The
Re-Affirmation of Community
A special symposium in collaboration with the Center for
Self-Determination.
This
is a full-day session held from 10:00 am – 4:00 PM on Wednesday,
November 9th .
Registration
is in addition to the full conference fee: $65 for TASH Members and
$75 for Non-Members More
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Self-Determination
Strand
Coordinators: Pat Carver and Dennis Harkins
The Center for Self-Determination sees
supports and public dollars as a means to a personally purposeful and
meaningful life seeking the same goals as all others. The Center is
sponsoring this strand, which will focus on meaningful lives with solid
relationships, membership in the community, chosen spiritual practices,
and promising economic futures.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
9:45
am - 10:45 am
What the (Bleep) Do We Mean by That!
What
does Self-Determination mean? How
is it different from Self-Direction? Consumer
Direction? Consumer-Governance? Community Membership? Self-Advocacy? How
we define and ascribe meaning to terms such as these is critical as we
co-create the future of support and services to people with disabilities.
Speakers: Dennis Harkins, John Agosta
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
To Be Sure:
Michigan
Supports Self-Determination
In
this thorough session, two successful efforts that support
self-determination in
Michigan
will be highlighted. Learn how
statewide demand for
self-determination is built through the Michigan Partners for Freedom, a
grassroots movements working to make self-determination a
reality for all Michigan citizens and how the Livingston County
Task Force on Self-Determination in is using the Center for Self-
Determination Principles for Evaluating Your System to build community
capacity.
Speakers: Patricia Carver, Angela Martin, Jean Scanlon
3:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Implementing Choice The Support Broker's Role in
Dane County
,
Wisconsin
's Self Directed Services
When
individuals direct their own services, their support broker becomes an
important partner in planning, prioritizing and helping him/her purchase
support. This breakout explores this partnership from the perspective of a
person with a disability, a bureaucrat and the directors of two newly
formed broker agencies.
Speakers: Monica Bear, Alexa Butzbaugh, Wendy Hecht
Friday, November 11, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
An Extreme Makeover" the Agency Edition
Using
the popular notion that plastic surgery changes one for the better, this
presentation unveils the inadequacy of superficial system change.
Nips and tucks improve appearances for a while.
However, transformation in the service provider culture often
requires radical surgery -- pretty veneers and silicone just don't cut it.
For lasting agency change, an extreme amount of hard work must come
first. Come learn how
Community Living Services in southeastern
Michigan
is doing that very work.
Speakers: Kathleen Kovach, Annette Downey
9:45 am - 12:00 pm
Essential Elements of Self-Determination
We
have much to be grateful for in the progress towards person-centeredness
and self-determination arrangements for people's lives.
This presentation will address the various elements of these
emphases and other matters that broaden and deepen the quality of our work
on person-centeredness and self-determination.
Speakers: Michael Kendrick, Dennis Harkins
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Practical, Purposeful & Powerful Learning about Self-Determination
The
Michigan Academy on Self-Determination and the Arc of New Mexico Institute
for Self-Determination share positive outcomes even though the approach to
learning differs. One engages
participants in a comprehensive educational opportunity over several
months. The other encourages
experiential learning taught by citizens who are living successful,
meaningful lives.
Speakers: Patricia Carver, Rebecca Shuman, Janice Lampman
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Organizational Change Through Circles
Shared
Support, Inc.'s person directed process drives the changes in our
organization. By changing our
operations and influencing others based on the person as we tackle
individual, organizational and systematic issues making our support more
responsive and stronger. This is a
follow up to last year's session.
Speakers: Gail M. Godwin, Chris Martin
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Are We There Yet? How A Large Ohio Organization Moved to Support
Control and Choice
Four years ago one of the largest agencies providing supports to
people with disabilities in Ohio set a goal that all 5700 people served
would control how resources
are spent. The goal of
individual budgets for all people served in
Hamilton
County
(
Cincinnati
,
OH
) by 2007 was developed by a
planning committee of individuals served, family members, staff and
supervisors working with the Superintendent. This session will detail how
this organization shifted control and choice to the individuals served.
We describe changes in structure, individual and family members'
perception of the changes, effects on the budget, what worked and what
didn't work, and future directions.
Speakers: Joseph Erpenbeck, Dawn Rothe
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