A National Gateway to Self-Determination.

2013

The purpose of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? Administration on Developmental Disabilities RFP to fund a national training project on self-determination is to support efforts to scale up the implementation of training and technical assistance with regard to self-determination and, thus, to enable people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to experience greater integration and an enhanced quality of life. In response to this RFP, the University of Missouri at Kansas City has formed a partnership with the University of Kansas, the University of Oregon, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Westchester Institute for Human Development at the New York Medical College to conduct a 5 year project to meet the requirements of the RFP and to achieve the outcomes envisioned by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. To do so, project partners will engage in activities related to the following major project objectives. 1. To form partnerships and collaborations to support the creation of a national self-determination (SD) training initiative. There are a number of levels of partnership and collaboration that are planned to support this initiative. 2. To develop a model research based framework that supports the development of self-determination skills and create a sustainable plan for scaling up self-determination training on a national level (Phase I). During this phase promising SD models and practices will be reviewed, a model SD framework refined, gaps in training identified, and a plan to develop/sustain a nation SD training initiative created. 3. To develop and test approaches that fill existing gaps and provides national self-determination training (Phase II). During this phase a variety of SD training initiatives will be developed and piloted that are designed to fill gaps identified in Phase I and to reach those who are the not benefiting from existing SD training initiatives. 4. To market the self-determination training initiative nationally and promote large scale implementation and sustainability (Phase III). During this phase pilot training initiatives developed during Phase II will be implemented on a larger national level and the sustainability plan developed in Phase I will be updated and implemented. 5. To evaluate the effectiveness of the national self-determination training initiative and disseminate findings, results, and research to practice publications.

self-determination, training initiative

Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Quality Assurance, Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities, Employment-Related Activities, Housing-Related Activities, Recreation-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other - Assistive Technology, Other - Cultural Diversity, Other

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Urban

National

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