articles by michael kendrick

For over 30 years, Michael has written for a broad range of publications around the globe and offers a selection of them here.

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Articles

• 30 elements of service quality
  NW residential support services. Wynyard, Tasmania. Australia

• Advocacy and the challenging of authority
  Citizen Advocacy Forum
  2000

• A life well lived
  Thinking About... Issue 14. Belonging Matters, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  February 2013

• Conviction, Personal Commitment and Social Change
  Queensland Advocacy Conference, Brisbane, Australia
  2001

• Discerning actual levels of substantive empowerment
  Planet Advocacy, Issue Number 7
  March 2004

• Empowerment and Self-Direction Relative to the Design and Governance of Personalized Service Arrangements
  Journal of Human Development, Disability, and Social Change
  2011

• Exploring Whether There Is An Optimal Relationship Between Public Bureaucracies and Communities
  Occasional Paper Series, Community Resource Unit Ltd.
  September 2005

• False Realism And The Unexplored Potential In People’s Lives
  Families for Change, Vol. 2, Issue 18, Family ADvocacy NSW, Sydney, Australia
  June 2006

• Family Governed Flexible Family Support: The Massachusetts Small Project Example
  This paper was sponsored by Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change and Uniting Families for Change Of Western Massachusetts
  January, 2001

• Formal Individualisation systems: their potential and limitations
  CRUcial Times 15. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  July 1999

• Historical contributors towards increasing respect for the voices of people with disabilities in western societies
  International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation. Volume 9, No 1.
  2010

• Housing and Support for People with “Challenging Behaviour”: Some Guidance
  Edited Presentation by Dr Michael Kendrick For Disability Services Queensland and The Queensland Department Of Housing, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
  March 11, 2002

• How genuinely supportive persons, agencies and systems can enable people to have real homes of their own
  CRUcial Times 40. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  March 2008

• Innovation as a possible element of agency or service transformation
  CRUcial Times 46. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  February 2014

• Intentional Safeguards For Older People
  A Presentation For The New Zealand Council Of Christian Social Services Conference On “ Values: Cost Or Investment”. Wellington, New Zealand
  March 2002

• Key Initial Decisions Community Agencies Need To Make If They Are To Individualize Supports
  Frontline Of Learning Disability, Dublin, Ireland
  May 2008

• Leadership, Alliances and Change
  For A Conference On Alliances, Leadership And Change, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Published in Interaction, Vol. 20/2, Australia
  2006

• Natural Authority of Families
  CRUcial Times 4. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  July 1996

• On being somewhat person-centered
  CRUcial Times 38. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  March 2007

• Organisational And Systems Investments Within Services That Can Stimulate Beneficial Innovations
  Frontline Of Learning Disability, No.69, Dublin, Ireland
  Spring 2007

• Person centredness: a characteristic of people, not systems
  CRUcial Times 18. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  July 2000

• Personal leadership and Its Contribution To Service To Others
  Sharing The Road Conference, 2001, Brisbane, Australia
  2001

• Principles for partnering between natural and formal supporters
  CRUcial Times 50. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  January 2016

• Proposed 'markers' of serious agency work in achieving person-centred work
  Interaction, Volume 23. Issue 1. Inclusion Australia. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  June 2009

• Public and Personal Leadership Challenges
  Creating Individual supports for people with developmental disabilities
  1994

• Quality strengthening, monitoring and evaluation and their role in a broader, multi-component quality enhancement strategy
  CRUcial Times 35. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  March 2006

• Reducing The Fears And Inhibitions Concerning Personal Advocacy
  Citizen Advocacy Forum,
  October 1998

• “Self Direction” in services and the emerging safeguarding and advocacy challenges That may arise
  A Discussion Paper For An Exploratory Study Session. Connecticut Office Of Protection And Advocacy
  July 2002

• Some Broad Strategies To Shield People From Invasive Bureaucracy
  CRUcial Times 24. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  January 2016

• Some Examples Of Broad Strategies To Shield Consumers And Families From Invasive Bureaucracy
  101 Friends; Personal Support Networks Project. Spectrum Society.
  July 2013

