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Who’s in Charge:
Self-Directed Supports
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Today’s Take Away:
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Introductions
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Taking charge and making life changes
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What is Self-Directed Supports
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Self-Determination and You
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A day in the life of Happy
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I’m the Employer
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Roles of Support
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Great Employee Search
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Challenges/Success/Advice
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My future plans
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Questions
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I Am Poem Activity
It is always nice to know who is in the audience. Happy and I will introduce
ourselves using the I Am Poem by answering 3 very simple questions. When you
are working on taking charge of your daily life it is so important that you let people
know who you are, why you are here, and what you hope can happen
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I am ______________________
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I’m here to__________________
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I hope to ___________________
Please take the time to answer these three questions.
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Starting Point
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Age 9 moved to Children’s Home Society of Missouri
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Age 11 on KSDK’s “A Place to Call Home”
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Age 19 Residential Living
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Self-Directed Supports
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What is Self-Directed Supports
Self-directed supports (SDS) is an option for service delivery for individuals, who
live in their own private residence or that of their family member, who wish to
exercise more choice, control and authority over their waiver supports. SDS is
firmly grounded in the principles of self-determination.
Self-directed supports is based on the premise that the individual and their
representative knows best how to address one’s own needs.
The individual must be empowered to make decisions about the services they
receive, including having choice and control over the type of supports they receive,
who provides the supports and when and where the supports are delivered.
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My Self-Determined Life
Principles of Self
Determination
Happy’s Self-Determined Life
Principles
 Freedom
 Choices
 Authority
 Power to make decisions
 Support
 Family Friends Caregivers
 Responsibility
 Productive and active Life
 Confirmation
 Validated life choices
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Daily happenings
• Hanging out
• Social Media
• School
• Church
• Being Outside
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My Employer Role
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Hiring and Training
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Daily oversight of employees to ensure they complete their job duties
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Reviewing daily notes
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Reviewing and approving timesheets
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Counseling employees
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Completing Monthly Summary
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Reviewing Budget
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Roles and Functions in Self-Directed Supports
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Hiring the right employee
Finding the
right
employee is
very
important
They must
be trained to
follow the
plan
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The
employee
must follow
the rules
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Challenges/Success/Advice
Challenges
Success
Advice
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My future plans
Home
Relationship
Education
Business
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Resources
http://dmh.mo.gov/dd/progs/selfdirect
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http://www.publicpartnerships.
com/programs/missouri/sds
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