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Joan Garrity
exemplifies two things:
excellence as a facilitator and excellence as a learning
professional - someone who really understands and delivers on
the most useful combinations of theory, skill development and
affective understanding. Her attention to the process of
learning is impeccable and her understanding of the content she
presents is deep, solid, informed, sensitive and practical.
Joan's ability to help the participants in her trainings find
their professional strengths, practice new skills, connect their
existing knowledge with new learning and make commitments to
apply all this to their real life work is rare and is what makes
Joan's work in such demand. She facilitates so the participants
in her sessions are challenged just enough to stretch, and safe
enough to dare to do so.
Maggi Ruth
P. Boyer, M.Ed., Independent Consultant, Former Director of
Education and Training for Planned Parenthood of Bucks County
"There
aren’t enough superlatives to describe how good Joan is.
During her history of almost three decades of training on sexual
health issues, Joan has amassed a set of skills that few can
match. She has a vast, wide-ranging intelligence coupled with
an intricate, detailed knowledge of her topics. She possesses
abundant personality traits that are beneficial to a trainer.
She is aware and present in the moment. She is sensitive to the
needs of the group. She is an excellent listener. She has an
abiding faith in the group process and in the power of
individuals to learn and grow. Her trainings model the belief
that people learn best when they are actively involved in the
learning process. She creatively blends her knowledge, the
goals of the training, and the needs of the participants in a
way that is unhurried, natural, and relaxed, but reflects the
skill and preparation that is always the cornerstone of a
quality educational experience."
Joe Fay,
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy
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