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People everywhere want to make their own choices in life. Providing person-centered services includes supporting people to make their own decisions, even if others do not agree with the decision. In this course, you will learn what informed decision making is and why it matters to the people you support. You will learn how people can be fully informed but still reach different decisions from the same facts. You will also learn what you can do to help people make informed decisions. The goal of this course is to introduce DSPs in IDD service settings to concepts related to informed decision making.
Course Code: REL-IDD-0-PHIDDI
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:Explain the concept and importance of informed decision making.Describe strategies DSPs can use to support informed decision making for people with IDD.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: What is Informed Decision Making?
Meet Denise
The Importance of Choice
Dignity of Risk
Making Informed Decisions
What is Capacity?
Priorities and Values
Review
Summary
Section 3: Supporting Informed Decision Making
Meet Lena
What Went Wrong?
Helping Someone Become Informed
Meet Alton
Finding Alton’s Roommate
Avoiding Influence
Supporting the Decision
Managing Risks
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Subject Matter Expert: Katy Kunst, MBA, QIDP
Katy Kunst received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Master of Business Administration from Elon University. She has 15 years of experience serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their supporters, including roles as direct support professional, program director, and training facilitator. She has created and facilitated training on topics including non-violent crisis interventions, person-centered planning, cultural competence, quality service delivery, regulatory compliance, and a variety of topics related to IDD services.
Target Audience:The target audience for this course is: Direct Support Professionals (DSP); in the following settings: Intellectual Developmental Disabilities: Agency.
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Course Delivery Method and FormatAsynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.
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