An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry: A Process for Positive Change

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SUMMARY:  

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an organizational development process of exploration based on the power of positive inquiry. The focus of AI involves creating a collaborative environment of discovery into what makes an organization most effective. Based on positive psychology principles, AI asks questions that ignite the positive energy within the organization rather than spotlight breakdowns and malfunctions.

Join Dr. Battisti as he offers an overview of the principles and process of AI and how they can be used within organizations to create a culture of creativity and reflective thought that enhances quality of care delivery. 

A plan of action will be initiated during the presentation to begin the process of incorporating AI practices.


CREDIT INFORMATION:

Administrators (NAB)

This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—Approval #20230822-1-A86113-DL

NAB Domains of Practice

1B1 Psychosocial Needs (e.g., social, spiritual, community, cultural)

1B5 Care Recipient (and Representative) Grievance, Conflict, and Dispute Resolution

2C11 Employee Grievance, Conflict, and Dispute Resolution

2C12 Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, and Retention

New York State Social Workers

Avila Institute of Gerontology, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0265. Participants can earn 1.0 Contact Hours.

Dr. Philip McCallion Ph.D., ACSW

Professor and Director, School of Social Work

Temple University, College of Public Health

Philip McCallion, Ph.D., ACSW, is professor and director of the School of Social Work within the College of Public Health at Temple University. His research advances evidence-based interventions in health promotion, falls reduction, caregiver support, dementia management and service system redesign. McCallion is co-founder/co-principal investigator/co-applicant of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging, and co-investigator on longitudinal studies of dementia in persons with Down syndrome. McCallion is visiting/adjunct professor at Trinity College Dublin, a John A. Hartford Foundation Social Work Faculty Scholar and Mentor, and a fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and of the Gerontological Society of America. Serving on international consensus panels and the board of the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia, McCallion is the national consultant on intellectual disabilities and dementia for the U.S. National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center. 

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