BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2480@dev.dscc.uic.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220621T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220621T153000 DTSTAMP:20220610T123840Z URL:https://dev.dscc.uic.edu/events/webinar-pathways-to-person-centered-de cision-making-and-alternatives-to-guardianship/ SUMMARY:Webinar - "Pathways to Person-Centered Decision-Making and Alternat ives to Guardianship" DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nAn opportunity for caregivers and professionals to e xplore supported decision-making and how systems are expanding alternative s to guardianship\n\nJoin the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) via Zoom for "Pathways to Person-Centered Decision-Making and Alternatives to Guardianship" on June 21 from 2 to 3:3 0 p.m.\n\nSupporting people to make choices is a priority for person-cente red systems. Current efforts across the country and internationally to imp lement supported decision-making and other alternatives provide an opportu nity to help people take control of their lives.\n\nThis free webinar will focus on exploring how systems are expanding alternatives to guardianship \, such as supported decision-making. Supported decision-making is where p eople choose supporters to help them make important decisions in their liv es.\n\nNational experts\, state representatives\, advocates and people wit h lived experience of disability from Colorado\, Georgia\, and Wisconsin w ill outline strategies for systems and introduce a new NCAPPS resource to help expand supported decision-making.\n\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL) int erpretation and live-captions in both English and Spanish will be availabl e.\n\nIf you require additional accommodations\, please contact Saska Rajc evic at srajcevic@hsri.org. Please note that some accommodation requests m ade less than one week before an event may not be possible.\n\nRegister on line to attend. CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR