Personal Success Model A success-based approach for structuring services and supports for community success.

Personal Success Personal Success ModelModel

A success-based approach for A success-based approach for structuring services and supports for structuring services and supports for

community success community success

AssumptionsAssumptions

Laws are written and drive policy which drives Laws are written and drive policy which drives programsprogramsPresent system needs improvement to increase Present system needs improvement to increase efficiency and effectivenessefficiency and effectivenessServices are fragmented between agenciesServices are fragmented between agenciesFamilies and individuals often become system-Families and individuals often become system-dependent… and live in or on the fringes of poverty dependent… and live in or on the fringes of poverty Services are never person-centered when focus is Services are never person-centered when focus is on eligibility requirements and a menu of optionson eligibility requirements and a menu of optionsChange requires a significant relationship and Change requires a significant relationship and moving forward… sometimes away from rootsmoving forward… sometimes away from roots

Some things to remember…Some things to remember…

People have within them, hidden rules with People have within them, hidden rules with which they were raised… regardless of which they were raised… regardless of where they are now…where they are now…

There are cultural differences in poverty, There are cultural differences in poverty, but the focus is on economicsbut the focus is on economics

We neither scold nor excuse, but we teachWe neither scold nor excuse, but we teach

We must teach rules about each economic We must teach rules about each economic classclass

More things to remember…More things to remember…

Poverty is relativePoverty is relativePoverty occurs across all racesPoverty occurs across all racesGenerational and situational poverty are Generational and situational poverty are different and most system-dependent people are different and most system-dependent people are includedincludedAll social models and behavioral patterns have All social models and behavioral patterns have exceptions, including the work about poverty exceptions, including the work about poverty Schools and service providers operate from Schools and service providers operate from middle class norms and valuesmiddle class norms and valuesTransition out of poverty requires people to give Transition out of poverty requires people to give up, for a time, relationships for achievementup, for a time, relationships for achievement

“When a person incurs a disability, the system teaches them how to use the system… how to maintain eligibility and that’s what puts people into

poverty.”

A person with multiple and significant disabilities

When people are forced to live their lives based on maintaining program eligibility, their thinking becomes impoverished… and for all practical purposes, they

are in poverty…

The ability to be successful (change) is directly

proportional to and reliant upon a number of factors other

than economics and employment…

Personal success is based upon having dreams and

relationships… and acquiring sufficient resources in order to

realize those dreams and relationships…

We all have life goals

and

resource goals

Achievement and goals are middle class concepts…

People in poverty are typically unaware of middle class

concepts… so we have to mentor and teach them…

Change requires mentoring (teaching) and

a significant relationship…

We can’t change if we don’t know how to be different and change is

best facilitated with a guide…

Success DynamicsSuccess Dynamics

People changePeople change

People’s goals changePeople’s goals change

People’s support needs changePeople’s support needs change

People’s learning needs changePeople’s learning needs change

Personal success is dynamic and is based Personal success is dynamic and is based on access to resourceson access to resources

Personal Success is a continuous Personal Success is a continuous succession of Discovery missions for all succession of Discovery missions for all peoplepeople

Discovery…

My job does not make me successful

I determine success for my vocation, but also for my living conditions and recreational endeavors

I set goals to obtain what I want

I acquire the resources needed to meet the goals

Mental Model

A mental model of success includes:– Developing a goal leading to a change in

where I live, where I work and what I do for play – if that’s what I want

– Learning about resources I need to reach my goals in those three areas (live, work, play)

– Identifying the resources I have and don’t have

– Learning how to obtain the resources I don’t have

– Building sustainable support resources

Person

Needs

Learning

Supports

Success

Goals Lead To Success… By Goals Lead To Success… By Obtaining ResourcesObtaining Resources

Poverty and impoverishmentPoverty and impoverishment– extent to which people are without resourcesextent to which people are without resources

SuccessSuccess– extent to which people have resourcesextent to which people have resources

ResourcesResources– ……are not resources unless they are availableare not resources unless they are available

Life goals must be Life goals must be established first…established first…

If you don’t know where you’re If you don’t know where you’re going… any road will take you going… any road will take you

there…there…

Life Goals are based upon…

Where people live…

Where people work…

Where people play…

Life Goals Must Be Established Life Goals Must Be Established First…First…

Life occurs inside the communityLife occurs inside the community

People live in the community, work in the People live in the community, work in the community and play in the communitycommunity and play in the community

Goal setting at this level is general and Goal setting at this level is general and stated in terms of:stated in terms of:– Community livingCommunity living– Community vocationCommunity vocation– Community leisureCommunity leisure

What life goals do you have for where you live?

