Best Practices – Provider

1. Provider has established a free of charge lending library of donated communication devices for individuals to use.
2. Provider assists individuals and families to pair up to mentor and support one another naturally.
3. Provider participates in numerous community events to promote community awareness.
4. Provider has created online training on various topics for staff development.
5. Provider created a multimedia presentation for public, families and individuals to promote choice for individuals with disabilities.
6. Provider participates in IEP (Individual Education Plan), advocacy and parent/ school team building.
7. Provider collects donations of computers and computer parts and restores/ refurbishes them, then donates them to individuals with developmental disabilities that need them, at no charge; this service is provided to individuals they offer services to and individuals receiving services from other providers.
8. The provider assists all individuals they serve to develop social capital in many creative ways, and most importantly in a manner that is directed by the individual.

Who Benefits? All
How?

• The individuals receiving services benefit from all above mentioned best practices. Promoting independence, social capital and dignity.
• The community benefits by the replacement of misunderstanding with understanding, knowledge and acceptance.
• Other providers benefit by having a resource they can tap into with this provider and their vast knowledge.
• The local schools benefit from an outside assistance to promote continuity and collaboration in IEP meetings