INFORMED CHOICE:
Materials from the CHOICES 2000 conference
The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) co-sponsored a national conference on informed choice in the public rehabilitation system, in August of 2000. The region 7 RCEP hosted the conference, held in Washington, D.C.
The following documents provide background information on the conference.
In addition, there is a Resource Directory of sources recommended by the Conference presentors.
 | - Working Definition of Informed Choice |
| - Statutory References on Informed Choice - Citations from the 1998 Rehab Act Amendments and 1998 WIA. |
| - RSA-PD-97-04 - Employment Goal for an Individual with a Disability | ||||
| - RSA-IM-97-08 - RSA Demonstration Projects to Increase Client Choice - descriptions of the 7 Choice Demonstration Projects | ||||
| - RSA-TAC-98-01 - Support Services for Individuals With Cognitive Disabilities and Others Who Need Assistance in Implementing Informed Choice | ||||
| - RSA-IM-98-03 - Advice and Information: Helping people to become informed and to make effective decisions concerning employment | ||||
| - RSA-IM-98-16 | ||||
| - RSA-IM-98-18 - Informed Choice and Service Provider
Issues: 2 reports summarizing issues that emerged from the Choice
Demonstration Projects. The document includes the following reports:
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- InfoUse Reports - An evaluation of Choice Projects, an Executive Summary, and an Operations Manual are available from the InfoUse website
- Choice Project Report, Arkansas - Commitment to Client Choice: Final Performance Report
- Choice Project Report, Berkeley CIL - Choice Enhancement and Empowerment
- Choice Project Report, The Development Team - Career Choice
- Choice Project Report, Vermont - The Vermont Consumer Choice Demonstration Project
- Choice Project Report, United Cerebral Palsy - UCPA's Choice Access Project
- Choice Project Report, Washington - Participant Empowerment Project: Final Report
| Flexible Procurement Methods:
"The Checkbook"
- Richard Lamere, VT Div for the Blind / James Giffen, VT Dept. of Aging |
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| Educational & Consumer
Empowerment - Susan Wells,
Vermont VR |
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| Preparing
for the Ticket to Work
- Dan O'Brien, OK VR |
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| Reader-Friendly Materials &
Informed Choice - Audrey
Riffenburgh, Riffenburgh & Assoc. |
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| Reflections on the 5 Year Choice
Demonstration - Michael
Callahan, Marc Gold & Assoc. / Abby Cooper, WA VR / Nancy Sullivan,
Empowerment Network / Susan Wells, VT VR |
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(included preceeding Welcome and Introductions) |
| Aligning Purchasing with Consumer Choices - Richard Carlson & Naomi Cohen, CT VR |
| Two Guys From Alaska in a
One-Stop - Joel Bergsbaken
& Larry Hintz, AK VR |
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| The Market Basket & Consumer
Satisfaction - Susan
Stoddard & Stuart Hanson, InfoUse |
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| Using Rehabilitation Teams
- Daryl Ackley, OR Comm. for the
Blind |
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| Rehabilitation Planning Groups
- Debbie Presbie, Univ. of CT / Brenda Moore, CT VR |
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| An Overview of the Ticket to
Work - Diana Beckley,
RCEP7 / Vicky Wilson, Region 7 SSA |
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| The New Wisconsin DVR
- Joseph D'Costa, WI VR |
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