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Community Advisors: Roles and Skills
10/29/2007 | Requests *Summary
How can a community advisor help find choices and supports? The MA CPASS grantees developed two tools to support self-determination. The first is a checklist of suggested competencies, attributes and skills of necessary to be a Community Advisors. The second resource is a guide defining the role of an advisory, how to use and select the right person, plus checklist of other considerations.
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Available Files
Keywords
CPASS; Self-Determination; Community Advisor; service systems and community resources; Cultural Competence; individualized plan
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Type/Tool
Checklists, Manuals
Source
Grantee produced, Massachusetts
State
Massachusetts, All States/Territories
Date Created
10/29/2007
Contact
Nilka Alvarez-Rodriguez
Department of Mental Retardation
MASS C-PASS Project Director
Nilka.Alvarez-Rodriguez@state.ma.us
617-624-7506
Department of Mental Retardation
MASS C-PASS Project Director
Nilka.Alvarez-Rodriguez@state.ma.us
617-624-7506
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Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
Options
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)