Resource Library
Find helpful information and resources to assist you or your organization better understand supported decision making for individuals with disabilities.
Supported Decision-Making Tools
Here you’ll find a selection of user-friendly guides and toolkits to help older adults and people with disabilities exercise their Right to Make Choices. The material is divided into subjects like Guardianship, Education, and Health Care.
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Guardianship and Alternatives
Supported Decision-Making Forms
For Everyone
- ACLU “When Do I Want Support” Tool
- Supported Decision Making Teams: Setting the Wheels in Motion.
- Alternatives To Guardianship Videos Created by the Center for Family Involvement
- Guardianship and Alternatives for Decision-Making Support
- Beyond Guardianship: Supported Decision- Making by Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
- Restoration of a Ward’s Capacity in a Guardianship
- Legal Capacity and Supported Decision Making
- Legal Capacity, Personhood, and Supported Decision Making
- Supported Decision-Making ToolKit
For Older Adults
- Alternatives to Guardianship and Conservatorship for Adults in Iowa
- Alternatives to Guardianship
- Guardianship for the Elderly: Protecting the Rights and Welfare of Seniors with Reduced Capacity
- Facts About Law and the Elderly
Education and Transition Planning
- Understanding My IEP
- District of Columbia Schools Supported Decision-Making Agreement
- District of Columbia Schools Supported Decision-Making Questions and Answers
- Person Centered Planning: A Tool for Transition
- Building a Bridge: A Resource Manual for High School Students
- Postsecondary Education: Formal education or training beyond high school
- The Journey Continues with Educated Transition Choices: Standard and Career Readiness Graduation Options
- Person-Centered Planning: A Tool for Transition
Health Care and Life Planning
For Everyone
- My Family Health Portrait
- Person Centered Planning: Look Back, Plan Forward
- Examples of Person Centered Planning
For Children with Disabilities
- Person Centered Planning General Information
- Person Centered Planning – ND Center for Persons with Disabilities
Transition and Adulthood
- Transition to Adulthood: A Health Care Guide for Youth and Families
- Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Parents
Older Adults
- Living and Dying with Dignity – The best practice guide to end-of-life care for people with a learning disability
- Advance Directives: Creating a Living Will and Health Care Power of Attorney
- Legal Documents You Need Now!
- Person-Centered Care for People with Dementia: Opportunities and Challenges
- Alzheimer’s Association’s Lotsa Helping Hands