Building Healthy Relationships at Work

We all want to live full and happy lives with the ability to learn, live, work, and have healthy relationships with friends and others. This is true for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) as well, and one place they can form relationships with others is in their workplace.

Unfortunately, people with IDD have lost jobs, not because they cannot do the work, but because of how they interact with others at work. We have seen people with IDD exhibit a variety of behaviors that get them

into trouble in their workplace. For example:

• Hugging others frequently
• Asking co-workers or, supervisors out on dates
• Following co-workers around because they are attracted to them
• Calling co-workers repeatedly outside of work
• Mis-using colleague’s pronouns or making comments about gender

  Workplace relationships are unique in that they require specific ways of interacting. People with IDD need to learn how to navigate these relationships, to be successful at their worksite and, keep their jobs.

  Join presenters from Michigan Developmental Sexuality Education Teams for a six-week series. This Zoom presentation helps support competitive, integrated, employment. The six-week series covers the twelve lessons

  from the Elevatus Training curriculum developed in partnership with Project Search. The curriculum is available for review in the Project Search Portal or the elevatustraining.com website.

  Participants must attend all six sessions

FREE-VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY To register, click on the link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YwkA3OjVRnq6bjkyhiDE2A

If you need assistance with registering, contact:

shehanm@michigan.gov

Zoom links will be provided one day prior to the event

Sponsored by DD Council