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Successful
completion of the program will give Partners graduates these
competencies:
- Describe the history of services
for, and perceptions of, people with developmental disabilities.
- Describe significant contributions
of the parents' movement.
- Describe the history of the self
advocacy and independent living movements.
- Describe the benefits and values
supporting inclusion and quality education for students with and
without disabilities.
- Outline specific strategies to
achieve inclusion and quality education.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the service
coordination system and what services may be available.
- Describe the importance of futures
planning and self determination for people with developmental
disabilities.
- Understand the principles of choice
and control of resources in futures planning.
- Understand the reasons for and the
importance of proper positioning techniques for people with
disabilities.
- Describe examples of
state-of-the-art technologies for people with severe disabilities.
- Describe the importance of
supported, competitive employment opportunities.
- Understand that a flexible,
responsive system of supports for the families of children with
disabilities is the corner stone for a true system of community
supports for people with developmental disabilities.
- Understand the need for all
individuals to experience changes in lifestyle across the life span.
- Know/understand the importance of
home ownership/control as one of the defining characteristics of adult
life in our culture.
- Understand the basic principles and
strategies being used to support people with developmental disabilities
in their own homes across the life span.
- Create a vision for the year 2010
(and beyond) for people with disabilities.
- Understand how a bill becomes a law
at the state and federal levels.
- Identify critical federal issues and
the process by which they can personally address their concerns.
- Demonstrate successful techniques
for advocating for services to meet the needs of unserved and
underserved individuals.
- Draft and deliver testimony for
legislative hearings.
- Learn how to meet a public official
and discuss issues.
- Identify strategies for beginning
and sustaining grassroots level organizing.
- Understand the role of when and how
to use the media to effectively promote their issues.
- Demonstrate proper procedures for
conducting a meeting.
- Gain a basic understanding of
parliamentary procedure and serving on boards