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10/22/2019 1 Supported DecisionMaking: A Critical Component to Independent Living Evan Dean, Brad Linnenkamp Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities What is Supported DecisionMaking? “the process whereby a person with a disability is enabled [or empowered] to make and communicate decisions with respect to personal or legal matters” UNCRPD, 2006 1 2

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Supported Decision‐Making: A Critical Component to Independent Living

Evan  Dean,  Brad  Linnenkamp

Kansas  University  Center  on  Developmental  Disabil it ies   

What is Supported Decision‐Making? 

“the process whereby a person with a disability is 

enabled [or empowered] to make and communicate 

decisions with respect to personal or legal matters”

UNCRPD, 2006 

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DomainsDomains

HealthHealth

FinancialFinancial

LegalLegalRelationshipsRelationships

Community Living

Community Living

Different Supports for Different Decisions

Outline

1. Examples of Supported Decision Making in action

2. Supported Decision Making in practice

3. Kansas Law – (talk about at end)

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www.supporteddecisionmaking.org

Ryan King

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/why‐a‐man‐with‐intellectual‐disabilities‐has‐fewer‐rights‐than‐a‐convicted‐felon/2015/09/21/2281f5c0‐605e‐11e5‐b38e‐06883aacba64_story.html?utm_term=.e01f66261465

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Three Core Elements in SDM(1) The person’s right to make decisions on an equal basis with 

others;

(2) We can create a decision‐making process that does NOT result in the removal of decision‐making rights; and 

(3) People will often need assistance in decision‐making through various means.

(Dinerstein, 2012)

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SDM – What it is and What it isn’tSDM is not:  A program ONLY a legal option or arrangement  

SDM:  Is an individualized processRanges in intensityCan be formal or informal Should be directed by the person Must be based on the person’s preferences, interests and goals

SDM in Practice

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Supported Decision‐Making in Practice 

Critical to Understand:

Decision‐making abilities

Decision‐making abilities

Demands of the Decision 

Demands of the Decision 

Supports needed for 

decision making

(Shogren & Wehmeyer, 2015) 

Understanding Decision‐Making Abilities  Decision Making is: 

◦ Making choices among courses of action 

◦ Judgingwhich solution is best at a given time 

What possible actions can I 

take?

What possible actions can I 

take?

What could happen if I take these actions?

What could happen if I take these actions?

How likely is it that those things will happen?

How likely is it that those things will happen?

Which action should I choose?

Which action should I choose?

Implement the decisionImplement the decision

Steps in Decision Making

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Key factors:

• Risk

• Complexity

• Opportunity

General ConsiderationsIs the information presented in a way that the person can 

understand?

Do family members believe the person can make their own 

decisions?

Demands of the Decision

Support Needs Supports are resources and strategies that help people function in everyday life

To empower supported decision‐making, we must create individualized supports based on the needs of the person.

Supports must be individualized, related to specific needs, and empower the person to live the life they want to live

Possible Decision‐Making Supports

1. Create opportunities for decision making

2. Presenting Information in an understandable way

3. Identifying alternative actions 4. Communicating decision5. Evaluating the outcome of a 

decision

In what ways do you support people to make decisions?

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Tools for Self‐Advocates and Families are being developed!

Self‐Determined Decision‐Making Model

Supported Decision‐Making Inventory System (SDMIS)

Decision‐making abilities

Environmental demands for decision making

Supports needed for decision making

http://www.aaiddjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1352/2326‐6988‐3.1.34

“A guardian should help me reach my goals. Instead I was kept away from my friends, my job, my church, and my community. I lost a year of my life being forced to stay in group homes and forced to work at a job I did not want” (Hatch, 2015).

“How do we make sure that a person’s rights are not taken away like my rights were? Who will make sure that no one has to go through what I went through? Who will make sure that people do the right thing? Just because a person has a disability does not mean they need a guardian. Many times they just need support and a little help” (Hatch, 2015).

Jenny Hatch

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SDM and Law

Kansas Law (HB 2034)

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Alternatives to GuardianshipSupported Decision Making

Representative Payee

Power of Attorney

Trusts and Savings Accounts

Person Centered Planning

Legal Advances: Texas SDM Law – 2015  Amended guardianship statute to incorporate supported decision‐making: 

◦ Must consider SDM, power of attorney, and other 

approaches prior to imposing guardianship and it 

must be documented in the court findings that 

alternatives were considered 

◦ Requires training for attorneys

Supported‐Decision Making Agreements: ◦ Legally enforceable 

◦ Authorizes designated supporter

◦ Can be changed 

http://www.tcdd.texas.gov/resources/guardianship‐alternatives/

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http://www.tcdd.texas.gov/wp‐content/uploads/2015/10/Supported‐Decision‐Making‐Agreement‐Oct15.pdf

Authorizes support for 

life decisions

Can be changed

Statement of Supporter’s 

role

Advice from a Self‐Advocate

Allow people to fail. You have got to allow your children to experience the good and the bad of everyday life because we all go through it and if you have somebody always there to clean it up what does that teach 

you? 

Dean, Linnenkamp, & Shogren, 2019

I know that people sometimes worry that I will make bad decisions and I am just saying that people have a right to make up their own minds and do what they want. I think making bad decisions and learning from your mistakes is something that we all do that helps us all become more self‐determined. 

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How to get started with Supported Decision Making

1. What are some responsibilities your child can take on?  What are the decision‐making opportunities within the job?  What supports will help your child be fully involved?

2. Who do you want to help you make decisions?

3. What are decisions you can let your child make fully on their own?  Choices of activities? Logistical decisions?  Setting a routine?  Making their schedule? 

4. How can you support your child to learn from their decisions?

Resources for SDM

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