{"id":865,"date":"2018-01-19T17:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2018-01-19T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:11:31","slug":"circle-of-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/circle-of-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle of Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text2\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Side by Side - Circle  of Friends\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tnkmvPWKe7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We all have and need people in our lives. A circle of friends is a good way to make your life better. This module describes how to start a circle of friends, how you can keep control over the process, and how a circle can help you in many different ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"21997D30155DFA3A01380A70875D3874_more\" class=\"moredivclass\">\n<div class=\"text2\">\n<p>This module features presentations from many leading professionals and self-advocates, including Jack Pearpoint, Patti Scott, Doug Smith, and Tyrone Towers.<\/p>\n<p>After completing this module, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe what a circle of friends is and how it could help you.<\/li>\n<li>Explain who takes part in a circle.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to find and invite people to be part of your circle.<\/li>\n<li>Explain how to keep a positive circle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have and need people in our lives. A circle of friends is a good way to make your life better. This module describes how to start a circle of friends, how you can keep control over the process, and how a circle can help you in many different ways. This module features presentations &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/circle-of-friends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Circle of Friends&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[93,19],"tags":[83,121,29,52,98,53,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}