Basic training for all roles

LEARN: Develop your knowledge

Watch the following to build your knowledge about informed choice.

• Watch the "Introduction to Informed Choice" e-learning (30 minutes)

REFLECT: Take a quiz

Click on the questions below to reflect on what you've learned about informed choice (5 minutes).

1. What does the Olmstead Plan ensure that people can do?

Select an answer:

A. Engage in productive employment

<p><strong>Correct!</strong> The Olmstead Plan ensures Minnesotans can do four important things: engage in productive employment, live close to their family and friends, live more independently, and participate in community life.</p>

B. Live free of discrimination

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> The Olmstead Plan ensures Minnesotans can do four important things: engage in productive employment, live close to their family and friends, live more independently, and participate in community life.</p>

C. Be treated fairly in court

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> The Olmstead Plan ensures Minnesotans can do four important things: engage in productive employment, live close to their family and friends, live more independently, and participate in community life.</p>

D. Get free healthcare coverage

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> The Olmstead Plan ensures Minnesotans can do four important things: engage in productive employment, live close to their family and friends, live more independently, and participate in community life.</p>

2. Which of the following tends to be true for a person who has choice and control?

Select an answer:

A. They are healthier, safer and more independent.

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> <strong>The correct answer is all of the above.</strong> The benefits of supported decision making are life changing. People with choice and control tend to be healthier, safer, more independent, more likely to be employed, and better able to recognize and resist abuse.</p>

B. They are more likely to be employed.

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> <strong>The correct answer is all of the above.</strong> The benefits of supported decision making are life changing. People with choice and control tend to be healthier, safer, more independent, more likely to be employed, and better able to recognize and resist abuse.</p>

C. They are better able to recognize and resist abuse.

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> <strong>The correct answer is all of the above</strong>. The benefits of supported decision making are life changing. People with choice and control tend to be healthier, safer, more independent, more likely to be employed, and better able to recognize and resist abuse.</p>

D. All of the above.

<p><strong>Correct!</strong> The benefits of supported decision making are life changing. People with choice and control tend to be healthier, safer, more independent, more likely to be employed, and better able to recognize and resist abuse.</p>

3. What does the Informed Choice Standard require of public entities?

Select an answer:

A. Provide information about the benefits of integrated settings and facilitate visits or experiences in community settings.

<p><strong>Correct!</strong> The Informed Choice Standard requires public entities to provide information about the benefits of integrated settings, facilitate visits or experiences in the community, provide opportunities to meet with others, and address concerns about integrated settings.</p>

B. Provide a 90-day period for a person to make decisions about where to live and work.

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> The Informed Choice Standard requires public entities to provide information about the benefits of integrated settings, facilitate visits or experiences in the community, provide opportunities to meet with others, and address concerns about integrated settings.</p>

C. Encourage people to live in group housing for cost savings.

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> The Informed Choice Standard requires public entities to provide information about the benefits of integrated settings, facilitate visits or experiences in the community, provide opportunities to meet with others, and address concerns about integrated settings.</p>

D. Every three years let people know they can choose to live or work somewhere different.

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> The Informed Choice Standard requires public entities to provide information about the benefits of integrated settings, facilitate visits or experiences in the community, provide opportunities to meet with others, and address concerns about integrated settings.</p>

4. Which of the following is a role you must fulfill to support informed choice?

Select an answer:

A. Connector

<p><strong>Incorrect. The correct answer is all of the above.</strong> As you help people make informed choices, you’ll play many roles: engager, connector, experience builder, creative problem-solver, and champion and team builder. Your role is not to be the decision-maker, instead that is the role of the person you are supporting.</p>

B. Experience builder

<p><strong>Incorrect. The correct answer is all of the above.</strong> As you help people make informed choices, you’ll play many roles: engager, connector, experience builder, creative problem-solver, and champion and team builder. Your role is not to be the decision-maker, instead that is the role of the person you are supporting.</p>

C. Engager

<p><strong>Incorrect. The correct answer is all of the above.</strong> As you help people make informed choices, you’ll play many roles: engager, connector, experience builder, creative problem-solver, and champion and team builder. Your role is not to be the decision-maker, instead that is the role of the person you are supporting. </p>

D. All of the above

<p><strong>Correct!</strong> As you help people make informed choices, you’ll play many roles: engager, connector, experience builder, creative problem-solver, and champion and team builder. Your role is not to be the decision-maker, instead that is the role of the person you are supporting. </p>

5. True or false? You should assume a person's first choice will be their final choice.

Select an answer:

True

<p><strong>Incorrect.</strong> As people gain experience, they may modify their choices, and that’s ok. A person’s choice will not necessarily be their final choice.</p>

False

<p><strong>Correct!</strong> As people gain experience, they may modify their choices, and that’s ok. A person’s choice will not necessarily be their final choice.</p>

DO: Practice

Complete the following activities to build your skills to ensure informed choice.

Activity 1: Conversations about work

• Step 1: Read these simple conversation tips that you can use to engage people in conversations about work.
• Step 2: Use this "Conversations about work" worksheet" (PDF) to write down the question(s) or statement(s) you would say to people based on their situation.
  
  (20 minutes)

Activity 2: Frequently asked questions about work

• Step 1: Learn about frequently asked questions about work. Being prepared to answer these common questions can help you support a person in making an informed choice.
• Step 2: Use this "Frequently asked questions about work" worksheet (PDF) to think about how you could respond to questions people often ask about work.
  
  (10 minutes)

Activity 3: Recognizing work is a solution

• Step 1: Read about the reasons people often choose to work.
• Step 2: For each of the following statements, identify the solution that work could provide for the person.
  
  1. I've always wanted to go to Alaska.
  a. More money
  b. More social interaction
  c. Try new things or go new places
  
  2. My electricity got shut off again because I couldn't pay the bill.
  a. More money
  b. More social interaction
  c. Try new things or go new places
  
  3. I don't go out much.
  a. More money
  b. More social interaction
  c. Try new things or go new places
  
  (10 minutes)