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Community The word community covers a lot of ground. Here it means physical places and the person-to-person action that happens there. Places where you could bump into something new and […]

The Resources a Person Can Mobilize Real wealth** describes the resources a person and their family can mobilize to pursue lives that they, and those who love them, have good […]

The First and Last Conversations Happen Within the Family Conversation makes vision richer and plans more effective. Robin Acton: Once we found other parents who had the same sort of […]

Every Person Has their Own Distinctive Constellation of Gifts, Ways that they Can Make a Difference in the World Some gifts show up as a person takes action, others more […]

Hear from Experienced Families Vision sets direction and makes room for discoveries, it doesn’t box people in. Robin Acton – We are really clear about what the goal feels like. How […]

Making the Transition from FSCD (Family Support for Children with Disabilities) FSCD ends when children turn age eighteen. Although there are similarities between the two programs –many families who use […]

Hear from Experienced Families Benefits: Flexibility allows focus on what is important to the person and creative response to new opportunities or changing needs. Individualized support for community engagement: support […]

Recruiting, Hiring and Managing Inclusion Support Workers Staff Onboarding Checklist (Word doc) Staff Recruitment Checklist (Word doc)   PDD Publications Clink the following images to visit links to PDD publications for […]

A Person’s Right to Make Decisions for Themselves Talking about “family vision” may strike some people as mistaken. Recognition of a person’s right to make decisions for themselves has been […]

Family Managed Services (FMS) is a funding option that enables families* to hire and direct their own staff to support a family member with intellectual disabilities to live a full […]