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Residential Housing Issues Videoconference Series

The Minnesota Department of Human Services sponsored six videoconferences on housing for persons with disabilities featuring speakers from around the nation. DHS developed the series in conjunction with the Residential Services Innovations Steering Committee, of which The Arc and a variety of other disability agencies are members.

The goals of this committee are as follows:

* Inform and educate interested groups about alternative residential models.

* Identify up to six promising approaches for the delivery of residential supports and services.

* Recommend actions that eliminate barriers and provide incentives to develop new models and approaches.

Presenters:

The following people presented at the six videoconferences.

Emily Cooper, Associate at the Technical Assistance Collaborative (Web page: www.tacinc.org)

Topic: Housing for People with Disabilities in the 21^st Century

Claudia Bolton, Connections for Information and Resources on Community Living (CIRCL) (Web page: www.allenshea.com/CIRCL/CIRCL.html)

Topic: California Supported Living Services – It’s My Home; It’s My Life

Chris Lyons of Ryan & Smallacombe, PLLC

Topic: Risk Management

David Braddock, Coleman Professor in Psychiatry and Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, University of Colorado (Web page: http://www.colemaninstitute.org)

Topic: DD Services in the United States and Emerging Technology

Tom Nerney, Director of the Center for Self-Determination (Web page: http://www.self-determination.com/index.html)

Topic: Self-Determination Beyond Residential Services: Real Lives, Real Quality and High Expectations

Derrick Dufresne, Community Resource Associates, Inc.

Topic: From Your Facility to My House: A National Overview of the Transformation in Residential Supports

We have DVD’s to lend of these speaker presentations. Contact Mike Gude at mikeg@arcmn.org, or call him at 1-800-582-5256 or 651-523-0823, ext. 113.