Welcome The Home Page of BDD Training Associates Inc. We have been working as a team since 1988. We work on helping systems work better by teaching about change and the importance of making connections with self, others and context. Our next presentation will be for the 17th Annual Great Lakes Native American Conference September 8 - 10, 2010 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Sponsored by: Great Lakes U.S. Attorneys’ Offices Michigan • Minnesota • Wisconsin U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime
This multi-disciplinary conference is intended for representatives from victim services, law enforcement agencies, tribal leaders and court personnel, schools, probation officers, prosecutors, judges, clergy, day care, and the medical profession.
BDD working in Prague. Demonstrating Triads and dependency. BDD is perhaps the only active training triad in the world. They do training as it has seldom been experienced, they bring content, humor and safety to difficult topics. They put their hearts and souls into the process of teaching about systems, all kinds, but at the center is the Human system.
In the picture on your right we are heading to Prague for the International Family Therapy Association world conference, celebrating the life and work of the late Virginia Satir.
If you want to hear what people had to say about our work click on the picture.
We believe that each person is a unique manifestation of life and that we all go through a process of change as we grow as individuals and organizations. Our job is to help people better understand themselves and the way they communicate. We also provide short informational programs dealing with the complex process called change. We have been teaching together for 21 years.
We have spent much time teaching about community-based care. Using the communities resources to make a difference.
Some of the Topics have include;Working with dementia, depression and aging, Community based alternatives to incarceration and alternative sentencing using community volunteers, self care for caregivers workshops, working with victim support services, end of life protocols for persons working with an aging community and communication workshops in a varity of organizations. We have worked in the United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Israel and China.
Our visit to the 2010 Satir World Conference was a pleasure. From your left is Mr. Stephen Buckbee, Dr. Maria Gormori, Mr. Daniel Doyle, Dr. John Banmen and Mr. Michael Dupont, celebrating a birthday and a friendship.
B.D.D. Buckbee, Doyle and Dupont
We started B.D.D. in 1988 when we began training Michigan
volunteers who worked with children in secure and nonsecure holding
facilities. The models we use are based in most part on the work of the
late Virginia Satir, mentor and friend.
We enjoy working with human service workers, teachers and leaders from all walks of life who are looking for tools that work when addressing the process of change.
One of the many projects BDD has been working on is to
help teach communities about suicide and prevention. The following is a
Local News program about Suicide and Depression Program that BDD had
the honor of participating. http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=447513
In cooperation with Bay College BDD Training Associates has begun to create online courses for Continuing Education for Michigan Social work CEU"s. It is an online lesson that takes about one hour to complete.
As trainers, therapists and teachers we have studied the work of Virginia Satir. We fell in love with her work and have done much to learn and implement her models and concepts in a wide variety of settings. If you are seeking more information the work of Satir contact, The Satir Global Network. http://satirglobal.org/
BDD working in Prague. Demonstrating Triads and dependency.
As trainers, therapists and teachers we have studied the work of Virginia Satir.