)
13:50-14.35    Experiences of working with Life adjustment model in Sweden 
14:35-14.50    Break (coffee break)    
14.50-16.00    Cont. experiences of working with Life adjustment model in Sweden
13th of November – Experience and implementation
08:30-08:45    Welcome and reflections on yesterday
08:45-09:45    Experiences from Iceland on using the life adjustment model 
09:45-10.15    Break (coffee break)
10:15-11:00    Experiences of living with Usher syndrome related to the life adjustment model
11:00-11:15    Break (communication break)
11:15-12:00    Group work – Implementing the model in my work/life
12:00-12:30    Summarizing the group work in a plenary session
12.30-13:00    Reflecting on the seminar 
13:00-14:00    Lunch