RESOURCE DIRECTORY

The Resource Directory includes materials that have come to the attention of the Choices 2000 Conference Planning Committee. The list is not inclusive - there may be many other useful materials available. Listing the materials does not indicate an endorsement by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

Counselor and Consumer Roles

A Guide for developing your Individualized Plan for employment and Developing Your Individualized Plan for Employment. (NY Office of Vocational and Educational Services: web.nysed.gov/vesid)

Consumer Education: Appendix F, VT Consumer Choice Demonstration Project
Final Report (Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (802)
241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us)

The Changing Consumer-Counselor Relationship: Attachment G, Final Report, Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project (Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (802) 241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us)

Consumer Choice Skills Checklist: Attachment N, Final Report, Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project (Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (802) 241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us)

Go for the Gold! A Training Curriculum for Individuals Seeking Success in Life. (Nancy Sullivan, Empowerment Network Unlimited, Inc., Little Rock, AR Phone:(501) 407-0709 Fax:(501)407-0703 EmpowNet@aol.com.)

Operationalizing Consumer Decision Making and Choice in the VR Process, IRI , 1995. (Research and Training Center, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stout , Menomonie, WI (715)-232-1380; www.rtc.uwstout.edu)

RSA-TAC-98-01: Support Services for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities and Others Who Need Assistance in Implementing Informed Choice. (Rehabilitation Services Administration: tammy_nelson@ed.gov)

RSA-IM-98-03: Advice, Information and Choice (Rehabilitation Services Administration: tammy_nelson@ed.gov)

Flexible Procurement Methods

Procedures for Imprest Cash Policy, Attachment E, Final Report, Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project (Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (802) 241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us)

RSA-IM-98-18: Informed Choice and Service Provider Issues. Includes two papers: Impact of Informed Choice on Providers by Abby Cooper and Qualifying Providers and Assuring Quality Employment Services by Michael Callahan. (Rehabilitation Services Administration: tammy_nelson@ed.gov)

Choice in the Workforce Investment Act Environment

Work World Software. (Alice Watts, Employment Support Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Phone (804) 828-1992 email: www.vcu.edu/busweb/esi )

Use of Work Incentives. (Dennis Born, Supported Employment Works, Center for Mental Health, Anderson, IN. Phone (765) 641-8246)

Social Security Handbook and other documents. www.access.gpo.gov

Request for Earnings & Benefits Statements. Form SSA - 70045NM
Available at all local SSA offices or call 1-800-772-1213 or www.ssa.gov

Graduating to Independence. Training package for transition students receiving benefits. (Social Security Administration, Office of Disability, Baltimore, MD. Phone (410) 965-9214 FAX: [410] 966-8597)

Supporting Career Development & Employment Manuals: Trainer & Participant guides for SSA Disability & Work Incentive Programs. (Sheila Smith, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Phone: (607) 255-7727 FAX: (607) 255-9364 www.irl.cornell.edu/ped)

Legislation Information on Ticket to Work Regulations: www.thomas.loc.gov

General Implementation Strategies

Arkansas Commitment to Client Choice Project. The following products available from Nancy Sullivan, Empowerment Network Unlimited, Inc., Little Rock, AR Phone:(501) 407-0709 Fax:(501)407-0703 EmpowNet@aol.com.

• Commitment to Client Choice: A National Demonstration of Technologies to Increase Informed Client Choice in
  Rehabilitation Services.
• A Project of the People: Vignettes of Individuals Involved in the Client Choice Project.
  
• Personal Career Planning Process: Philosophy, Strategies, Forms, and Questions.
  
• The Consumer Connector System
  
• Fact Sheets for Project Participants: Career Planning, Consumer Connectors, Your Responsibilities, and Empowerment
  Training.
  
• Evaluation Tools used by the Arkansas Choice Project: Choice and Inclusion Questionnaire; Inventory to Measure
  Choice, Empowerment and Inclusion; Career Planning Satisfaction Survey; and Training Pre & Post-Test and
  Satisfaction Survey.
  
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Rehabilitation: A Good Partnership for the Twenty-first Century.
  

Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project. The following general implementation materials are available from Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (802) 241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us.

• The Implementation of Informed choice in Vocational Rehabilitation: A Functional Definition and Self-Assessment Process.
  
• State of Vermont Policies and Procedures Manual on Eligibility
  
• Consumer Choice Participant Survey
  

Evaluation of Choice Demonstration Projects: The following reports available from InfoUse, Berkeley, CA Phone (510) 549-6520 and at the InfoUse website: http://www.infouse.com/choice/

• An Evaluation of the Choice Demonstration Projects: Executive Summary, Susan Stoddard, Stuart P. Hanson, Tanya Temkin, InfoUse: February 1999.
  
  
• An Evaluation of the Choice Demonstration Projects: Final Report, Susan Stoddard, Stuart P. Hanson, Tanya Temkin, InfoUse: February 1999.
  
  
• Promising Practices in the Choice Demonstration Projects: An Operations Manual, Susan Stoddard, Stuart P. Hanson, Tanya Temkin, InfoUse: February 1999.
  

Final Reports from the Choice Demonstration Projects. (Rehabilitation Services Administration: suzanne_tillman@ed.gov)

RSA-PD-97-04: Employment Goal for an Individual with a Disability. (Rehabilitation Services Administration: tammy_nelson@ed.gov)

Statutory References on Informed Choice. (Rehabilitation Services Administration: suzanne_tillman@ed.gov)

Training and materials on informed choice: Contact the Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (RCEPs) in each RSA Region.

Simple Language Materials

Plain English at Work, 1996, by Edward P. Bailey, Jr., Oxford University Press,
ISBN 0-19-510449-8.

Self-Determination

A Guide to the Individualized Education Program. (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education. Call 877-4-ED-PUBS or contact www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.)

Organizational Change

The Future of Staff Groups: Daring to Distribute Power and Capacity, by Joel P. Henning, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Phone 415-288-0260; FAX 415-362-2512; bkpub@bkpub.com

Additional materials by Joel P. Henning, available from Henning-Showkeir & Associates, Phone: 908-232-9994, Fax: 908-389-0211, e-mail: henning-showkeir@att.net:

• The Power of Conversations at Work
  
• The Soul of Service: "I make beautiful"
  

Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest, by Peter Block, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Phone 415-288-0260; FAX 415-362-2512; bkpub@bkpub.com

Vision Statement: Creating a Consumer-Directed Organization by 1999, Attachment B, Final Report, Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project (Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (802) 241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us)

Self-Employment

State of Vermont Policies and Procedures Manual, Guidance for Self-Employment, Attachment K, Final Report, Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project (Susan Wells, VT Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; (802) 241-3177; susanw@dad.state.vt.us)

RSA-IM-98-16: Self-Employment Includes: The Option of Becoming Self-Employed: an Emerging Reality Within Vermont Vocational Rehabilitation by Michael Collins. Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Rehabilitation: A Good Partnership for the Twenty-first Century by Nancy Sullivan and Abby Cooper. Expanding Small Business and Self-Employment Opportunities by Larry Watson and Terry Herkimer. (Rehabilitation Services Administration: tammy_nelson@ed.gov)

Small Business Administration: www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Disabled Businessperson Association: www.web-link.com/dba/dba.htm

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