Best Practices – Provider

Practice
The provider has a solid best practice in the area of rights. The provider has a staff member whose sole focus is education of individuals in topics such as rights, safety and community options. The provider discusses rights and self-advocacy in this forum. Consumers also use house meetings to vote on all activities that they want to be involved in. All consumers at the homes who are eligible to vote were registered to do so and were very excited about the prospect.

Who Benefits?
How? Individuals benefit because they are not only being educated about rights but they are also getting exposure and experience in this area. They are getting exposure by discussion and direct access to advocacy groups, and then direct experience in exercising rights by being involved in the voting process at home and in the community, on issues that impact them.