Through carefully designed and tailored programming, the Conill Institute for Chronic Illness provides education for professionals with the goal of increasing knowledge, awareness, and empathy about people living with chronic illness and physical disability.
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- Experiential workshops
- Symposia
- Keynote Presentations
- Half-day and lunchtime seminars
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- Create understanding of the meaning of "well-being" in people whose lives are impacted by chronic illness or disability.
- Foster compassion for the challenges faced by people with chronic illness and disability.
- Build commitment to alleviate stereotypes and misconceptions in healthcare settings and in workplaces.
- Enhance communication between and among those who need help and those in positions to make a difference.
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| Fees vary by program. For more information on having a training or guest speaker, please telephone, write or e-mail the Institute. |
Program Descriptions
The Disability Experience©
The Disability Experience© is designed to provide first-hand experience about the physical and emotional barriers that patients with disabilities and their family members face every day. (For further detail see:
The Impact of Living with Chronic
Illness/Disability
A seminar designed to teach professionals about the psychosocial impact of illness or disability on individuals, couples and families. Seminars are specifically tailored in length and content to meet the needs of your group.
Caring for Care Partners
A seminar dedicated to exploring the needs of care partners of the chronically ill and/or disabled. Topics include the impact of illness/disability on couples and families, care partner stressors and fatigue, improving communication, and helping care partners in their everyday coping and empowerment. |
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Beyond Limits©
This seminar helps providers learn how to better assist the patient in recognizing, negotiating and redefining themselves in the presence of physical and emotional changes. Discussion also addresses effective communication with patients, families, friends, and colleagues. From Conflict to Communication©
This workshop involves discussion and practice on how to successfully negotiate and reconcile differences between family, physicians, counselors, care providers and the person who is chronically ill or disabled. . Emphasis is placed on recognizing and mediating different styles of communication at home and in the workplace. |
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All Institute programs may be sponsored by companies in their diversity, management training, and employee assistance activities. Some programs are directed to specific industries (banks, retail, restaurants, travel and tourism), which have compelling business and ethical reasons to be concerned about treatment of their customers with special needs. These and other programs may be customized to deal with specific issues or needs of many employers. |
The Disability Experience©
This workshop has been adapted from The Disability Experience© offered to health care professionals. It deals less with medical and technical issues concerning patients, and more with practical facts and knowledge to create awareness and understanding about the challenges facing co-workers and customers who have special physical needs. The program is appreciated by all levels of personnel - from executives to customer service representatives.
Come Travel With Me©
This unique one-day program is designed for employees in the travel industry, including airlines, cruise lines, and resorts and spas. The Disability Experience© is provided as well as practical advice on how to assist customers with their special needs. Examples include communication do's and don'ts, best practices in assisting customers with their physical needs, and coping with the predictable and unpredictable difficulties that can arise in travel today.
Managing Chronic Illness and Disability
in the Workplace
An educational seminar designed to increase awareness and ability of workers and supervisors to work successfully with persons experiencing illness or disability in the workplace. Seminars are specifically tailored in length and content to meet the needs of your unique group.
Meeting the Needs of Care Partners
An educational seminar designed to increase workers’ and supervisors’ sensitivity to the challenges of being a care provider to a partner or family member who is ill or disabled. Topics include the impact of illness/disability on couples and on families, improving communication and the impact of care partnering on the workplace environment.
The Conill Institute welcomes the opportunity to adapt its current programs or create new ones that address specific issues, concerns and identified needs of employers and employees. |
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