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Community Advisors: Roles and Skills

10/29/2007 | Requests *

Summary

How can a community advisor help find choices and supports? The MA CPASS grantees developed two tools to support self-determination. The first is a checklist of suggested competencies, attributes and skills of necessary to be a Community Advisors. The second resource is a guide defining the role of an advisory, how to use and select the right person, plus checklist of other considerations.

Author

Available Files

Guide: How to Use Community Advisors Word (365K, 16 pages)
Checklist: Skills of Community Advisors Word (62K, 4 pages)

Keywords

CPASS; Self-Determination; Community Advisor; service systems and community resources; Cultural Competence; individualized plan

Topic

Consumer Direction, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Physical Disabilities

Type/Tool

Checklists, Manuals

Source

Grantee produced, Massachusetts

State

Massachusetts, All States/Territories

Date Created

10/29/2007

Contact

Nilka Alvarez-Rodriguez
Department of Mental Retardation
MASS C-PASS Project Director

Nilka.Alvarez-Rodriguez@state.ma.us
617-624-7506

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2067

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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007

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