Self Determination Program

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Policarpo Despaigne’s Self-Determination Program Experience

by Storytellers Staff | Nov 21, 2023 | All, Content Types, Employment, News, Self Determination Program

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VIDEO: Policarpo Despaigne’s Self-Determination Program Experience

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Living my Best Self-Determined Life!

by Storytellers Staff | Nov 7, 2023 | All, Content Types, News, person-centered, Self Determination Program

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I have a part-time job and have transportation, so I can get to work on my own. I have a few personal assistants that drive me to outings. We go out into the community to do the things that I enjoy when I want to do them, not on someone else’s schedule.

Meet Kion!

by Storytellers Staff | Nov 7, 2023 | All, Content Types, News, Self Determination Program

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He is in the Self-Determination Program (SDP). Kion is an independent thinker, sensitive to sound, lights, tastes, and smells. He is persistent, rule bound, and very friendly. Kion is currently on a children’s team in Modesto. Kion started the Self-Determination Program May 1, 2022.

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Meet Charles!

by Storytellers Staff | Nov 7, 2023 | All, Content Types, News, Self Determination Program

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I got involved in this new Self-Determination Program and learned about it through Far Northern Regional Center and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. I was appointed to the Self-Determination Advisory Committee and now I’m the Chair.