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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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Citizenship for All: An Accessible Guide by Simon Duffy & Wendy Perez (PDF)
This guide reviews why citizenship for all people is imperative and explores the seven keys to citizenship - purpose, freedom, money, home, help, life and love. This resource is…
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Core Practice, General, Inclusion, Rights & Responsibilities
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
CQL – Quality in Practice Guides – Accountability
Organizations that support people with disability are expected to be managed professionally and to have systems in place to prove their accountability for the tasks they accept.
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Core Practice, General, Rights & Responsibilities
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Rights & Responsibilities
Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms
This guide explains the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) and its importance in the daily lives of Canadians. This content is not legal advice and should not be taken as…
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Rights & Responsibilities
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
An EasyRead version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This paper is an EasyRead guide to the full agreement. It is not a legal paper. You need…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Canadian Human Rights Act
The purpose of this Act is to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Manitoba Vulnerable Persons Act
The Act was developed to promote and protect the rights of adults living with a mental disability who need assistance to meet their basic needs. The legislation recognizes these Manitobans as…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Rights Protection & Promotion Policy Statement - Sample
A sample policy document for the protection and promotion of rights based on the Manitoba Human Rights Code, the Canadian Charter of Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Rights Audit - Sample
This document helps assess what rights people are exercising and what more could be possible in the area of rights. This audit could be used annually to create a conversation with people…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Rights Restrictions 101
A right restriction is when a person has a right restricted. It is an artificial or temporary limitation imposed on a person's freedom to exercise their rights and freedoms. Generally, it is…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Making an Ethical Decision – Santa Clara University – Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
How to make an ethical decision. The thought process and steps to take in order to make an informed and logically ethical decision.
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Rights & Responsibilities
When It Comes To Rights In Someone’s Home, Ask “How” … Not “If” - CQL Capstone Newsletter
Explore people's rights of having visitors and keys in their home. For many years, we have said and heard, “People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have the same…
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Rights & Responsibilities
Rights! - ConnectABILITY.ca
Community Living Toronto website has a number of great resources on Rights.
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Rights & Responsibilities