A Master Class in Response-Based Practice with Dr. Shelly Dean & Dr. Allan Wade

Masterclass med Dr. Shelly Dean & Dr. Allan Wade, C.M. With Special Guest, Dr. Karin Thorslund, (foregår på engelsk)

The Finer Points: A Master Class in Response-Based Practice

In this two-day master class we will focus on “the finer points” of response-based interviewing: tracking social interaction using micro-analysis, translating subjective experience (e.g., emotion, thought, sensation) into social interaction, contesting victim-blaming and attributions of pathology/disorder and passivity, using active grammar to move from the object to the subject position, using accurate language sensitively, identifying responses as resistance, identifying emergent capacities in overt and covert responses, moving from the individual to the relational level, exploring the meaning of responses to social responses, linking single responses to larger patterns of responses, using short summaries to propose reformulations, exploring how victims/survivors protect and uphold the dignity of others.

We will ask participants to join interviewing activities in pairs and small groups, discuss their own practice, join interviews with Shelly or Allan, and discuss interviewing examples.  Our colleague and special guest, Dr. Karin Thorslund, will discuss her reflections on participating in an interview with Dr. Allan Wade, concerning an assault and complex series of social responses.  Dr. Thorslund will also discuss her recent work on micro-analysis to training and supervision.

At all times, we will keep in mind the relationships between “micro” and “macro” levels.  How do institutional practices in colonial societies limit or enable socially just practice?  How does resistance to violence on one level enable and inform resistance to violence on other levels?  Collectively, how can we influence institutional practices so as to uphold dignity and honour judicious resistance at all points of contact?

På dette to-dages kursus

– vil Shelly og Allan præsentere en responsbaseret, helfamilie- og samfundsudviklingstilgang til håndtering af vold, bredt defineret. Responsbaseret praksis er en ramme for at arbejde med ofre/overlevere og gerningsmænd for vold og deres kære og for at forbedre reaktionerne fra offentlige institutioner (f. ). Arbejde for voksne og par er også arbejde for deres børn og lokalsamfund.

Arbejde for børn betyder også at arbejde for forældre og bedsteforældre, lokalsamfund og større institutionelle systemer. Med primært fokus på sikkerhed og inklusion, hvor det er muligt, samler vi familiemedlemmer for at fremhæve ansvar for vold og ikke-vold. Vi har fokus på responser og modstand mod vold og det umættelige ønske om værdighed og retfærdighed. Arbejdet for og med enkeltpersoner, når det er nødvendigt, er rettet mod at genoprette sikkerheden, bestride beretninger om patologi og passivitet og forfølge de bedst mulige relationer i familie og samfund.

Vi vil diskutere:

(a) arbejdet med mennesker, der har brugt vold (dvs. “forbrydere”) individuelt og i grupper,

(b) arbejde med mennesker, der er blevet ofre (dvs. ofre/overlevere), og

(c) arbejde med børn og ungdom. Vi vil vise, hvordan responsbaseret praksis er inkorporeret i børnebeskyttelse, tilflugtsarbejde, uddannelse, familieret, retsuddanne

lse og mental sundhed.

Vi vil også diskutere sammenhængen mellem vold og sprog i centrale offentlige institutioner (f.eks. straffelove, humanitære tekster, journalistik).

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Shelly Dean Ph.D. Shelly Dean is a family therapist, a supervisor, and an organizational consultant from the traditional, unceded Tk’emlups te Secwepemc territory, also known as Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.  Shelly works for all family members when violence is at issue, with a special interest in victims of institutionalized violence.  Currently, Shelly and her team work for victims of all ages and also for perpetrators of violence in the areas of risk assessments, pornography assessments, and the ongoing process of their voluntary safety plans. A long part of her career was spent in the non-profit sector. In this setting, Shelly applied the principles of Response-Based Practice in leadership and other organizational priorities. This included ensuring that policies and human relation challenges were, in practice, upholding the dignity of all people.  She was also a foster parent for just over 15 years, and credits much of her learning to many children who had experienced both violence within their families and then a wide variety of assaults from a system designed to protect them.  Shelly has also taught in the Master of Counselling programs through City University of Seattle and the Master of Education program at Thompson Rivers University.

Allan Wade, Ph.D.  Works as a family therapist and psychologist with a primary interest in addressing violence and promoting socially just forensic and social services work. He is an internationally recognized expert on interpersonal violence, microanalysis of social interaction, and the connection between violence and language.  He and his colleagues at the Centre for Response-Based Practice conduct original research and analysis on social responses by state institutions, such as courts, specialized panels, police, child protection authorities, and others. They also provide direct services to individuals and families where violence is at issue. For many years, Dr. Wade has served as an advocate and consultant for Indigenous peoples, especially in the Canadian north