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Options Counseling Core Competencies
07/07/2010 | Requests *Summary
Review this series of handouts that discuss key considerations for program planners and managers and staff involved in options counseling. Core competencies identified and detailed are: determining the need for options counseling; assessing needs, values and preferences; understanding and educating about public and private sector resources; facilitating self-direction/self-determination; encouraging future orientation; and following-up. Additional resources are offered for each core competency.
Author
Available Files
- Determining the Need Word (80K, 4 pages)
- Determining the Need PDF (120K, 4 pages)
- Assessing Needs, Values, Preferences Word (115K, 3 pages)
- Assessing Needs, Values, Preferences PDF (673K, 3 pages)
- Understanding and Educating Word (76K, 3 pages)
- Understanding and Educating PDF (111K, 3 pages)
- Self Direction Word (73K, 3 pages)
- Self Direction PDF (105K, 3 pages)
- Future Orientation Word (72K, 3 pages)
- Future Orientation PDF (104K, 3 pages)
- Following Up Word (71K, 3 pages)
- Following Up PDF (108K, 3 pages)
Keywords
Aging and Disability Resource Center; Person Centered Planning
Topic
Consumer/Participant Direction, Long-Term Care
Type/Tool
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Training materials
Source
The Lewin Group
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
07/19/2010
Contact
Technical Assistance Exchange
adrc-tae@lewin.com
adrc-tae@lewin.com
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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)