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NMPASI hosts course in dignity and respect
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Posted on May 23 2012
A select group of people representing 13 organizations successfully completed last week a weeklong trainer certification course in The MANDT System of conflict resolution/physical restraint procedures. NMPASI facilitated the training at a cost of about $25,000.
According to NMPASI executive director Jim Rayphand, “Congressman Kilili secured funding with OIA and offered NMPASI the opportunity to submit for some of it. Through his support, we were awarded $25,000 specifically to facilitate the MANDT train-the-trainer course and, as we always should with federal grant funds, we spent the money accordingly.”
The MANDT system is a unique training program designed to effectively and safely deal with people by using a system of graded alternatives intended to protect all individuals from injury by using the least restrictive options.
“Like NMPASI, the MANDT System teaches that all people have the right to be treated with dignity and respect; that all individuals should be seen as people first; and that everyone is entitled to a personal identity and the least restrictive, most appropriate environment,” said Rayphand.
“Ultimately, we hope that each of the newly certified trainers will be able to carry the people-first message into their respective agencies and throughout the community as a whole. Can you imagine how it might feel if everyone you met treated you with dignity and respect?”
NMPASI is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 with a mission to protect the civil, legal and human interests of individuals with disabilities. For more, NMPASI can be reached at (670) 235-727/4 [voice] / 235-7275 [fax] / 235-7278 [tty] or online at www.nmpasi.org. (NMPASI)
