CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The program is listed in reverse chronological order, begining with the most recent.
Scroll down page to view recordings starting in January 2022
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March 30, 2022: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
CLOSING SESSION
CLOSING SESSION
Closing Keynotes & Art Contest Winner Video
View Final Session Recording
View Final Session Recording
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Jon Yard, Art Contest Winner
The 2022 NJ Self-Direction Conference Partners was pleased to award Jon Yard from Burlington County, as the 2022 Art Contest Winner. Watch as our conference partner Donna Schierman from PPL meets Jon to let him know he won the contest. We are grateful that Jon has shared his tremendous talent with the Self-Direction community. His work definitely reflects that We are ALL in this together. View Video |
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Sarah Adelman
Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services Read Bio A special message to the conference participants. Click below to view. View Commissioner Video |
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Paul S. Aronsohn
NJ Statewide Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and recent appointee to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities Read Bio |
March 24, 2022: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Your Turn: Asking the Questions
Your Turn: Asking the Questions
Your Turn: Asking the Questions
This is the opportunity to engage in discussions and ask your questions of conference speakers and panelists. We are all in this together.
This session was not recorded
This is the opportunity to engage in discussions and ask your questions of conference speakers and panelists. We are all in this together.
This session was not recorded
March 22, 2022
Diving Deep: Learning More About the Basics of Self-Direction
Diving Deep: Learning More About the Basics of Self-Direction
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Self-Direction: Real Life in Real-Time
Hear from two people living Self-Direction in real life. Steve and Anthony share with you why they have chosen to direct their own services, what works, what doesn't, the challenges, the successes and why every person must have the opportunity and the support to lead their own services. VIEW RECORDING |
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Using the Charting the Life Course Framework to Vision and Plan
Learn about the core concepts of the Charting the LifeCourse Framework and about strategies for using the tools to vision, plan, and identify supports to help people achieve their good life. A panel of people with disabilities and family members will discuss how they have used the concepts to plan, vision, and help others to do the same. VIEW RECORDING |
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Staffing Up Self-Directed Employees: Recruiting, Hiring, and Managing a Team
Sit in on a conversation between Christine Clause, Neighbours Inc., and Maria Davila, Self Directed Employer, about developing an effective team of Self-Directed Employees. Maria shares her experience building and managing her daughter's support team. She describes how she recruits, hires, trains, and ensures quality support that focuses on her daughter's wishes and aspirations. Christine and Maria also provide two toolkits for download on how to hire committed staff.
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How to Create and Maintain a Circle of Support
Sheldon Schwitek, Consultant and Founder of In the Company of Others, provides an insightful and thought-provoking discussion on Circles of Support. Sheldon asks us all consider how circles of support are necessary for our lives. He challenges us to consider how they are critical in the lives of people living with disabilities if they are to live lives like you and I -- connected and interdependent with the people they choose and their communities. VIEW RECORDING |
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Long Term Financial Planning: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
As a person with disabilities, you must have a solid understanding of your income and assets along with impact they may have on your eligibility for government benefits including Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, and services through the Division of Developmental Disabilities. This seminar will briefly review the eligibility rules for various government benefit programs and outline how to maintain financial eligibility utilizing tools such as ABLE accounts and Special Needs Trusts.
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March 15, 2022
Supporting and Sustaining Self-Direction
Supporting and Sustaining Self-Direction
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The Value of Information and Assistance in Personal Preference Program (PPP)
Information and Assistance is a critical support for self-direction. This session will describe what it is, how it can be provided, and how it is provided in New Jersey, with details on PPL Information and Assistance for the Personal Preference Program (PPP). Speakers will answer questions and facilitate audience discussion.
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Sustaining Self-Direction
An interactive presentation and discussion where participants will learn about mapping their community, receive insights and ideas on building natural supports and make the most out of generic community resources. This session will provide practical tips on how to access generic resources available to everyone.
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March 10, 2022
Components of Self-Direction Part 2
Components of Self-Direction Part 2
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Recruiting, Hiring, Managing SDEs
Learn about the recruitment, hiring, and management of staff and responsibilities of the person using self-direction, the employer, and the Supports Broker. VIEW RECORDING |
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Selecting Your Supports & Services
Learn from people with years of experience about what has worked and not for their loved one, including using blended services, funding systems, and what is self-directed and what is not. VIEW RECORDING |
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Understanding your Fiscal Intermediary (FI) Model Options:
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Supports Brokerage Service: Roles, Responsibilities, and Best Practices
Learn about Supports Broker roles and responsibilities in self-direction. Presenters discuss how the Supports Brokerage service assists and guides the person and the Employer of Record (EOR) or Managing Employer (ME) with employer responsibilities. They also share how the service helps educate and inform people about the community and local generic resources and how the broker can help facilitate a circle of support and assist in long-term planning, among many other types of assistance. VIEW RECORDING |
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March 10, 2022: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Support Coordination Services: Your Starting Point in Self Direction Learn about the Supports Coordinator role and responsibilities in self-direction. Panelists will explain how the SC partners with, educates and informs people about their options. SCs work with the person to include self-direction in their plan with clear outcomes; and to find services including the Supports Brokerage service. VIEW RECORDING |
March 8, 2022
Components of Self-Direction Part 1: Challenges & Successes
Components of Self-Direction Part 1: Challenges & Successes
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Panelists representing multiple roles in self-direction (see list below) will discuss challenges and successes from their unique perspectives. This live session lays the groundwork for understanding self-direction. The panel will review how it works and how it is a tangible way for people receiving services, their loved ones, and their teams to use person-centered thinking and planning to direct their services to ensure that their goals, wishes, and desires are always front and center.
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February 23, 2022
Pre-Conference Session 2: New Jersey Paving the Path
of Self-Direction from Past to Present
Pre-Conference Session 2: New Jersey Paving the Path
of Self-Direction from Past to Present
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Introduction
to Self-Direction in NJ Presenter - William (BIll) Ditto Former Director, Division of Disability Services |
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Self-Direction:
Where We Are Now in NJ & Where We Are Headed Presenter - Jonathan Seifreid, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Developmental Disabilities |
January 20, 2022
Pre-Conference Session 1: The National History of Self-Direction
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Read Chat
** NOTE: Some of the audio in the video recording
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Pre-Conference Session 1: The National History of Self-Direction
View Recording **
Read Chat
** NOTE: Some of the audio in the video recording
has been deliberately muted to protect personal & confidential information. **
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Our heartfelt thanks to Sue Swenson for a great first pre-conference session to our event. Her stories were inspirational and allowed for open honest dialogue too! We also offer our thanks to the participants who gave their time and attention during Sue’s presentation, and for the feedback that will be helpful in shaping the rest of the conference. |
This work is supported with funding by the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities, in part by grant number 2001NJSCDD-02, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.
