Using Supported Decision Making in Employment: A Video Training Series
Register below for live viewing sessions
All sessions are offered at 10 AM and 6 PM. To register, click on the button for each session and time you would like to attend.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Q&A with special guest speaker, Morgan Whitlatch, Director of SDM Initiatives, Center for Public Representation
Session 1: An Overview of Supported Decision Making
Our first video provides an overview of Supported Decision-Making in the context of employment. Supported Decision-Making happens when people, including individuals with disabilities, make their own decisions with the help of others they pick and trust. Connecticut has already enacted a law that formally recognizes Supported Decision-Making, and we want you to know what Supported Decision-Making is, what it is not, and how it can promote self-determination and better life and employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Session 2: Informed Choice and Employment
In the second video we take a deeper dive into how Supported Decision-Making can be used in employment. When it comes to exploring their work options and how to spend their days, people with disabilities have the right to make fully informed choices, based on accurate information, knowledge, and experiences, with the help of their supporters. We will cover how to overcome barriers to using Supported Decision-Making and how informed choice can work within guardianship or conservatorship.
wednesday, november 5, 2025
Session 3: The Journey from School to Employment
In the third video in our series, you will learn more about Supported Decision-Making and the journey from school to employment, including how to access services, programs, and resources to help transition-aged youth.
wednesday, december 3, 2025
Session 4: The Journey to Employment in Adulthood
In the fourth and final video in our series you can learn not only about how to use Supported Decision-Making to transition to competitive integrated work, but also how to maintain it and explore new jobs and promotions along the way. Long-term employment should be seen as a process, and it is important to anticipate and plan for bumps along the road. Supported Decision-Making can help in doing that.