What life goals do you have for your vocation?

What life goals do you have for leisure activities?

Employment is difficult for many people with disabilities because the locus of activity is centered

on getting a job

Resource goals are based on what’s needed to achieve

life goals

Resource GoalsResource Goals

Assessment is based upon personalized Assessment is based upon personalized life goals… just like people without life goals… just like people without apparent disabilitiesapparent disabilities

Resource GoalsResource Goals

Assessment is based upon personalized Assessment is based upon personalized life goals… just like people without life goals… just like people without apparent disabilitiesapparent disabilities

Identification of needed resources is Identification of needed resources is based upon personal assessment of based upon personal assessment of resources in the context of life goalsresources in the context of life goals

Resource GoalsResource Goals

Assessment is based upon personalized Assessment is based upon personalized life goals… just like people without life goals… just like people without apparent disabilitiesapparent disabilitiesIdentification of needed resources is Identification of needed resources is based upon personal assessment of based upon personal assessment of resources in the context of life goalsresources in the context of life goalsAcquisition of needed resources then Acquisition of needed resources then leads to goal accomplishment… and leads to goal accomplishment… and personal successpersonal success

Providers of services and supports need to focus more on

teaching and helping clients learn how to acquire

resources… than upon acquiring resources for the

client

Where I live

Where I work

Where I play

Vocation…

What are my vocational interests?

What are my vocational goals for now and for the future?

What vocational success looks like, feels What vocational success looks like, feels like and sounds like… like and sounds like…

Community Living…Community Living…

Where I would like to be living nowWhere I would like to be living now

Where I would like to be living in the futureWhere I would like to be living in the future

What success looks like, feels like and What success looks like, feels like and sounds like to the individual regarding sounds like to the individual regarding residenceresidence

Leisure ActivitiesLeisure Activities

What I want to do for fun, recreation and What I want to do for fun, recreation and leisureleisure

Who I spend time withWho I spend time with

What success looks like, feels like and What success looks like, feels like and sounds like to the individual regarding sounds like to the individual regarding leisure activitiesleisure activities

Personal Success ResourcesPersonal Success Resources

ComprehensiveComprehensiveHolisticHolisticFit the spectrum of multidisciplinary services and supportsFit the spectrum of multidisciplinary services and supportsAccountability focusedAccountability focusedOutcome based and considersOutcome based and considers– Life eventsLife events– Grief of disabilitiesGrief of disabilities– Underpins research and theoriesUnderpins research and theories– Individual dreamsIndividual dreams– Research driven practicesResearch driven practices– Relationship buildingRelationship building– Resource buildingResource building– Interdependence and self sufficiencyInterdependence and self sufficiency

The Personal Success Model is based on acquisition of

“resources” because it takes resources for all of us to

achieve personal success

Resources for success are…

FinancialVocational EducationalPersonal Support System Cognitive and Behavioral Community Inclusion & SafetyMental and Emotional Social

Communication Skills Persistence and Motivation Legal IntegrityMedical PhysicalNutritional Spiritual

AssessmentAssessment

Personal Success ModelPersonal Success Model

Individuals assess each resource Individuals assess each resource to determine whether they can to determine whether they can

meet their needs for each meet their needs for each resource to the extent needed, in resource to the extent needed, in order to realize their life goals… order to realize their life goals…

Resources possessed are Resources possessed are strengths and resources needed strengths and resources needed are converted to resource goals are converted to resource goals which will result in the individual which will result in the individual meeting the resource need with meeting the resource need with

or without assistance, to the or without assistance, to the greatest extent possible…greatest extent possible…

Goal Setting To Meet Resource Goal Setting To Meet Resource NeedsNeeds

Goals, Objectives, Tasks, SMART (GOT Goals, Objectives, Tasks, SMART (GOT SMART)SMART)

Either objective or task is written following Either objective or task is written following the SMART modelthe SMART model

Not all objectives will have tasksNot all objectives will have tasks

Measurement through SMART is constant Measurement through SMART is constant feedback loop to measure, reassess or feedback loop to measure, reassess or adjust goalsadjust goals

S M A R T

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant/Realistic

Time specific

When people are consumed by When people are consumed by maintaining eligibility, little of maintaining eligibility, little of

their energy is available to focus their energy is available to focus on success… or to dream… or on success… or to dream… or

to have relationships…to have relationships…

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The Personal Success Model helps people balance or rebalance their lives and helps people create or recreate dreams, relationships, goals and an orientation for success, as they define success…

It’s never too late to do the right thing…

Contact InformationContact Information

Dave SchaadUW/WIND

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