<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%>CEU Chronicle June 2006

September 2006
METHODS AND MODELS OF EMPOWERMENT FOR THE DISABLED

Methods and Models of Empowerment for the Disabled
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Introduction

  • Sociology
  • Management
  • Economics
  • Personal Development

B. Empowerment Models and Methods
C. Alternative Views
D. Empowerment and Assistive Technology
E. Case Studies / Stories of Empowerment
F. Psychiatric Patients and Empowerment
G. Vocational Rehabilitation and Empowerment

H. Resources

INTRODUCTION

Empowerment – From Wikipedia
• 1 Sociology
• 2 Management
• 3 Economics
• 4 Personal development

What is Empowerment?

Empowerment: the fundamental process for unleashing human potential

Self-Determination as it relates to the diability community

FOUR Key Questions:
• What is “self-determination”?
• What are the steps involved in helping someone achieve self-determination?
• How can families help people with disabilities achieve self-determination?
• What resources are available for families to access?

The FOUR PRINCIPLES of Self-Determination

The Self Determination Theory

Values and valuing in rehabilitation

A definition of Self-Determination

EMPOWERMENT
MODELS AND METHODS

Capacity Building: Melding Development and Empowerment Models

Empowering People with Disabilities

Mentors, advisers, role models, and peer supporters

Empowerment and assistive technology: the local resource team model

Olmstead and Self-Determination

ALTERNATIVE VIEWS

The “What” and “Why” of Goal Pursuits:
Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

CEU Article #1

Alternative views of empowerment: social services and civil rights - Editorial

An empowerment philosophy for rehabilitation in the 20th Century – Editorial

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EMPOWERMENT and
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
CASE STUDIES and
STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT

Stories of Empowerment

The need to empower students with disabilities towards employment: one consumer’s experiences and observations

CEU Article #2

How Empowerment Changed My Life: “I don’t Have to Live in My Car Anymore. . . ”

CEU Article #3

Slaying Dragons: Building Self-Confidence and Raising Expectations Through Orientation Center Training

Self Determination
by Martha Sheldon, M.S.W.

The Impact of an Acquired Disability on Empowerment

PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS AND EMPOWERMENT
EMPOWERMENT ZONE

CEU Article #4

Enhancing Personal Empowerment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities

Self-Determination in Mental Health Recovery: Taking Back Our Lives

Right to autonomy and self-determination

VOCATIONAL REHAB AND EMPOWERMENT
CEU Article #5

The Self-Determined Career Development Model

CEU Article #6

Self-Determination and the Empowerment of People with Disabilities

CEU Article #7

Empowering People with Disabilities Through Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling


RESOURCES

Self-determination links

Empowerment Books and Tapes

Publications – the Self Determination Theory

Self Advocacy and self Determination Resources Center for Disability Resources Library

DisabilityInfo.gov -- Choice and self-determination

Self Advocates becoming empowered - Online Directory


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