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Leading Practice Resources
Leading Practice Resources
The resources provided below are meant to supplement and provide practical support to organizations striving to meet the Leading Practice Guidelines. Have a resource to suggest? Questions? Contact leanne@abilitiesmanitoba.org.
The Leading Practice Guidelines have been developed to outline the current consensus on leading practice in service delivery. The expected outcomes, should these guidelines be pursued by organizations, are:
- Increased quality of services
- Better consistency of services
- Better outcomes for people
- Shared vision and road map for service delivery
- Competent, stable, confident workforce
- Increased confidence in services
View the Leading Practice Guidelines here.
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Five Accomplishments – John O’Brien & Connie Lyle O’Brien
The five accomplishments provide a framework for assessing our ideas about the future. Increasing opportunity in these five areas of life is clearly the intended outcome of the Personal…
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Connection, Contribution & Growth, Core Practice, General, Inclusion, Rights & Responsibilities, Voice, Wellbeing
Family Matters Toolkit
This toolkit is for caregivers who are interested in improving the health and health care of a family member with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The resources included in…
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Wellbeing
CLdS: Management of Personal Funds Policy (PDF)
Policy Statement: All individuals in receipt of Community Living disABILITY Services (CLDS) are encouraged to manage and make decisions about their personal finances to the best of their…
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Wellbeing
Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities - Government of Manitoba
Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities (EAPD) offers a wide range of employment focused services to assist adults with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining and maintaining…
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Wellbeing
Employment and Income Assistance Program (EIA) for Persons with Disabilities - Government of Manitoba
The Employment and Income Assistance Program (EIA) provides financial help to Manitobans who have no other way to support themselves or their families. For people who are able to work, EIA…
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Wellbeing
Disability Trusts & Registered Disability Savings Plan - Government of Manitoba
If you have a disability (or if you have a child with a disability), you can keep the money you get from some sources without affecting your eligibility for EIA benefits. This money has to be…
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Wellbeing
Rent Assist Program - Government of Manitoba
Rent Assist is a financial benefit for people who receive Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) and have housing costs to cover. It is also available to other low-income private…
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Wellbeing
My Money Lessons
The Department of Financial Services created the My Money Program to provide educational lessons for individuals with developmental disabilities and important resources for family members and…
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Wellbeing
UNCRPD: Right to adequate standard of living
Recognition of the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous…
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Wellbeing
ConnectABILITY.ca
This website has a wealth of specific and accessible resources for people with disabilities on budgeting and money management. Money is what you use to buy things. Over time we, as a society,…
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Wellbeing
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - U.S. Government Agency
This website is a generic but helpful resource on money management. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a U.S. government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other…
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Wellbeing
Reducing ‘Challenging’ Behavior By Training Support Staff to Promote Dignity and Respect
Behavior is a form of communication. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who exhibit behavior that is considered ‘challenging’ may actually be…
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Wellbeing
Guidelines for Dementia-Related Health Advocacy for Adults With Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Increasing numbers of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are living into old age. Though this indicates the positive effects of improved health care and quality of life, the end result…
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Wellbeing
Supporting High Quality Transitions between Hospital and Home
This website is a resource for health care providers and service providers and offers guidance on how transitions between hospital and home can be done successfully for people who may have a…
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Wellbeing