Project Description:
This proposal provides an overview of the four phased process to identify how CtLC can integrate into the work of organizations that provide services and support to individuals with disabilities. As an initial step, the LifeCourse Nexus recommends a Strategic Exploration Summit with organizational leadership and invited stakeholders to establish a vision and related action plan to identify opportunities for integration and implementation of the Charting the LifeCourse framework (such as how the framework may inform the person-centered planning, training, quality management, and other processes and practices at the organization).
This Strategic Exploration Summit will help to identify the specific training and technical assistance focuses for phase 2, based on the key priorities and desired outcomes of the organization. Organizations who choose to integrate CtLC into their programs that support person-centeredness are strongly encouraged to have a foundational understanding of the principles and practices of the CtLC framework, as well as a strategy for ongoing capacity building and support of all who will apply/use this philosophy in their life and work. Becoming an "affiliate" of the LifeCourse Nexus provides organizations with strategic process consulting to identify and implement innovations that ensure adoption and alignment with the principles and practices of the Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) framework. To support broader learning and capacity building across the organization – and, importantly, people and families accessing services, the LifeCourse Nexus will provide initial training for all stakeholders related to the use of CtLC in the identified practices, etc.
