Nonotuck Resource Associates, Inc. to sponsor 21st annual Shared Living Conference in Worcester

WORCESTER, Mass. - Sept. 28, 2014 - PRLog -- WORCESTER, MA and FLORENCE, MA…

is a keynote sponsor of this year’s Shared Living Conference. Shared living is a service that matches a person with a disability with non-disabled individuals so that they may live together and share their lives in mutually giving relationships.

The Shared Living Conference, now in its 21^st year, will be held on Tuesday, September 30, at Holy Cross College, in Worcester, Massachusetts.

“The Shared Living Conference is a great opportunity to exchange practical information and innovative ideas that promote shared living as a model of choice where people can live in a dignified, normative living arrangement,” said George Fleischner, executive director of Nonotuck Resource Associates. “We’re delighted to not only be a keynote sponsor, but an active participant in the workshops and other events.”

Fleischner will conduct a workshop at the Shared Living Conference entitled “Supported Decision Making” with Robert Fleischner, Esq., Assistant Director, Center for Public Representation. The 90-minute workshop will cover a small pilot project developed by Nonotuck and the Center thatenabled 10 individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to make decisions impacting their own lives through the supportive decision making model.

Other workshops to be held at the Shared Living Conference include: Guardianship and Special Needs Planning; Pathways to Community Membership; Understand the Difference of Shared Living and Adult (Foster) Family Care; My Way with Dignity and more. Dan Habib, director of the award-winning documentary Samuel, will be the keynote speaker.

For complete information on the Shared Living Conference, visit http://sharedlivingconference.com.

Caregiving with Love -  Nonotuck Resource Associates, Inc.

Founded in 1972 by a group of parents who had the courage and foresight to seek community care for their loved ones, Nonotuck has since helped transform the lives of hundreds of people with intellectual and physical disabilities by providing the personalized service of Shared Living and Adult Family Care.  Each day Nonotuck addresses the ever increasing demand from families for these non-traditional, value based, in home services with love and care.  If you are interested in finding out more about this unique service and our locations please visit www.nonotuck.com or call 413-586-5256 x 104.