About Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.

The founder and director of P.O.W.E.R., Dr. Kevin Roberts, is a disabled clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience providing psychological help for people with disabilities. His broad experiences as a caregiver, teacher, volunteer, and disabled person make him uniquely suited to this calling. Read the full bio.

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Individual and group dynamics

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Students of human behavior have long sought to understand the links between individual human behavior and group dynamics or group behavior. This posting will just begin to touch on the topic. It is one that is very important to people with disabilities, it is important because often there is a disconnect or poor […]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Attitude, part four, grateful

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Gratefulness is a blessing, not an indebtedness. We owe no one when we are grateful, we have been simply granted something you could never have designed for yourself, even if you were foolish enough to have undertaken the task. It is a feeling that fills the heart, floods the brain, drops your chin, […]

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Attitude, part three

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Everyone struggles, some have larger burdens, some have ones you might scoff at as inconsequential and others have some too, their struggle is getting over the struggle with the struggle. Some encounter life’s gifts simultaneously to their problems. Some lead glorious lives until they and their family are undone, hopefully only for a […]

Attitude, part two

Friday, March 16th, 2007

In looking at the term attitude, so many thoughts come to mind. He or she has a “bad” attitude. That usually means a “chip” on the shoulder, wanting to pick a fight or an argument. Then, on the other hand, the remark “Jane (Joe), man, she really has a good attitude” would […]

The Disability Coach-reason for blog

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Thus far, two pieces have been posted. One a brief introduction to Attitude, something we shall pursue at length in subsequent postings, and two, some background about the coach and historical activities.
Now, the third posting is about why in the world I have begun this endeavor. Basically, it is because I have seen […]

Kevin Roberts, Ph. D., The Disability Coach

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

My first large error since beginning this blog——I erased the first one. The second blog remains in its entirety in the archives section, for now! A quick review of the first.
WELCOME!!!
I welcome you again to this blog for the disability coach. The Disability Coach name was coined by the manager […]

Attitude

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

When one is different, in a way that is regarded by many as negative, something less, it is easy for that one person to also regard himself or herself in a negative manner. Why? Because that person often has no reference point for his or her strengths, positive characteristics and the like. […]