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Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
1. Describe the history of independent living, self-determination, and participant direction.
2. Compare and evaluate the effectiveness of participant direction as a service model.
3. Discuss the evaluation research on participant direction as a service model relevant to the
population served and/or practice context.
Engage diversity and difference in practice.
1. Understand the diverse characteristics among participants, families, and professionals (e.g., age,
class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration
status, political ideology, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation, etc.).
2. Describe how diverse characteristics are sources of strengths for and/or may create barriers to
accessing services and supports.
3. Explain how diverse characteristics may influence an individual’s familial relationships, social
organizations, and help-seeking behavior
Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
1. Understand the forms and mechanisms of privilege, oppression, and discrimination and their
impact on participants and their families.
2. Describe how privilege, oppression, and discrimination may impact access to services and supports
Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver
effective social work services.
1. Understand the policy history and potential future trajectory of major public programs for longterm services and supports.
2. Identify effective techniques to advocate for strengthening existing or developing new longterm services and supports
Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
1. Apply a strength-based approach and build on individuals’ strengths, values, preferences, and
goals.
2. Discuss how family, paid caregivers, and community provide informal and formal supports.
3. Demonstrate ability to work with participants to develop support plans and individual budgets.
4. Establish capacity to provide support to the participant with employer related tasks, as needed
(e.g., worker recruitment, training, discharging, etc.)
Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
1. Describe the philosophy of person-centeredness in relation to social work values and theories.
2. Identify the roles and responsibilities of the social worker, participant, support broker, and
financial management services agency in a participant-directed service model
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Discuss formats for data display that you believe could be effective to show a school board, colleagues, or parents continued areas of student need.