Advocacy

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Making the Most of Lived Experience - National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS)
This paper offers tips that professionals and people with brain injury can use to make the most of the lived experience of brain injury when collabora...
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Employment, Language, Support Services Government Information, Scholarly & Creative Works, Supports & Services
Understanding and Supporting People with Developmental Disabilities - Living Innovations
Valued Social Roles versus activities based support. How to help people with disabilities be seen as competent, valued community members.
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Direct Care Audio & Video
Invaluable: The Unrecognized Profession of Direct Support
Invaluable: The Unrecognized Profession of Direct Support is a documentary film exploring the underappreciated and underfunded work of direct support ...
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Direct Care, Personal Stories Audio & Video
SRV Theory - International Social Role Valorization Association
The Social Role Valorization website offers educational materials and resources about SRV.
Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Direct Care, Individual Rights Community Based Organization, Scholarly & Creative Works
Engaging People Who Receive Services - A Best Practice Guide for the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS)
This Guide outlines barriers and benefits to engagement and details five strategies and proven practices to directly involve people who receive servic...
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Support Services Government Information, Scholarly & Creative Works
Employing People with Disabilities: Disability Awareness - A Resource from the Arc of Minnesota
This video will offer a brief overview of disability and some tips for interacting with and supporting people with disabilities in the workplace.
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Direct Care, Employment Audio & Video
People with Disabilities: Guardianship Information - A Disabled World Resource
Information regarding various types and responsibility issues when considering guardianship in relation to persons with disability.
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Guardianship and Supported Decision Making, Individual Rights Scholarly & Creative Works
Dignity of Risk and Person-Centered Planning During COVID-19
Balancing Risk and Embracing Opportunity in the Face of Grave Challenges
 Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, COVID-19, Individual Rights, Person Centered Planning Scholarly & Creative Works
A Guide to Disability Rights Laws: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
A Guide to Disability Rights Laws U.S.: This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with dis...
 Accessibility Resources, Community Living, Direct Support Professional (DSP) Advocacy, Individual Rights Government Information
What is Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation
This website contains educational videos and other info about Cerebral Palsy
 Direct Support Professional (DSP), Health & Genetics Resources Advocacy, Healthcare, Personal Stories Audio & Video, Community Based Organization, Scholarly & Creative Works, Supports & Services