Article
State Agency Promising Practice: Massachusetts - Using a Collaborative, Person-Centered Planning Approach to Facilitate Community Employment
ThinkWork! Publications
Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Keywords
- Collaboration,
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,
- I/DD,
- Developmental Disabilities,
- Access to Integrated Employment,
- ThinkWork
Disciplines
Abstract
The Northeast Region Supported Employment Project was developed by the North Shore area office of the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services in 2007. This pilot program, open to any individual with ID/DD who wanted to work, emphasized a person-centered planning approach to achieving the individuals’ goals for employment in the community. The project emphasized the individual’s choice of employment providers, collaboration with the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC), and use of an independent facilitator to support career and life planning. The project was spearheaded by two DDS administrators dedicated to communicating the value of community-based employment to the Department.
Community Engaged/Serving
No, this is not community-engaged.
Citation Information
Jennifer Bose, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons and ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston. "State Agency Promising Practice: Massachusetts - Using a Collaborative, Person-Centered Planning Approach to Facilitate Community Employment" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer-bose/23/