Silver Bullet Syndrome
Michael Smull talks about how training in person centered thinking and planning is just the beginning and not the end to the culture change that we seek.
Community Living
Supported Living Service Quality Review Process
The SLS Quality Review Process is designed as a comprehensive team review of a provider’s supported living services. By looking at how the provider is doing in supporting a sample of individuals, the team will identify the provider’s areas of strengths and needs. The SLS Quality Review Process is focused on the provider and would only … Read more
A Guide to Single Household Supported Living Services
Developed for Connections for Information and Resources on Community Living (CIRCL) by Kathleen Campbell Joan Schmidt June, 2004 Written by parent vendors Kathi Campbell and Joan Schmidt, this is a comprehensive guide for parents who want to be vendored for single household supported living services. While some of the particulars (e.g., regulations) may have been … Read more
11/28/2017 CDCAN CAPITOL UPDATE – ART BOLTON, LONG TIME DISABILITY ADVOCATE, PASSES AWAY
SACRAMENTO, CA [BY MARTY OMOTO, CDCAN LAST UPDATED 11/28/2017 09:10 AM] – Art Bolton, the widely respected and beloved disability rights advocate and the author of what became the landmark “Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act” – the nation’s first civil rights act protecting people with developmental disabilities in California – passed away Monday evening in … Read more
Passage of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act: Art Bolton’s Back Story
It’s midnight and the California legislature is about to adjourn for the session. Can Art and his staff at the Assembly Office of Research act in time to pass the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act? Watch and see for yourself! Passage of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act: Art Bolton’s Back Story
The Creation of the Lanterman Act: Arthur Bolton’s Back Story
This the back story of the development of the Lanterman Act from Art Bolton’s perspective. This piece of landmark legislation created the entitlement to community services and supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families in California. Art has led an amazing life and this video covers eight years from about 1960-1968. In the … Read more
Choice and Control
by Michael Smull April 2017 We seek to have a system where people who use long term services and supports have lives of their own choosing within their own communities. We want a system where support is offered to develop and maintain the web of relationships that defines “community.” For adults, we want employment to … Read more
Circles of Support and Personalisation
by Max Neill and Helen Sanderson ‘Circles of Support’ already improve the lives of a small minority of people in thousands of diverse ways. How can we share the effectiveness of circles so that they touch the lives of many more people, and become a tool for building connection and resilience in our communities? circles of … Read more
A Description of Microboards
By John Shea A description of microboards, where to learn more and factors that underlie this approach. A Description of Microboards
Supported Living
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