Project STIR Ohio Good Morning Welcome Back DAY

Project STIR Ohio Good Morning & Welcome Back!!! DAY 3

Yesterday’s Training Goals Learn more about Project STIR ! • Communication • Problem Solving • Rights and Responsibilities • Disability History • Self Advocacy Groups TM

Today we will… • Learn more about self determination. • Learn about Charting YOUR Life. Course. • Lead activities and scenes. • What’s Next – Our PATH to Advocacy! • Graduation!

Guidelines What did you choose? v Let’s review the guidelines we chose.

The Project STIR team: TM �provides self-advocacy and leadership tools �for and by people with/without disabilities.

Self-Determination is. . . �Freedom: you decide what happens. �Authority: you decide how to spend your money. �Support: you get help for what is important to you. �Responsibility: you follow rules, laws and help others in the community. �Confirmation: show everyone you can – just do it!

Shifting the Power Supports

Shift the Power- make your own life choices Self-advocates and their families/allies �Need info about services and the system. �Want to change how the system works- change rules for more choice �Want enough money when it reaches the person it was meant to help

Who are we shifting the power to? …. to people with disabilities who receive the supports or services Self-advocates and families know best what services they need.

Follow the Money how $ usually works OHIO Government State YOU Individual Plan Service Provider

Follow the Money - how we want the $ to work Service Provider & Broker Government YOU

Show Me the Money The 3 needs for Money: 1. Basic needs (things we have to have) 2. Extras (things we like to have and things we like to do) 3. Unexpected (things we didn’t count on)

Show Me the Money Small Group Activity: 1. One person volunteers. 2. Make decisions about your money. 3. Your group will give you support and ideas. Who has the most money left?

Show Me The Money BASIC NEEDS �Rent Live Alone - $600 One Roommate - $300 �Support Staff Ten hours/month - $100 Twenty hours/month - $200 Thirty hours/month - $300

Show Me The Money BASIC NEEDS �Food A little bit of food in cabinets - $100 A lot of food in cabinets - $200

Show Me The Money EXTRAS �Take a Vacation - $150 �Out for pizza and to the mall - $10 �ZOO trip - $10 �Buy your favorite music CD - $20

Show Me The Money EXTRAS �Out for pizza and to the mall - $10 (Pay now)

Show Me The Money �What decisions were made about your budget? �Who has the most money left?

Show Me The Money CARDS OF LIFE- Unexpected Expenses We don’t always know what to expect.

Self-Determination �How does self-determination help you to become a better leader? Helps you get the life you want. Helps you be a responsible person. Helps you move Ohio toward a more selfdetermined system.

BREAK!!!! �Please return in 30 minutes! Ro ey K om

CHARTING THE LIFECOURSE FRAMEWORK AND TOOLS Core Belief: All people and their families have the right to live, love, work, play and pursue their life aspirations in their community. ©UMKC Institute for Human Development lifecoursetools. com

What’s Next? �What is your vision for a GOOD LIFE? I want to live…. . I want to spend my day…. People For I want to spend time with… fun, I want to…. . �What don’t I want?

Achieving Outcomes for Connected Life Domains Daily Life and Employment (school/education, employment, volunteering, routines, life skills) Healthy Living (medical, behavioral, nutrition, wellness, affordable care) Community Living (housing, living options, home adaptations and modifications, community access, transportation) Safety and Security (emergencies, well-being, legal rights & issues, guardianship options & alternatives ) Social and Spirituality (friends, relationships, leisure activities, personal networks, faith community) Citizenship and Advocacy (valued roles, making choices, setting goals, responsibility, leadership, peer support)

Charting the Life. Course Trajectory

Charting the Life. Course Trajectory

Charting the Life. Course Trajectory

Trajectory towards Good Life – ( TRA JEC TO RY ) 29 i w at p u s ll ? t r po Wh What to a void?

Charting the Life. Course Trajectory www. lifecoursetools. com

My Profile – 1 Page about ME!

Pictures of ‘Know Yourself’ forms from Day 1

My Profile – 1 Page about ME! I know what is important to me �People �Things to do and have �Places to go �Routines �Status and control �Rhythm and pace of life

My Profile-1 Page About ME! �I know how to best support me List what others need to do to support you �Tell me and show me how to do things �Make a video of how to do something �Only tell me one thing at a time to do �Don’t smoke in front of me �Don’t yell �Leave me alone when I get home

Integrated STAR My # 1

Use the Integrated STAR! �Personal strengths – what I’m good at �Relationship based supports – who can help with no pay? �Technology – what tools can help? �Community resources – what can I be part of? �Eligibility based supports – what is provided by the service systems that can help me?

Integrated STAR My # 1

Use the Integrated STAR! �Personal strengths – what I’m good at �Relationship based supports – who can help with no pay? �Technology – what tools can help? �Community resources – what can I be part of? �Eligibility based supports – what is provided by the service systems that can help me?

What’s Next? �Who will you ask to help? �Who do you want to share this with? �What will you do in the next few months? …next month?

If you want to learn more…. �Go to the www. FRNohio. org website Contact information about people who can help you is listed there.

Group Photo then Lunch ~ Then we will……

Let’s get ready for YOU to practice how to teach others!

