Preparing for Transition

Dana Yarbroughdvyarbrough@vcu.edu

Arc Convention 2013

Inclusive News 1997-1998

“I have a dream.”

He did not say,

“I have an annual plan with quarterly goals and objectives.”

Martin Luther King said,

We are building a life for our self,

not building a service system life.

Transition…

Where do we Start?

• Develop person-centered descriptions

• Use school years to plan

• Support decision-making

• Navigate funding streams

Person-Centered Descriptions

Dreams

RELATIONSHIPSPartners, Family

Friends, Neighbors,Co-worker

RESOURCESMoney, Places to go

Transportation,Tools, Supports

Services, Personal space

VALUESInfluence, Social roles

Competencies,Support to others,

Productivity

HOW TIME SPENTWork, PlayLearning,

With others, Alone

HOMEType of Home,

Location, EnvironmentRoommate, Ownership

HEALTHPhysical, Emotional,

Spiritual

Relationship Mapping

MEmy school, church, mosque,synagogue,neighbors, local shops

my friends and non paid relationships

my paidsupporters,day services

my family

Good Day/Bad Day

Important to Important for

Sorting Important To and Important For

Important to Important for

(When words and behavior are in conflict, listen to the behavior)

© The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices, Inc. 2008

Use School Years to Plan

• Promote self-advocacy/self-determination

• Participate in assessmentswww.imdetermined.org

www.alife4me.org

www.vawizard.org

A Word about Employment

• Explore Employmenthttp://www.dol.gov/odep/categories/youth/

http://www.ncwd-youth.info/

http://www.personcenteredpractices.org/work_workbook.html

Employment Rates

Oct. 2012

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy www.dol.gov/odep/#.UK1iuWt5mko

Youth Employment Rates

Oct. 2012

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy www.dol.gov/odep/#.UK1iuWt5mko

Use School Years to Plan

• Consider college as a pathway to employment

www.going-to-college.org

www.thinkcollege.net

A Word about College

• In 2008, Congress passed the Higher Education Opportunity Act to students with intellectual disabilities opportunities to participate in college coursework and other activities with students without disabilities

• In Virginia, VCU is modeling this opportunity with ACE-IT in College

www.aceitincollege.org

The freedom to make decisions- to be self-

determined – plays an important role in

defining all of us as human beings and

Americans, and determining our quality

of life.

Support Decision-Making

Support Decision-Making

Capacity is the ability to:

• Take in information;

• Make an informed decision; and

• Communicate your decision.

Support Decision-Making

Capacity is fluid, based on:

• Time and circumstances

• Different levels

– A particular decision

– A specified set of decisions

– All decisions

Support Decision-Making

• Release of information

• Joint bank accounts

• Advance directives

– living wills, powers of attorney

• Authorized representative payee• Guardianship

Least restrictive

Mostrestrictive

With a Guardian, you Lose the Right to…

• Make treatment decisions• Vote• Marry and divorce• Sign contracts• Decide how your money is spent• Own a firearm• Decide where you will live• Drive

Navigate Funding Streams

To support independent living, health care, and employment needs:

• Social Security Administration– Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Plans

for Achieving Self-Sufficiency (PASS), Ticket to Work

• Division of Rehabilitative Serviceswww.socialsecurity.gov

www.vadrs.org

Navigate Funding Streams

To support independent living, health care, and employment needs:

• Medicaid– Buy in, Home & Community-Based Waivers

• HUDhttp://www.dmas.virginia.gov/Content_atchs/ltc/

ltc-guide_srvcs.pdfhttp://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/

states/virginia/offices

Live your Dream…

People who say it cannot be done

should not interrupt

those who are doing it