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NCAPPS: Ensuring Linguistic Competence
This NCAPPS webinar is the third in a series on cultural and linguistic competence within person-centered approaches. This session: Takes an in-depth look at linguistic competence Describes its foundational policies, structures, and practices with an emphasis on health care, mental health care, and disability and aging services Offers the perspectives of people with lived experience and the organizations that provide linguistically competent care, services, and supports Delineates the inseperable relationship between linguistic competence and person-centered … Read More
Date: 05/2020
Author(s): NCAPPS
National Core Indicators COVID-19 Bulletin
To aid the NCI community in this unprecedented time, NCI is sharing some preliminary data from the 2018-19 In-Person Survey (IPS). These data, though not collected during the pandemic, point to areas where states might be able to help mitigate feelings of social isolation and loneliness among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)—feelings that may be heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders. … Read More
Date: 04/2020
Author(s): National Core Indicators
NCAPPS: Building Capacity Using Family-Centered Approaches
Family-centered practice is widely recognized as the best approach in building the capacity of families of young children with developmental delays or disabilities. However, like person-centered supports, challenges with implementation are recognized. Using co-design and peer work our featured presenters have addressed this gap through the creation of novel approaches to family-centered planning, practices, and supports to build family participation. This webinar covers: The global impact of an award-winning program Their evidence and research-informed approaches … Read More
Date: 02/2020
Author(s): NCAPPS
NCAPPS: Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
This webinar covers: 1) the critical role that people and families may play in proactively initiating conversations with state agencies; 2) partnerships between state agencies to develop a comprehensive approach to service delivery; and 3) the importance of stakeholder engagement early in the program design phase, throughout implementation, and on an ongoing basis as the program evolves to ensure that services address stakeholder needs. … Read More
Date: 01/2020
Author(s): NCAPPS
Finding the Balance: Person-Centered Supports that Honor Safety and Dignity of Risk
Person-centered supports must ensure that people have opportunities to make informed choices and to be supported in managing the risks that come with those decisions. Direct support providers have a role in helping people to live lives of their choosing and often face the challenge of balancing the individual’s choice with the provider's ‘duty of care’. This NCAPPS webinar will share: The experiences of people with disabilities in planning, … Read More
Date: 12/2019
Author(s): NCAPPS