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Promoting Independence in Connecticut: Supported Decision-Making as an Alternative to Guardianship and Conservatorship

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Download: Promoting Independence in Connecticut: Supported Decision-Making as an Alternative to Guardianship and Conservatorship PURPOSE OF THIS MANUAL This manual is written for individuals who need support and those who support them. You will read how Supported Decision-Making in Connecticut can be used in place of more restrictive means, such as guardianship and conservatorship, to […]

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Tennessee Center for Decision-Making Support

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The Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Council, the Arc of Tennessee, and Disability Rights Tennessee have partnered to create the Tennessee Center for Decision-Making Support. This site includes information and tools for people with developmental disabilities and their families, including free legal forms to create formal support agreements. Visit the site here or visit https://www.tndecisionmaking.org/.

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About the Partnership to Ensure Reform of Supports in Other Nations (PERSON) Project

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Partnership to Ensure Reform of Supports in Other Nations (PERSON) Project States the objectives of the PERSON projecting, including enhancing the participation of civil society in legislative and policy reform on legal capacity to ensure domestic implementation of the UN CRPD, and bringing together like-minded civil society organizations in Balkan states to support people with

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Academic Identity Development Through Self-Determination: Successful College Students with Learning Disabilities

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Article describes a study that seeks to provide a model of academic identity for college students with learning disabilities. The study floats the “integrative self-determination” themes of persistence, competence, career decision making, and self-realization. Author(s): Tina M. Anctil, Michele E. Ishikawa, Amy Tao Scott Publication Date: December 2008 Publisher: Career Developoment for Exceptional Individuals Source:

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Adult Guardianship in Georgia: Are the Rights of Proposed Wards Being Protected? Can We Tell?

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Adult Guardianship in Georgia Discusses reform in in guardianship law, which includes applying a least restrictive alternative standard, requiring “proof that guardianship is the least restrictive alternative to offer the protection required by the proposed ward.” Author(s): Eleanor M. Crosby & Rose Nathan Publication Date: 2003

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Adult Outcomes for Students with Cognitive Disabilities Three-Years After High School: The Impact of Self-Determination

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Adult Outcomes for Students with Cognitive Disabilities Three-Years After High School: The Impact of Self-Determination (PDF) “Reports a follow-up study of school leavers with [intellectual and developmental disabilities] who were surveyed 1- and 3-years after they left school to determine what they were doing in major life areas.” Determines that self-determination has yielded positive effects.

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