We are often told by our funding agecnies these are the rules, follow them. Yet it's the very constructs developed by the policy makers that develop into a service delivery conflict. The policies although mostly well intended, are not well conceptualized and they tend to hurt those we serve more than they help them become more free of formalized services. We have to adhere to policy that is developed outside of a realistc context, that does not have the individual at the focal point and in the center. They become an after thought as we try to fit them into program and service models that are aresult of misguided thinking, designed to serve the mighty larger service systems rules, than what is productive, helpful, caring and hopefully more meaningful to the invidividuals and their families.
We as providers need to stand up for those we serve, and offer civil protest to policies that drive individuals to walk endlessly in circles at malls, be out in community settings under the delusion of social intergration or contribute to enourmous amount of time wasting. It's important to realize why and for whom we provide services for. Individual needs to be more than ever, capitilized in the ISP, to assure that all the work we do is about that Individual and not the political well being of those who make policy for public consumption instead of for good solid reasons.
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