A sample letter than can be used to explain your wishes about health care decision-making to a health care provider. This letter could be used as an SDM agreement if you are only interested in your supporters helping with health care decisions.
Visit resource: Making My Own Healthcare Decisions for People with Disabilities
Model SDM Agreement from ACLU.
Information for Washington DC on Special Education and SDM. Contains link to model SDM agreement form.
Visit resource: Education Decision-Making & Transfer of Rights
Wisconsin Department of Health SDM Agreement form.
Visit resource: Wisconsin: Supported Decision-Making Agreement
District of Columbia’s supported decision-making agreement and instructions on how to fill out the agreement.
Texas’ supported decision-making agreement form. This agreement is taken from the Texas SDM statute.
Model legislation on supported decision-making. Contains SDM agreement.
Delaware’s supported decision-making agreement.
This law review article – 72 Syracuse L. Rev. 99 (2022) – explains how SDM has transformed the lives of many individuals with disabilities who participated in SDM pilot programs, including those led by CPR in Massachusetts and Georgia, and outlines the key principles necessary for successful replication. It was drafted to inform the deliberations at the Fourth National Guardianship Conference, which resulted in key recommendations for promoting SDM.
Visit resource: Supported Decision-Making: Lessons from Pilot Projects
