Adriana McVicker
RP (Qualifying)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario. Adriana has over 20 years of experience working with children, adults, and their families and for over 17 years.
She has worked with Community Living Windsor in various roles including direct support and in positions of management including support services staff development, communications, community relations, and project management.
Adriana has facilitated in-class and online educational and experiential practices of B-FIT Mindfulness for 5 years and is an instructor with University of Toronto’s Continuing Studies Program- Conscious Care and Support Course.
Adriana deeply values using a comprehensive approach while providing quality supports for people and families and is a true believer that all of us are interdependent and carry a responsibility to help one another be the best we can.
Peter Leidy
Peter has been learning from people with disabilities since 1983. Peter is a consultant, facilitator, listener, learner, improviser, and speaker who focuses on personalized supports and community membership for people with disabilities.
He also writes and sings songs about human serviceland and those who find themselves connected to it.
Peter conducts workshops, develops training materials, writes songs, speaks and sings at conferences, and works with organizations, government agencies, families, and paid supporters to promote positive support, inclusion, building healthy relationships, and thinking differently about people who are called “challenging.”
Michaela Kennedy
Michaela has worked at many levels within organisations, leading the cultural change. At Inclusion Tree as the Managing Director ensuring Person Centredness and Inclusion are the foundational principles that underpin the organisation’s culture and practices.
Michaela is a skilled practitioner and trainer of Person Centred Thinking and Planning including Maps, Paths and Lifestyle Planning, Person Centred Active Support, Supported Decision Making, Community Connecting, Person Centred Coaching and Mentoring, Team Building and Strategic Planning, Participatory Leadership and Self-Management Practices.
She has worked in the disability sector in Australia for over 30 years; has presented at various State, National and International Conferences, facilitated training for organisations and groups of families. She is passionate about people and families having choice and control in life and for all people to consciously live the journey that makes most sense to them.