Guidepost 1: Individualize Supports

Community Life Engagement supports should be tailored to the interests and needs of each unique person. Individualization of supports:
Here are some additional resources to learn about and help providers apply Guidepost 1:
Guidepost 1: Individualize Supports for Each Person: This brief describes the first guidepost and how service providers implement it based on expert interviews and case studies. (ICI Engage Brief #4)
Avenues Staffing: This brief describes how Avenues Supported Living Services used an innovative staffing approach grounded in client relationships. (ICI Service Provider Promising Practice)
Flexible Scheduling and Creative Staffing: KFI’s Support Solutions: This promising practice demonstrates how KFI used a flexible approach to staffing and support scheduling to ensure customized daily support schedules that meet individual goals. (ICI Service Provider Promising Practice)
Person Centered Planning Tool: Charting the LifeCourse. Charting the LifeCourse was developed by the University of Missouri-Kansas City to help individuals and families envision a good life and the supports needed to achieve their vision.
Person Centered Planning Tool: Positive Personal Profile. Trancen, Inc. created this tool to “take inventory” of all the attributes of youth that will be relevant to their job search and career path.

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