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From: referencepoints@...Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:40 AMTo: tatra@...Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Checklists from the MN DD Council Consumer Workbook Now Available OnlineREFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER CenterREFERENCE POINTS: Checklists from the MN DD Council Consumer Workbook Now Available Online"It's My Choice" is a workbook published by the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental disabilities to help individuals with developmental disabilities think about life options, prepare for planning meetings, and participate more fully in discussions and decisions about services and supports. It is available in English, Spanish, PDF and text versions, and as an audio file. Each of workbook's guides and checklists can also be completed electronically, downloaded and printed out for future reference, or revised and updated to reflect future

needs. Checklists are included to help individuals prepare for meetings focusing on Individual Program Plans, Transition Plans, Employment Plans, Housing, and Quality of Life. Other publications available from the MN DD Council web site include:"Friends, A Manual for Connecting Persons with Disabilities and Community Members", "It's Never Too Early, It's Never Too Late, A Booklet about Personal Futures Planning" and "Making Futures Happen", a workbook designed for facilitators of the personal futures planning process and written to compliment "It's Never Too Early, It's Never Too Late". "Parallels in Time" supplements the first weekend session of the Partners in Policymaking® program and traces present attitudes and the treatment of people with disabilities. It includes a quiz testing knowledge of some of the historical attitudes and values shaping society's treatment of people with disabilities from the past to the present.

"The Learning Center" contains more than 10,000 pages of policy papers, reports, State Plans, curriculum modules, publications, and briefing booklets;These publications can be found at http://www.mnddc.org/extra/publications.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.aspTo UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.aspReaders are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to tatra@....Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on Secondary

Education and Transition http://www.ncset.org/. Visit their web site for a wealth of information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities.Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of this material.