Promising Practices
Vermont: Collaborating to Educate Self-Advocates about Alternatives to Guardianship
The first in a series of promising practices, this publication describes Vermont’s statewide self-advocacy organization, Green Mountain Self-Advocates (GMSA), and their partnership with the Vermont Disability Law Project to organize legal clinics for people with IDD. These clinics have enabled self-advocates to get high-quality, easy-to-understand information about alternatives to guardianship they might not get anywhere else.
Wisconsin’s Self Determination YouTube Channel “By self-advocates, for self-advocates”
The second in a series of promising practices, this publication discusses how the YouTube channel got started, its purpose and tips on how to do your own!
Georgia’s Youth Mentorship Strategy: Using Mentors to Support Youth Ambassadors
The third in a series of promising practices, this publication discusses Georgia's engagement of mentors to support Youth Ambassadors and their family members.