Research article in Psychiatry regarding SDM and mental illness/mental health.
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SDM Resource Library
Type: Document
The Right to Make Choices: A Supported Decision-Making Toolkit for People with Disabilities and their Supporters (January 2018)
A toolkit and guide to supported decision-making for people with disabilities and their supporters.
Alternatives to Guardianship and Guardianship (Mass.) (November 2017)
Provides an overview of guardianship alternatives in Massachusetts including Supported Decision-Making, health care proxies, and powers of attorney. Also provides overview of guardianship in Massachusetts, including information about the rights of individuals who are subject to guardianship.
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TASH Connections Supported Decision-Making (2017)
A special issue of TASH Connections on Supported Decision-Making. Articles include:
- Supported Decision Making and Deinstitutionalization: Lessons Learned from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s
Invitational Summit by Kelly Israel - Supported Decision-Making for People with Disabilities: International Origins and Influences by Robert D. Dinerstein
- Supported Decision-Making: Legal Basis and Practical Application by Robert D. Fleischner
- Reflections on Autonomy by Dohn Hoyle
- Supported Decision-Making in Tennessee by Lauren Pearson
- Supported Decision-Making and Alternatives to Guardianship by Families by Kathy Brill
Report to the House of Delegates on SDM resolution 113 (2017)
Report to the House of Delegates from the American Bar Association on Resolution 113. Resolution 113 urges legislatures to amend their guardianship statutes to ensure that supported decision-making be identified and fully considered as a less restrictive alternative.
Report authored by American Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights, Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, Section of Real Property, Trust And Estate Law, Commission on Law and Aging
Visit resource: Report to the House of Delegates on SDM resolution 113
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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Emerging International Trends and Practices in Guardianship Law for People with Disabilities (July 2016)
Law review article providing overview of use of SDM internationally.
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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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.
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What’s Next? : A Self-Advocate’s Guided Tour through Transition for Parents and Other Supporters (2016)
A guide authored a self-advocate on transition planning for young people. Useful for families and supporters assisting with transition. Available in variety of formats.
