Educational
Conference facilitated
annually by the Hope Centre Inc., the conferences
are designed to enhance the ability of individuals
with significant disabilities, and their circle
of friends, to make educated choices through
practical experiences featuring a network of
community resources.
Making
Choices As We Age: A Peer Training Program
is a curriculum for training persons with disabilities
and their co-trainers how to teach other adults
with developmental disabilities about: choice
making, rights and responsibilities, how to
make healthy choices, and about things to do
in their free time.
Right
On was developed by the self-advocates
of Essex County Community Living. The Bill of
Rights and the Right On! video were developed
as a tool to help people understand their rights,
empower people in making decisions which affect
their lives and to have an impact on the manner
in which opportunities are provided through
community living.
School
to Life Transition Handbook - 5 Steps to Self
Advocacy is a step-by-step planning
guide written in plain language. Uses a "Person-Centered
Planning Approach to focus on the individual.
Checklists, planning and meeting guides, etc.
are included.
Supporting
Self Determination - Strategies for Direct Support
Staff provides information to direct
support staff on the concept and practices of
promoting self-determination. Viewers learn
six strategies for promoting opportunities for
self-determination and discuss the challenges
for staff to respond in a manner that promotes
self-determination.
The
Rights Stuff demonstrates how agencies
can develop and use of bill of rights written
by those who receive service.
Waddie
Welcome - A Man Who Cannot Be Denied
is the story of Waddie Welcome. After the death
of his only relative Waddie is placed in a nursing
home in a community many miles away from his
home. The video shows how "person centered planning"
and "circle of friends" philosophies assisted
to achieve Mr. Welcome's goal to return to his
friends and community.
