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CPR Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions about Supported Decision-Making provided by the Center for Public Representation.

Alternatives to Guardianship for Lawyers

This presentation from the ABA Commission on Law and Aging offers steps attorneys can take to integrate alternatives in their practice.

Resources – I’m Determined

Resources provided by I’m Determined including guides, case studies, templates, and more.

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Planning for Independence

ABLE South Carolina created an easy-to-use tool to assess students’ need for opportunities to gain independence and classroom strategies for providing these options.

Student-Directed Transition Planning

These Student-Directed Transition Planning (SDTP) lessons facilitate high school to adult life planning partnerships between students, their families, and educators.

Indiana University Bloomington Resources

INSTRC staff have selected the following guides, tutorials, and resources to help transition teachers incorporate self-determination skill-building activities and experiences into their classrooms.

Supported Decision Making

Resources on supported decision making as an alternative to guardianship provided by the American Bar Association for legal professionals.

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Friends: Connecting People with Disabilities and Community Members

This manual is to help people with disabilities increase community membership and belonging and for promoting relationships with community members.

PRACTICAL Tool for Healthcare Providers

A manual for healthcare providers who are navigating the issue of guardianship with their patients.

Supported Decision-Making Resource Library

Resource library on Supported Decision Making provided by the ACLU.

The Right to Make Choices: New Resource on Supported Decision-Making

This guide helps people with disabilities understand decision-making laws. You will learn about different kinds of support you can use to make choices.

GCDD Guardianship Guide

This guide is designed to help you think about other, less restrictive measures, and to fully inform you of the consequences of seeking guardianship.

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Brainstorming Guide: How are we already using SDM?

Supported Decision-Making can sound like a new, foreign idea. But most families, people with disabilities, and advocates are already using supported decision-making, even if they don’t call it that!

Sample Supported Decision-Making Agreements

Access samples of various Supported Decision-Making agreements

The South Carolina Supported Decision-Making Project Resources

Resources created and provided by the SC Supported Decision Making Project.

CEDD – Supported Decision Making

An overview of Supported Decision-Making and guardianship by UC Davis.

PRACTICAL Tool

The PRACTICAL Tool aims to help lawyers identify and implement decision-making options for persons with disabilities that are less restrictive than guardianship.

Debunking the Myths of Supported Decision-Making & Guardianship

Responses to questions posed during a webinar on the myths of Supported Decision-Making and Guardianship.

Beyond Guardianship: Toward Alternatives That Promote Greater Self-Determination for People with Disabilities

A full report provided by the National Council on Disability.

The Fourth National Guardianship Summit: Maximizing Autonomy and Ensuring Accountability

The National Guardianship Network brought together 125 advocates, family guardians, judges, lawyers, scholars, and other stakeholders for the Fourth National Guardianship Summit during the week of May 10, 2021.

Supported Decision-Making & the Problems of Guardianship

Guardianship is a legal proceeding that strips an individual of multiple or ALL rights. People under guardianship cannot make their own choices about: where they live; where they work; what kind of medical care they get – or whether they will get any medical care; what they eat; who they spend time with; and whether they will get married.

Self-Determination and Supported Decision-Making for People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities

An issue of Impact Magazine featuring discussions on Self-Determination and Supported Decision-Making.

Britney Spears is free, but 1.3 million Americans still live under strict conservatorships

Nick Clouse has a wife, a daughter and a job, but he spent nearly a decade in a guardianship arrangement.

Healthcare Access for People With Disabilities: Special Hope’s video shorts tell the story

This video white paper answers the questions: “How can we help Supported Decision-Making work? How can healthcare access be improved for people with disabilities?”

Supported Decision-Making and Health Care

An overview of Supported Decision-Making in healthcare featuring the stories of various individuals using it to make their own decisions.

Free To Be

Free To Be chronicles Jamie Beck’s journey from guardianship to independence as she becomes the voice of a disability rights movement and fights for big changes for her home state of Indiana.

Supported Decision Making and Guardianship Termination – SARTAC

John McCarty is a self-advocate from Georgia and a 2019-2020 SARTAC Fellow. John’s project focused on educating people about Supported Decision-Making and creating resources to help self-advocates get started.…

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