A toolkit and guide to supported decision-making for people with disabilities and their supporters.
SDM Resource Library
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Cents and Sensibility: A Guide to Money Management (2017)
Comprehensive guide to money management for people with disabilities. Contains helpful worksheets and tools for thinking about making decisions about money. Some materials are specific to Pennsylvania.
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Open Future Learning SDM training module (2017)
Trailer for training module on Supported Decision-Making from Open Future Learning. Includes presentations from supporter Malia Carlotto who participated in CPR’s first pilot supporting her son Cory, and CPR staff Michael Kendrick and Bob Fleischner. Find Supported Decision-Making module available for purchase on this page.
The Right to Make Choices: New Resource on Supported Decision-Making (February 2016)
This guide by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network explains Supported Decision-Making, guardianship, and laws about decision-making in an easy-read format.
Easy version read for families is available here.
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PRACTICAL Tool – Steps in SDM (January 2016)
The PRACTICAL Tool aims to help lawyers identify and implement decision-making options for persons with disabilities that are less restrictive than guardianship including Supported Decision-Making.
Legal Capacity for All: Including Older Persons in the Shift from Adult Guardianship to Supported Decision-Making (January 2016)
Law review article discussing the role of elders in the SDM movement.
HSRI Evaluation: Year 2 of CPR Nonotuck SDM Pilot (2016)
Independent evaluation of year two of CPR and Nonotuck’s initial SDM pilot by Human Services Research Institute.
Visit resource: HSRI Evaluation: Year 2 of CPR Nonotuck SDM Pilot
Supported Decision-Making and the Human Right of Legal Capacity (March 2015)
This 2015 law review article explains supported decision-making in the context of international human rights laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities.
Citation: Kristin Booth Glen (2015) Supported Decision-Making and the Human Right of Legal Capacity. Inclusion: March 2015, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 2-16
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In Re Guardianship of Tonner – Amicus brief (January 29, 2015)
Amicus brief describing SDM as an alternative to guardianship
Authors include:
- AARP
- Quality Trust for People With Disabilities
- National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
HSRI Evaluation: Year 1 of CPR Nonotuck SDM Pilot (2015)
Independent evaluation of year one of CPR and Nonotuck’s initial SDM pilot by Human Services Research Institute.
Visit resource: HSRI Evaluation: Year 1 of CPR Nonotuck SDM Pilot
