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  • A. RAYMOND
  • K. CARLSON
  • A. HUDSON
Regular Submission

Supported Decision Making: An Emerging and Ethical Alternative to Guardianship, Part One (ID 223)

Presenters
  • A. RAYMOND
  • K. CARLSON
  • A. HUDSON
Session Description
What is Supported Decision Making (SDM), and who does it benefit? Can SDM alleviate the need for guardianship? Often, when working with people with cognitive, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, we turn to guardianship to address risk and vulnerability. But this may be an overly restrictive tool; this session will discuss supported decision making as a person-centered model for addressing safety concerns while protecting the dignity of risk, and how embracing this philosophy may reduce the number of guardianships.
Room
MCC - Room 2 Auditorium
Date
03/20/2019
Time
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM