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Person-Centered
Planning for Later Life - A Curriculum for
Adults with Mental Retardation
by E. Sutton, M.A., T. Heller, PhD., H. L.
Sterns, PhD., A. Factor, PhD., & S. Miklos
This
curriculum is designed to empower older adults
with cognitive disabilities to make choices
and decisions about their future. Concrete
skills in making choices and developing goals
are taught in 17 classroom lessons and three
field trips. Opportunities are provided for
individuals to experience available options
and make some decisions about their own lives.
Ultimately,
the intent of this curriculum is for individuals
to develop and attain their desired goals.
The benefits of this program have been empirically
documented in research studies.
Major
Content Areas:
- Making
choices, knowing your rights and responsibilities,
- Remaining
as healthy as possible as we grow older,
- Expanding
free time options,
- Working
and retiring (including volunteering),
- Developing
friendships and support networks,
- Setting
goals and participating in planning meetings.
Concepts
are taught through:
- Concrete
classroom opportunities to make and evaluate
choices,
- Concrete
classroom experiences of available options,
- Frequent
opportunities to talk about personal preferences
and choices,
- Frequent
opportunities to set and evaluate personal
goals,
- Weekly
assignment to practice classroom concepts
in everyday environments.
The
Training Package includes:
- Curriculum
of 17 lessons and guidelines for 3 field
trips,
- Instructor's
Guide on how to plan and teach the course,
- Graphic
Packet for illustrating concepts taught
in the curriculum,
- Materials
for weekly assignments for trainees,
- Student
Notebook, with written and pictorial materials
for each lesson,
- Role
of the Trainee's Support Person.
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The
Clearinghouse on Aging
and Developmental Disabilities
Department of Disability and Human Development,
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Illinois 60608-6904
Telephone: (312) 413-1860
Fax: (312) 996-6942
E-mail: rrtcamr@uic.edu
Web site: www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/index.html
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Description
of Resource: Curriculum; 148 pages Instructor's
Guide; 14 pages plus additional addendums,
graphics, Trainee Notebook; 2 three-ring binders.
Approximate
Cost: $55.00 (US)
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