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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
CQL – Quality in Practice Guide: Beginning the Service Support Relationship
Choosing services and supports is the foundation of being person-directed. A four-phase process outlines the key points in understanding options and making decisions. Some people choose to be…
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Core Practice, Voice
Resources for Supporting Daily and Major Life Decisions - The ARC Centre for Future Planning
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) must make many daily and major life decisions, just like people without disabilities. These decisions can range from making simple…
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Voice
The Vowels of Choice
An easy to understand video resource on what it means to have choice and to make choices.
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Voice
Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) Courses
AAC Essential Courses are designed to increase your basic understanding of AAC for your particular role. There are four different courses. (Free) Lessons are short and you can do them whenever…
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Voice