Publications

This four-page welcome packet on Planning and Services for Children and Adults with I/DD in Washington State provides:

• A Star Form to help identify supports to reach goals of any kind.
• Process to Apply for a Determination of DDA Eligibility in Washington.
• Get Organized for Life by identifying and filing key documents that will be needed to apply for programs through a person’s life.
• Description of Washington State’s DDA’s Wavier Programs and Community First Choice (CFC).

Creating a successful transition to adulthood requires support from a lot of different sources. This four-page High School Transition Toolkit provides:

• A Star Form to help identify supports to reach a student’s transition goals.
• Tips for transition planning and goal setting.
• Transition timeline of things to do from age 14-21.
• Transition checklist of skills, activities, and services when creating your child’s high school transition plan for his/her IEP.
• Ways to gain job skills during high school.
• Resources for post-secondary education.

Growing, learning and achieving does not end at adulthood. It continues throughout life, and at your own pace. This four-page provides:

• A sample Star Form to help identify supports to reach goals throughout the adult years.
• Resources for parents to consider as sources of support and connection as their son/daughter grows older.
• Planning tools.
• Questions to consider when thinking about living outside the family home, and the kinds of supports needed to create a safe, healthy, and full life in the community.
• How to make the most of assistive technology at home and in the community.
  Support and planning for the whole family.

Our new respite toolkit, Pathways to Respite, offers information and resources for those who support:

• an older adult
• child or adult with a developmental disability or other disability
• adult with traumatic brain injury

Developed by Informing Families, a resource of the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council, in partnership with the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Administration, Aging & Long-Term Support Administration, and PAVE, which administers Lifespan Respite WA.

Limited print quantities in print: English, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Vietnamese.

A big part of creating a good life is looking at the individual’s whole life, beyond paid services. The Star Form helps kick start this process. Use it to identify helpful people, community resources, technology and paid services to help meet any goal or task.