PETER MILLIER is a foundation member of Training and Evaluation for Change (TEC) in South Australia. He has been involved with TEC in various capacities since a small group got together to lelearn more about Social Role Valorization (then Normalization) following a visit to Adelaide by Dr. Wolfensberger and associates in 1980. Peter has worked in human services for 30 years in Australia and New Zealand. From 1982 until 1989 he was Director of Client Services for the Intellectual Disability Service Council in South Australia. Since 1990, following a period at the Training Institute, Syracuse University with Dr. Wolfensberger (during which time he lived in a L'Arche Community in Syracuse ), Peter has been working with TEC and other groups around Australia and New Zealand, conducting SRV and PASSING workshops and related events. He is also part of a network of parents and advocates working with families for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in regular classrooms and in other community activities such as work and recreation. Peter is a member of the management committee of Citizen Advocacy North East in Adelaide. He works regularly with people in various Citizen Advocacy programs around Australia.Peter can be contacted by Ph 0418 830 347, fax (08) 8364 2411 or E-mail: peteus@bigpond.com

Though Peter can arrange and conduct training specific to an organisations/groups requirements he also regularly conducts the following workshops:

1. Introduction to Social Devaluation and its Implication for People who are Socially and Societally Devalued: 
This event will help create a deeper awareness of the circumstances of people who are devalued by society, perhaps as a result of physical
or intellectual disability, mental illness, ageing, poverty and/or homel;essness. Participants will be asked to consider and discuss how individuals, human services
and our society in general, contribute to the devaluation of people, and how we might be able to begin to create better life conditions for people.
 

2. 3-Day Reflective Social Role Valorisation Theory Workshop
The 3-day reflective workshop sets out the theory in a reflective format. It provides an opportunity for participants to hear the theory presented in a lecture format, but
there are also a series of small, guided group reflections to enable people to consider the implications for them as individuals, workers and citizens, as well as
for people who are socially and societally devalued.
 

3. PASSING Practicum & PASSING Evaluations

The PASSING practicum builds on the understanding and insights gained at the SRV Theory event. It provides an opportunity for participants to visit two services and
to learn, in a practical way, how human services meet the needs of the people they serve according to SRV criteria. Participants work in small groups, led by a team
leader who facilitates the learning process. The primary aim of the event is to deepen participants’ understanding of SRV.
 

4.Applying SRV Principles Around Individuals and Services: Dilemmas, Conflicts and Issues
This event is intended for people who have already attended a SRV workshop and preferably, a PASSING workshop, and who are interested in learning about the
practical aspects of applying SRV principles in everyday situations. Invited presenters will talk about dilemmas, conflicts and issues which have confronted them,
as parents, advocates or workers trying to attain positive outcomes for individuals or groups of people whom they support in either a paid or unpaid capacity.
Participants will be invited to discuss what they might do to resolve a particular issue, conflict or dilemma and this will form the basis for identifying ways of
thinking and acting when one is trying to apply SRV principles in action.
 

5. Protecting the Health and Lives of Hospital Patients, Especially those who are Societally Devalued
Based on the work of Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, this workshop explores the reality for people who are involved with the hospital and health system. There are many risks and
dangers for any person and thus, people require protection, especially in hospital. This is a reality for all ill people, including valued citizens, but it is especially
so for people who are socially devalued, due to age, physical or mental impairment.The workshop examines the reality of the dangers for people who are
socially devalued, and introduces practical ways in which they can be protected in the hospital and health system.
 

6. Critical Thinking about Challenging Behaviour
This workshop will challenge some of the contemporary approaches to dealing with so-called ‘challenging behaviour.’ Regardless of whether one is young or old, in
school or in a nursing home, disabled or mentally ill, to have a label ‘challenging behaviour’ usually means that one is much more likely to be physically restrained,
locked up or drugged. There has been a proliferation of medical, behavioural and restraint technologies to address challenging behaviour. Many of them pose serious
values, ethical and practice dilemmas. This event will examine the issues and dilemmas and suggest some guidelines for people who are concerned about the ethics of
current treatment technologies.
 

7. Issues, Dilemmas and Dangers of Psychotropic Medication for People who are Socially Devalued
The use and administration of so-called psychotropic, or neuroleptic medication for people who are socially devalued, constitutes one of the greatest dangers to their
health and wellbeing. Despite the fact that many of these drugs are administered to assist people they end up doing the very opposite. Australia has one of the highest
rates in the world of administration of these drugs for elderly people. People who are intellectually disabled and or mentally ill are also administered these drugs,
primarily to deal with challenging behaviour. Many psychotropic drugs stop learning and have irreversible side-effects. This workshop will examine the practical and ethical issues and dilemmas, as well as the dangers of pychotropic medication for all users, but in particular people who are socially devalued.
 

Upcoming Events for 2008:
 

17th - 18th March, 2008 Towards a Better Life (2 Day SRV)
Contact Ross Womesley: ross.womersley@clp-sa.org.au

14th - 18th April, 2008 PASSING
Contact Anna Mercurio: amercurio@pisa.net.au

16th - 17th June, 2008 Towards a Better Life (2 Day SRV)
Contact Ross Womesley: ross.womersley@clp-sa.org.au

25th - 29th, August, 2008 Team Leader Training Workshop (Peter Millier)

22nd - 23rd September, 2008 Towards a Better Life (2 day SRV)
Contact Ross Womesley: ross.womersley@clp-sa.org.au

24th - 28th November, 2008 PASSING
Contact Anna Mercurio: amercurio@pisa.net.au

Please Note:
TEC will mail out individual flyers several times during the year and therefore specific event registration forms and flyers should be available to you at least 1 month before all events. Flyers will give additional details, including venue, cost, tax invoice and other requirements. Therefore if you are not on the TEC mailing or email list or you wish to make enquires about events please feel free to speak with Jayne Barrett or Ross Womersley on 8384 7866 or the contact person listed for the specific event above.

Contact Peter Millier peteus@bigpond.com
Mob 0418 830 347