• Some initial thoughts on establishing “Right Relationship” between staff, professionals, service organisations and the people they assist
  Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) Newsletter
  April 2000

• Some Observations On What One Person Can Do In Human Services
  Sharing the Road in 1999: Proceedings of the 1999 Conference for Direct Support Workers. ASSID. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  2000

• Some Predictable Cautions Concerning The Overemphasis And Over-Reliance On Person Centered Planning
  The Frontline of Learning Disability, Issue 58, Dublin, Ireland,
  December 2003

• Some reasons why spending more money does not inexorably improve service quality and sustainability
  CRUcial Times 37. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  November 2006

• Some Significant Ethical Issues In Residential Services
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• SRV as a resource for seeking and shaping the Good Life
  Family Advocacy NSW, Sydney, Australia
  2007

• The Choice Between a "Real Home" and a Program
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• The Challenges of Authentically Getting What People Actually Need On A Person-By Person Basis
  The Frontline of Learning Disability, Issue #69, Dublin, Ireland
  January, 2007

• The contribution of human service workers in getting the relationship "right" between people with disabilities and their community
  CRUcial Times 21. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  July 2001

• The Inevitable Loneliness Of Personal Advocacy
  Planet Advocacy, Issue Number 18, London, England.
  December 2006

• The Influence Of One “Outside” Person On Services
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• The leadership challenge of service quality
  Interaction. Volume 11, Issue 1. Inclusion Australia. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  1997

• The limits and vulnerabilities of individualized support arrangements: some dimensions of quality that must be monitored carefully in individualized options
  Interaction. Volume 11, Issue 1. Inclusion Australia. Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  2001

• The Myth of Public Concern: Will it be safe to be old in the 21st Century
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  1990

• The nature of practical leadership
  CRUcial Times 41. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  September 2010

• The Potential Role Of Questionable Assumptions In Personal Planning Processes
  The International Social Role Valorization Journal
  November 2003

• The potential role of advocacy in “Imagining Better”
  Frontline, Issue 51. Dublin, Ireland
  July, 2002

• The role of agency and system transformation in supporting 'one person at a time' lifestyles and supports
  TASH Connections, Volume 41, Issue 4: Agency Transformation. Washington DC. USA.
  Winter 2016

• The role of personal integrity in upholding “Right Relationship” in organisations
  CRUcial Times 28. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  November 2003

• The Role Of Public Policy And Leadership In Workforce Investments
  Presentation To The National Association Of Directors Of State Developmental Disabilities Services. Alexandria, Virginia, USA
  December 1, 2000

• The ways in which individuals can make a difference
  A Report From The Partners In Change Workshop, North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland, Scottish Human Services Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland
  September 2001

• Thirty Elements of Service Quality
  "Progress”, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Retardation
  1994

• Valued Social Roles and the necessity of values based leadership
  The SRV Journal, Volume 2, Number 1. Worcester. MA. USA
  June 2007

• Vulnerability in adult home sharing situations for persons with disabilities
  International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation.
  Volume 11, No 1. 2012

• What are self-directed options and what should we expect from them?
  CRUcial Times 43. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  June 2012

• What Remains worth struggling for
  Chapter 12 in Relationships and Everyday Lives: People With A Disability and Vital Communities. Community Resource Unit Ltd. Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
  2003

• Why group homes are no longer optimal
  June 2017

Presentation papers

“Getting a Good Life”: The Challenges For Agency Transformation So That They Are More Person Centered

Keynote:  Conference On Agency Transformation
The Disability Sub-Conference Of The International Initiative On Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL), San Francisco, California, USA
September 15-16, 2011

Integrity and Advocacy

Keynote:  Scottish Advocacy Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
February, 2001

Personal Leadership And Its Contribution To Service To Others

Sharing the Road Conference. Brisbane, Australia.
June 2001

The Next Generation In Human Services And The Emerging Challenges For Case Management

A Keynote Presentation For The Case Management Society Of Australia 7th Annual Conference Entitled “Case Management; Fad Or Future”, Melbourne
19 February, 2004

When People Matter More Than Systems

Keynote:  The Promise of Opportunity Conference.  Albany, New York, USA
March 27-28 2000