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Department on Disability Services

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Supporting Families Other Resources

Other Resources

Important Links

National Supporting Families Community of Practice

The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices

Parent to Parent USA (P2P USA)

Sibling Leadership Network (SLN)

Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)

Important Webinars

Innovations in Supporting Families Community of Practice Framework for Systems Change Webinar Series

Siblings of People with Disabilities: Understanding the Alphabet Soup of Future Planning

State Employment Leadership Network 2015 Winter/Spring Series – The Role of Family Involvement: Sharing the LifeCourse Framework

Person-Centered Thinking

Person-centered thinking is a philosophy behind service provision that supports positive control and self-direction of people’s own lives. DDS is working to implement this through training sessions and other agency wide initiatives.

Employment First Initiative

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Under the Employment First philosophy, competitive, integrated employment is the first and overwhelmingly preferred option for working-age youth and adults with disabilities.