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Dr Jo Watson talks about how our autonomy plays out relationally and interdependently with others.
Here is a range of resources about why a group of decision
supporters is important, how to build a group of decision supporters
and what decision supporters need to know about their role.
Relational Closeness
Relational closeness is vital to effective supported decision making for people who don’t use words to communicate.
Building a supporter group
Leighton and Susan speak about another element which builds decision making capability – Building a group of supporters.
Tips for building a group of supporters
Shelley Nessman reflects with Leanne on her years of work in facilitating relationships and what she’s learnt about building a group of supporters.
Tips for building a group of supporters
A resource of tips suggested by Shelley Nessman for building a group of supporters.
Will’s Experience of Supported Decision Making #1
Will answers the question, “Who are my decision supporters and how do they support me?”
Will’s Experience of Supported Decision Making #2
Will says, ” It’s important for my decision supporters to know me well.”
Will’s Experience of Supported Decision Making #3
Will talks about what support for his decisions looks like.
Quality support relationships
The quality of your relationship, how you listen and feel what someone is communicating can influence how ready the decision maker feels to share their will and preferences.
Responsiveness shaped by our perception of our role
When you are supporting someone to make decisions your role is to respond to what they are communicating they want.
Supported Decision Making and Positive Behaviour Support
Professor Sally Robinson talks about supported decision making in the context of positive behaviour support.
Knowing the person and planning as an element for building decision making capability
Leanne speaks about one of the elements of support which builds decision making capability – Genuine person centred planning.
Decision Making Vocabulary – Vision Board
This is a set of visual resources that can be used with decision makers and their supporters.
Paul’s Recruitment Decisions (audio described)
This audio-described video shows how Paul makes decisions about who is recruited to his support team. It gives tips for communication support.
Supported Decision Making Resource Book
Supported Decision Making Easy Read
Recording Supported Decision Making First Nations
Supporting Decisions
Leanne and others talk about important principles which underpin effective supported decision making practice.
Rethinking capacity
“Different decision-making abilities can be turned into decision-making capabilities with appropriate decision making supports.” Michael Bach and Lana Kerzner 2010
Assuming decision making ability
Assuming decision making ability is one of the foundational beliefs of supported decision making.
What is supported decision making?
Michelle defines what we’re talking about. Supported decision making is the process of providing practical assistance with decision making.
Tim Stainton – The Origins of Supported Decision Making in Canada
The push and change for supported decision making with people who have high support needs came from a group of parents in British Columbia.
Tim Stainton – Supported Decision Making and Citizenship
Supported decision making is a means by which we can express who we are, engage in our community and be fully included as citizens.
Tim Stainton – Supported Decision Making: An Alternative to Guardianship (Presentation Nov 7 2022)
This is the first of three presentations on the topic of Supported Decision Making: An Alternative to Guardianship. Professor Tim Stainton gives a historical perspective on guardianship and supported decision making,
Learning from the experience of supported decision making
Marissa and Michelle speak about using a model of supported decision making with people with complex communication access needs.
The elements of support to build decision making capability
Leanne speaks about the elements of support which build decision making capability.
Using the process to support people with complex communication access needs
The supported decision making process with people who have complex communication support needs.
Reflect on the decision. Is further action required?
This is the last of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
How do we support the person to act on their decision?
This is the seventh of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
How do we hear the person’s decision?
This is the sixth of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
How can we assist the person to weight it all up?
This is the fifth of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
What is the right information to give a decision maker?
This is the fourth of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model.
What is the right way to talk about the decision?
This is the third of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
Who are the right people to assist? Where is the right place?
This is the second of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
Elements of a supported decision making process – What is the decision?
This is the first of eight short videos in a series which describes each element in a supported decision making model
The supported decision making process with people who have complex communication access needs.
Competent communication partners are needed who are committed to developing their responsiveness and ability to interpret the Decision Maker’s unique language.
A Strategy for Building Relational Closeness
Relational closeness is vital to effective supported decision making for people who don’t use words to communicate. Here Jo describes a strategy for building relational closeness. It’s based on the idea of seeing a person beyond their disability.
Matt’s Story
Matt uses his device and communication support to talk about being able to direct his life because his decisions are supported.
Shewani Talks about Supported Decision Making
Shewani uses her letterboard to talk about what’s needed to build decision making capability for people who have complex communication access needs.
Paul – Why Supported Decision Making is Important
Paul is supported by a couple of great communication partners to reflect on some signficant decisions he’s been supported to make.
My Communication, My Decisions
This webinar provides strategies for building communication and decision making support with people who have complex communication access needs. You can download the fillable, printable workbook which accompanies this webinar.
My Communication, My Decisions workbook
This workbook accompanies the ‘My Communications, My Decisions’ webinar.
Paul’s Recruitment Decisions
This video shows how Paul makes decisions about who is recruited to his support team. It gives tips for communication support.
Decision Making in Action – Dee’s Story
A comic format example of communication support for decision making.
Sue’s Story
Sue reflects on how learning to be a better communication partner for her daughter has helped her notice all the ways her daughter is expressing her preferences.
Karen’s Story
Karen reflects on how support with communication has opened up the dialogue between her and her daughter about decision opportunities.
Ann’s Story
Ann reflects on the importance and value of her daughter having choice and control in her life through being supported with her decision making.
Creating opportunities
Every decision making process starts with a decision opportunity. Some opportunities are created when a person interacts with others.
Exploring and enabling risk
Many of the things we achieve in life and are proud of involve taking risks. We want to make sure the people we support have those same opportunities and are well supported to take risks.
Respecting a person’s will and preferences
As a decision supporter it is important you respect and champion a person’s will and preferences but that doesn’t mean acting on whatever the person says they want without further exploration.
Knowing the person as fundamental to interpreting their preferences
One of the most consistent findings of supported decision making research conducted all over the world is that knowing the person is essential to being able to provide good decision making support.
Understanding a person’s will and preferences
Michelle talks about making sure it is the Decision Maker’s will and preferences directing the decision making process and that our assumptions are not limiting what is possible.
Assuming decision making ability
Assuming decision making ability is one of the foundational beliefs of supported decision making.
A different starting point
Hear how the social model of disability changes the starting point for thinking about supported decision making.
Rethinking capacity
“Different decision-making abilities can be turned into decision-making capabilities with appropriate decision making supports.” Michael Bach and Lana Kerzner 2010
Decision support is a right
Hear about the legal and human rights context of supported decision making.
Aims of supported decision making
Check out the two very important aims of supported decision making.
What is supported decision making?
Michelle defines what we’re talking about. Supported decision making is the process of providing practical assistance with decision making.
A more inclusive way forward
Dr Michelle Browning sets the scene for a series of videos about supported decision making. We are all connected to each other, and that connection is important for our wellbeing and survival. This idea of connection and interdependence is challenging how we think about decision making.