Macaroni at Midnight: Overcoming Oppression, Racism, and Hate
This presentation is a profile of Dr. Bartlette's experiences as a Native American child growing up with severe speech and physical handicaps in an environment of poverty, child abuse, family violence, homelessness, racism, and alcoholism. It highlights the contribution of Don's faith and spirituality as important strengths that supported his overcoming a number of obstacles in his life.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Describe a minimum of 2 factors that affect client struggles, particularly clients with a physical disability.
2. Interpret how 2 separate intervention strategies assist a client in overcoming obstacles.
3. Describe a minimum of one family, school, and community barrier to a client's success.
Dr. Don Bartlette has traveled extensively as a full-time public speaker throughout the United States and Canada sharing several presentations that relate to his Christian testimony for over 30 years. Married to a former special education teacher, he and his wife are the parents of seven daughters and one son, and have been foster parents to special needs kids. His major presentation, titled Macaroni at Midnight, is a profile of Dr. Bartlette's experiences as an Indian child growing up with severe speech and physical handicaps in an environment of poverty, child abuse, family violence, racism and alcoholism.