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Use this to help students become a self-advocacy and become self-determined while growing them as expert learners! Also, use this as a transition/IEP team or to plan learning opportunities!

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UDL Personalized Learning Profile (v3) (August 2021)

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EXAMPLE: UDL Personalized Learning Profile (v3) (August 2021)

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UDL Resources to Increase Student Accessibility and Engagement

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Highlights

Morgan K. Whitlatch will be co-presenting two sessions at the upcoming National Disability Rights Network virtual annual conference
Morgan K. Whitlatch, Legal Director of Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities and Lead Project Director of the National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making , will be co-presenting two sessions at the upcoming National Disability Rights Network virtual annual conference. The first, entitled "Implementing Lessons Learned from Supported Decision-Making Pilots," is on June 9, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT. The second, entitled "Guardianship and Voting Rights," is on June 10, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT. More information about the sessions and how to register can be found here.

We are pleased to announce that the National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making is accepting applications for the third round of our State Grant Program.

We will be awarding grants for state-based projects that adopt an innovative approach to increase knowledge of and access to Supported Decision-Making by older adults and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the life course. For more details, please see the funding announcement. The application deadline is 11:59 PM EDT on August 17, 2018.

Another victory for Supported Decision-Making in the District of Columbia
For the first time in D.C., a guardianship of a senior has been terminated specifically in favor of Supported Decision-Making, thanks to the work of Quality Trust's Jenny Hatch Justice Project. When people use Supported Decision-Making, they work with friends, family members, and others they trust to help them understand the situations they face, so they can make their own decisions. The press release is also available at D.C. Senior Freed from Guardianship in Favor of Supported Decision-Making. Please help us spread the word about this success in advancing the "Right to Make Choices."

NEW Video Friends and staff at Williams County Board of Developmental Disabilities discuss decision-making, independence and the future

NEW Video Supported Decision Making from Transitions Tennessee

Webinars/Conferences

Guardianship and Supported Decision Making Webinar
Tina Campanella presents a webinar on Guardianship and Supported Decision-Making with Barbara Kleist from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. This webinar is being sponsored by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and their Legal Advocacy and Process Interest Network.
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Highlights

NEW Video: Making Healthcare Choices: Perspectives of People with Disabilities
Produced by the American Civil Liberties Union

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Morgan K. Whitlatch will be co-presenting two sessions at the upcoming National Disability Rights Network virtual annual conference Morgan K. Whitlatch, Legal Director of Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities and Lead Project Director of the National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making , will be co-presenting two sessions at the upcoming National Disability Rights Network virtual annual conference.

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Mrs. Jennifer M. Schmidt, M.Ed., is an Intervention Specialist (Special Educator) at Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio. Jennifer has 23 years of teaching experience in both general and special education settings. She began working closely with students with autism while teaching in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was trained in the TEACCH method.At BHS, Jennifer and her now retired Speech & Language Pathologist colleague piloted their Communication Class in the fall of 2007, and the class continues to this day and utilizes the PEERspective Learning Approach; since then, neighboring school districts have adopted the same model with similar success. Mrs. Schmidt is a passionate educator who enjoys presenting at local and state conferences about Communication Class, autism, and training general education teachers to work with students with High Functioning Autism. She was recognized as Beavercreek City Schools Teacher of the Year in 2012, and in 2014 was awarded the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year recognition as a result of her innovative Communication Class. Mrs. Schmidt stays active teaching at workshops, through her role as a lead teacher on the Autism Coalition Team, at Beavercreek High School, and at a local college. She is passionate about helping other schools find success in teaching pragmatic language to students on the spectrum through Communication Class.

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PeerSpective | Autism Consultant | Intervention Specialist

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Mrs. Jennifer M. Schmidt, M.Ed., is an Intervention Specialist (Special Educator) at Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio. Jennifer has 23 years of teaching experience in both general and special education settings.

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National data shows that most autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed, despite having the skill sets and expertise to excel in the workplace. Autism Speaks, together with our partners, aims to transform employment for those on the spectrum through Workplace Inclusion Now.

Workplace Inclusion Now (WIN) brings together people (job seekers and employees with autism), employers and communities to increase employment opportunities for autistic employees and create a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

This integrated model aims to:

Address disparities in and obstacles to employment;

Equip employers to hire and retain autistic workers; and

Create workplace environments in which people with autism and other intellectual and/or developmental differences can be successful and supported in pursuing their own employment goals.

Here's how it works:

1. We equip job seekers, students and new employees with autism, intellectual and/or developmental differences (I/DD) with tools and resources to empower them in employment and leadership opportunities.

2. We activate employers to create welcoming workplaces by hiring people with autism, intellectual and/or developmental differences, and provide the resources and tools to create a welcoming culture in which all employees can thrive.

3. We engage communities to raise awareness and advocate for inclusion and equity for people with autism or other differences.

These are the key components of WIN:

An accessible, inclusive digital job-sourcing platform will connect job seekers to open roles and employers to candidates outside of traditional talent pools.

Participating employers can offer a digital training series to promote a welcoming workplace culture that helps autistic employees, co-workers and support staff be a part of the business's success.

Pathways events, a series of in-person or remote workshops and thought leadership conferences, will empower communities with information and insights.

Autistic employees at participating employers can receive one-on-one support from the Autism Response Team.

Participating employers can receive direct consultation on how to most effectively recruit, hire and empower a more diverse and inclusive staff.

Workplace Inclusion Now is part of Autism Speaks commitment to Delivering Jobs, an inclusion campaign with Special Olympics, Best Buddies and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, to create 1 million pathways to employment and leadership opportunities by 2025.

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National data shows that most autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed, despite having the skill sets and expertise to excel in the workplace. Autism Speaks, together with our partners, aims to transform employment for those on the spectrum through Workplace Inclusion Now.