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The Department of Developmental Services Consumer Advisory Committee aims to empower people with developmental disabilities in California to live life on their own terms. Through the Making My Own Choices program, individuals are encouraged to make their own decisions and have choices in their daily lives. This initiative helps them learn to assert their independence and have control over how they spend their time. The program includes interviews, sticker books, and a DVD to support individuals in making their own choices. Staff and family members play a crucial role in supporting and respecting their decisions.
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Department of Developmental Services Consumer Advisory Committee Vision Statement: “People with developmental disabilities in California will live their life the way they want” The DDS Consumer Advisory Committee started in 1992 by the Director to give consumers a voice about how they receive services.
MAKING MY OWN CHOICES The CAC created Making My Own Choices and the Sticker Book to help people have a choice in their life. They said …A life without choice means someone else makes decisions about how you spend your time, like you do and when you do it. Each person has the right to make decisions and have choices. …Learning to make your own choices can be hard if you have not been in charge before. Sometimes when people begin to make choices, staff and family do not listen because they are not comfortable with us making our own choices.
MAKING MY OWN CHOICES • The interview team will spend time with every resident to find out: • How people want to live • once they leave the developmental center, • things people like to do.
MY HOME My own room Make cookies FACILITATOR NOTES
E I V O M T E K C I T MALL CLOTHES SHOES THINGS I LIKE TO DO TV Shop Watch TV FACILITATOR NOTES
C E R E A L M O n r V T o I I c E C p o K p E T MY OTHER CHOICES I like to grow things See Movies FACILITATOR NOTES
M O n r V T o I I c E C MALL p o K p E T CLOTHES SHOES SAMPLE STICKERS USED WITH THE BOOK BUS
TV SAMPLE STICKERS USED WITH THE BOOK
Making My Own Choices-DVD • 4 people who lived at a developmental center • How they live now and what they like to do
Elizabeth shares a room and lives with other people Kyle lives with other people. He has his own room Tony’s own apartment Billy and Brian live with a family
Residence Supervisors-will be working with Cathy on scheduling and selecting a staff person who knows the resident well.Staff attending interviews- to support resident during the interview process. Share their knowledge about the resident’s day-to-day personal preferences. ROLE OF STAFF IN INTERVEIW
After the interview • Where does the information go? 1.Resident 2. Resident’s Record 3. RRDP 4. Regional Center 5. Family Member or Advocate
Why is this information helpful? -Can be used for an assessment by the team members during the IPP/transition process.-Focus area from the resident’s point of view during the IPP and/or transition meetings.-Ensures the resident is involved in some aspects of their transition.-Gives important people in the resident’s life an opportunity to reflect on the pleasant parts in life that make a person feel unique.
Implementation • Pre-interview process • Interviewer’s role
CHOICES TEAM MEMBERS NICOLE’S & CATHY’S CONTACT INFORMATION MAILING ADDRESS: 3530 W. Pomona Blvd, P.O. Box 77 Pomona, Ca, 91769 PHONE: (909) 444- 7188 EMAILS: nicole.patterson@dds.ca.gov CKisselb@ldc.dds.ca.gov
Questions ? Thank You
