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Supported Decision Making: Freeing Individuals to Live Their Most Productive Lives
January 17, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Supported Decision Making: Freeing Individuals to Live Their Most Productive Lives
Sara Sherman, Sara Sherman International
Tuesday, January 17, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
About the Session: Do you feel like, sometimes, your staff create more dependence than independence?
Do you wish your DSPs were better at supporting individuals to make decisions in their lives?
Would you like to see better results around individual outcomes?
We all know that the goal for the individuals we serve is to increase independence through skill acquisition, but in those day to day moments when decisions are made and supports are provided, the needle sometimes doesn’t move any closer to independence, if it moves at all.
In this workshop agency leaders will learn how to teach DSPs to support individuals in ways that:
- Expand an individual’s level of independence
- Empower individuals to develop decision making skills
- End unnecessary dependence on staff
- Get excited about helping individuals to develop, grow, learn, and reach their outcomes…and make it happen
- Recognize and celebrate wins
- And help the individuals you serve to gain self-confidence and feel better about who they are…’cause they are fantastic