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Supported Decision-Making (SDM) is an alternative to guardianship that allows individuals with disabilities to retain their legal rights and make their own life choices with help from a chosen team of trusted family members, friends, or professionals.

Guests:

Jonathan Martinis is the founder and principal of LightPath Advocacy. LightPath provides legal, education, and consulting services across the United States designed to ensure that people with disabilities can access the supports and services they need to live their best lives.

Anita Raymond, LISW, CMC is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Supported Decision Making and Care Management & Consultation programs at VOA MN & WI. CESDM provides direct social work seeking the least restrictive, most person-centered decision making arrangements, and operates Minnesota’s Guardianship Information Line, responding to over 1200 inquiries per year from people at risk of or subject to guardianship, their families, communities, and the professionals who work with them.

Links:

https://www.lightpathadvocacy.com/

https://www.voamnwi.org/center-excellence-supported-decision-making

Understanding Supported Decision Making (also available on website in Hmong, Spanish, Somali)

How to Do Supported Decision Making (also available on website in Hmong, Spanish, Somali)

Gship & Mental Health Myths & Facts 2023.pdf

CESDM Guide To SDM Revised 2023 Final 5-8-23_0.pdf

Brief video How to do SDM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX6StoyZmAc

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This episode focuses on the Fairweather Lodge model as implemented by Tasks Unlimited in Minnesota, highlighting its success in providing long-term housing, community, and employment for people with serious mental illness.

Trevor Johnson, the executive director, and Jim, a resident, explain how the model fosters independence, peer support, and stability, with residents managing their own households and medications.

They discuss the program's history, funding, eligibility, and the strong sense of family and community among lodge members.

The episode also covers the affordability and cost-effectiveness of the program compared to other options, with impressive statistics on retention and reduced hospitalizations.

Resources for learning more about the model and starting similar programs are provided.

Guests:

Trevor Johnson, MSW, LICSW, is the Executive Director of Tasks Unlimited and a social service leader with more than 25 years of experience advancing innovative approaches to mental health, substance use, housing, employment, and community-based services.

Jim, a long-time resident of a Lodge.

Links:

https://tasksunlimited.org/

https://theccl.org/

Lodge Magic Book: though it looks like only available through third party and expensive!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615114350?lv=shuf&language=he&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

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You Are Not Alone. We are here to help.

The NAMI Family Caregiver HelpLine is a free, confidential service providing caregiver-led support, tools and strategies, trusted guidance, and connection at every stage of the caregiving journey.

Guest:

Megan Rochford, an SMI mom, and executive director of the national NAMI HelpLine.

As a caregiver for a loved one with serious mental illness, Megan believes in the power of lived experience to build a more compassionate, supportive world for families like hers.

Call:

1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

Text:

Text NAMI to 62640

Email: helpline@nami.org

LINKS:

www.nami.org/nami-helpline/family-caregiver-helpline/ Link to the NAMI Family Caregiver HelpLine webpage

helplinefaqs.nami.org/category/525-family-members-and-caregivers Link to the NAMI HelpLine Knowledge Center, our digital library of short, lived-experience articles with practical tips and tools for navigating recovery — available in English and Spanish.

https://nami.applicantpro.com/jobs/2561057 Apply to volunteer with the NAMI Family Caregiver HelpLine. For anyone interested in volunteering with NAMI HelpLine. We are always looking for find new volunteers who want to use their lived experience supporting a loved one in navigating mental health challenges to support and empower others reaching out for help.

www.nami.org/nami-helpline/family-caregiver-helpline/family-caregiver-helpline-campaign-toolkit/ Family Caregiver HelpLine social media toolkit. Mental health impacts everyone and being a caregiver for a loved one with mental illness isn’t easy. If you know a caregiver who could use some support, you can help NAMI reach them. Whether you’re a trusted community voice, or simply someone who believes in this work, NAMI has created ready-to-use messaging, graphics, and printable resources to make sharing easy — adjust the language to fit your community and your voice.

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Honest conversations about mental health, relationships, purpose, and being human.

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