Inclusive News 1997-1998
“I have a dream.”
He did not say,
“I have an annual plan with quarterly goals and objectives.”
Martin Luther King said,
We are building a life for our self,
not building a service system life.
Transition…
Where do we Start?
• Develop person-centered descriptions
• Use school years to plan
• Support decision-making
• Navigate funding streams
Person-Centered Descriptions
Dreams
RELATIONSHIPSPartners, Family
Friends, Neighbors,Co-worker
RESOURCESMoney, Places to go
Transportation,Tools, Supports
Services, Personal space
VALUESInfluence, Social roles
Competencies,Support to others,
Productivity
HOW TIME SPENTWork, PlayLearning,
With others, Alone
HOMEType of Home,
Location, EnvironmentRoommate, Ownership
HEALTHPhysical, Emotional,
Spiritual
Relationship Mapping
MEmy school, church, mosque,synagogue,neighbors, local shops
my friends and non paid relationships
my paidsupporters,day services
my family
Good Day/Bad Day
Important to Important for
Sorting Important To and Important For
Important to Important for
(When words and behavior are in conflict, listen to the behavior)
© The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices, Inc. 2008
Use School Years to Plan
• Promote self-advocacy/self-determination
• Participate in assessmentswww.imdetermined.org
www.alife4me.org
www.vawizard.org
A Word about Employment
• Explore Employmenthttp://www.dol.gov/odep/categories/youth/
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
http://www.personcenteredpractices.org/work_workbook.html
Employment Rates
Oct. 2012
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy www.dol.gov/odep/#.UK1iuWt5mko
Youth Employment Rates
Oct. 2012
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy www.dol.gov/odep/#.UK1iuWt5mko
Use School Years to Plan
• Consider college as a pathway to employment
www.going-to-college.org
www.thinkcollege.net
A Word about College
• In 2008, Congress passed the Higher Education Opportunity Act to students with intellectual disabilities opportunities to participate in college coursework and other activities with students without disabilities
• In Virginia, VCU is modeling this opportunity with ACE-IT in College
www.aceitincollege.org
The freedom to make decisions- to be self-
determined – plays an important role in
defining all of us as human beings and
Americans, and determining our quality
of life.
Support Decision-Making
Support Decision-Making
Capacity is the ability to:
• Take in information;
• Make an informed decision; and
• Communicate your decision.
Support Decision-Making
Capacity is fluid, based on:
• Time and circumstances
• Different levels
– A particular decision
– A specified set of decisions
– All decisions
Support Decision-Making
• Release of information
• Joint bank accounts
• Advance directives
– living wills, powers of attorney
• Authorized representative payee• Guardianship
Least restrictive
Mostrestrictive
With a Guardian, you Lose the Right to…
• Make treatment decisions• Vote• Marry and divorce• Sign contracts• Decide how your money is spent• Own a firearm• Decide where you will live• Drive
Navigate Funding Streams
To support independent living, health care, and employment needs:
• Social Security Administration– Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Plans
for Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS), Ticket to Work
• Division of Rehabilitative Serviceswww.socialsecurity.gov
www.vadrs.org
Navigate Funding Streams
To support independent living, health care, and employment needs:
• Medicaid– Buy in, Home & Community-Based Waivers
• HUDhttp://www.dmas.virginia.gov/Content_atchs/ltc/
ltc-guide_srvcs.pdfhttp://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/
states/virginia/offices
Live your Dream…
People who say it cannot be done
should not interrupt
those who are doing it