Family Leadership Series
Since 1990, MFOFC has provided the Family Leadership Series to empower families and individuals to live and engage in their communities.
The first MFOFC Family Leadership Series took place in Southeastern Massachusetts from October 1990 to March 1991.
As a result of this successful leadership training, the Family Leadership Series is now sponsored annually in Massachusetts by the five regional chapters of MFOFC: Central, Metro Boston, Northeast, Southeast and West.
The Family Leadership Series has a three-fold purpose:
- Offer information about “best practices” for people with disabilities.
- Assist families in creating a vision for their family member and a process to achieve the vision by incorporating that information.
- Develop family leaders who will advocate at the local and state level to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
The Family Leadership Series focuses on:
INITIATIVE & LEADERSHIP
Background of the Family Support Movement; leadership, advocacy, and the significance of self-advocacy; how to effectively advocate for change, ways to influence funding and delivery systems
CREATING A VISION
Families are supported to “imagine better” and create a vision with a for their family members that will guide their leadership and advocacy.
POLICYMAKING
How to develop partnerships between professionals and families and use legislative change to procure resources and enact system-wide change.