Supported Decision Making Outreach Team

Project Updates

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Supported Decision Making: Introduction for Professionals - October 2024

Check out the first product from the SDM Outreach Team, Supported Decision Making: Introduction for Professionals.

Call for Community Collaborators - Paid Part-Time Positions! - September 2024 

The SDM Outreach Team is hiring community collaborators for paid part-time positions. These positions are for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who use SDM and their family members. Review the position descriptions and information about how to apply here.

Grant Awarded! - July 2024

The Cal State East Bay Center for Disability Justice Research: Health Equity, Education, and Creativity is thrilled to share that our campus has been awarded a grant from the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities to support implementation of Supported Decision Making (SDM) across our state. SDM is a less restrictive alternative to conservatorship that allows people with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) to retain their adult rights. We are looking forward to partnering with Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) on this project.

The Cal State East Bay Supported Decision Making Outreach Team aims to address this issue by conducting outreach and developing educational products for professionals to increase their knowledge and application of SDM. The team will achieve this by partnering with people with I/DD and their families to develop and deliver engaging, accessible, accurate, culturally responsive professional development content that will increase professionals’ capacity to use supported decision-making.

Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Torres, Assistant Professor in Nursing (PI) and Dr. Talya Kemper, Associate Professor in Teacher Education (Co-PI) as well as Key Senior Faculty Dr. Sara McDaniel, Assistant Professor in Special Education, Dr. Sarah Taylor, Professor and Department Chair in Social Work, and Dr. Shubha Kashinath, Professor in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.