Doing a presentation? What should you remember? �Stand straight �Look people in the eye when speaking �Have the information you need close by �Dress professionally �Be nice and kind during the discussion. �Listen to others and respond �What else?

How can you get started teaching others? �What? – Project STIR TM �Who? –Who will you invite? How many people? �Where? - What location will make it easy for people to get there? �When? – What days and times are best for those you want to invite? �How? – Will you teach alone or with others?

Leading Scenes and Role Plays WHY? �Tell a story. �Show feelings �True characters �You can try Different choices Changing a situation Thinking about results.

Tips for leading a scene 1. Set the scene - introduce who/what/ where of scene and choose a name. 2. Use props/costumes for each character. 3. Say “Action” to start. 4. Say “Freeze” then ask group to name feelings or suggest what happens next.

Keep It Alive – Make it fun! �Don’t Lecture --- Say it in 30 seconds or less! �Get people involved in hands-on activities: Role Plays Brainstorming Problem Solving Discussions �Pay attention to your audience. Be flexible! �Have Fun!!!

Try it out~ YOU choose! What scene will you pick? Scenes �Job Interview �The Voice �Is Anybody Listening to me? �Teach us something you learned �Use costumes and props �Everyone has a part! �Or…make up your own! ~~~~~~~ For more ideas, look on page 38 in the Speak. Up Manual! Ohio Leaders are the Future!

Tips for leading a scene 1. Set the scene - introduce 2. 3. 4. 5. who/what/ where of scene and choose a name. Give everyone a role. Use props/costumes for each character. Say “Action” to start. Say “Freeze” then ask group to name feelings or suggest what happens next.

Now it’s YOUR Turn!

Why do we do this? People talk-� Being active instead of only watching/listening � Support one another � Learn to work as a team. The group models inclusion � Different abilities = different team strengths. � Groups have members with visible & invisible disabilities.

Why this approach? It causes emotions and feelings �Brain research: Emotion is tied to memory �People see the difference between feelings/behaviors/thoughts �It puts people in role as leaders

BREAK!!!! �Please return in 15 minutes!

You are now a Self Advocate ! �You know yourself and you speak up �You know many ways to communicate �You problem solve, compromise and negotiate �You know your rights and responsibilities �You can start or improve your self advocacy group �You know about self determination �You can train others! �You can chart your own life course!

Self-Advocacy �As a self-advocate, you make choices. Making choices means you decide, but you can and should use information from others who can help you. �Your choices are important as they take you to YOUR future.

Get involved in your Community. . . �Churches �Libraries �Civic Groups �Town Council �County Board of DD �Neighborhood groups �Hospitals

Ways to get involved. . . �Join a committee or board �Visit senior citizens �Spend time at the church daycare �Take care of animals at the shelter �Deliver flowers and mail at the hospital

Boards and Committees �What are some boards or committees you could join? �How do you join a board or committee?

Inclusion is when. . … …people with disabilities are active participants in all aspects of their community.

More about Advocacy… Ask Yourself � What will you do to create community awareness? � What will you do to educate local policymakers? Legislators Directors of provider agencies and Superintendents of County Boards Local elected officials

More about Advocacy……. Ask Yourself � Do you want to make changes in your self advocacy group? � Will you use the materials and what you have learned in Project STIR to teach others? TM

Activity: What do you want your advocacy to be? Working with your ally Think of 3 ways to just do it!

Activity: What do you want your advocacy to be? Project STIR TM Inclusion is when. . … …people with disabilities are active participants in all aspects of their community. More about Advocacy – Ask Yourself: • What will you do to create community awareness? • What will you do to educate local policymakers? • Legislators • Directors of provider agencies and County Boards • Local elected officials • • • Do you want to make changes in your self-advocacy group? Will you use the materials and what you have learned in Project STIRTM to teach others? What do you want your advocacy to be? Working with your ally……. Think of 3 ways to “Just 1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________ do it!”

Activity: What do you want your advocacy to be? Working with your ally Think of 3 ways to just do it!

Trajectory– To ADVOCACY and TEACHING (TRA JEC TO RY) OTHERS about PROJECT STIR TM 66 Advocacy at h W p l i w p u ls ? t r o What to avoid? Teach Project STIR TM

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Knowing myself I know what is important to me I know what people like about me I know about my gifts �Mind �Hands �Heart

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Knowing myself I know how I want others to support me. I know I can speak up and it is good for me to do it.

I am an a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Assertive communication with my voice, hands, face, and body language.

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Solving problems, starting with a deep breath, using compromise and negotiation and as a group, using the Spiral Model.

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �My rights and responsibilities.

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Advocacy and where to get help!

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Becoming an Ohio Leader!

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Self Determination.

I am a Self Advocate! I have learned about…. �Speaking up for myself and with others to direct MY LIFE and change the system for ALL!

I am a Self Advocate! � And, I am PROUD OF IT!! This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BYNC-ND This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

Evaluations �Tell us one thing you liked about today!

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MORE INFORMATION!! http: //www. osdaohio. org

Project STIR Ohio Good luck as you Take charge of your life……. …and now

Certificates of Success! Congratulations to NEW Ohio Leaders! We look forward to working with you to SPEAK UP AND SPREAD THE WORD IN OHIO! https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Kw-_Ew 5 b. Vxs