Alta California Regional Center: Supported Decision Making
Alta California Regional Center: Supported Decision Making
Alta California Regional Center: Supported Decision Making
RESOURCE TYPE
Information | Tool/form | Training
LANGUAGE
English | Chinese | Arabic | Farsi | Hmong | Korean | Punjabi | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
AUDIENCE
Caregivers | Healthcare providers | Educators | Individuals with disabilities | Interprofessional | Policymakers
Resource Description
Introduction: This webpage comes from Alta California Regional Center. It teaches people about Supported Decision Making, or SDM for short. SDM is a way to help adults with disabilities make their own choices. The page shows what SDM is and how to learn more about it.
Resource Summary
Content Summary: When someone has a disability, they might want help making choices about their life. SDM lets them pick people they trust to help them think about these choices. These trusted helpers could be friends, family members, or others who know them well. The person with a disability leads their SDM team and makes the final choices. The webpage tells people how to start using SDM. There is a blank form anyone can use to write down who will help them make choices. This form helps make everything clear and official. The site has two types of training about SDM. The first type is for people with disabilities and their families. These trainings come in many languages so more people can use them. People can get the training in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Hmong, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, or Vietnamese. This means most families can learn about SDM in a language they know well. The second type of training is for people in the community who want to learn about SDM. These people might be doctors, teachers, or others who work with people who have disabilities. The community trainings come in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Hmong, Punjabi, Russian, and Spanish. All the training materials are easy to get. Each one is a PDF file that people can open with one click. The page makes it simple to find the right training in the right language. This helps make sure everyone can learn about SDM, no matter what language they speak. Alta California Regional Center wants to make SDM easy for everyone to understand and use. They know that when people get info in their own language, they can learn better. This helps more people with disabilities get the support they need to make their own choices.