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“NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US”- INCLUDING SELF- ADVOCATES IN TRAININGS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
LISA SCHOENBRODT, ED.D., CCC-SLP LEAH SAAL, PH.D. & PATRICK CHANEY KATE FARINHOLT, LATESHA HIGGS & PHILLIP KAPLAN JENNIFER EASTMAN, MBA
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OBJECTIVES
- Outline the training requirements for law enforcement on how to interact
with people with mental illness and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Describe the various ways in which self-advocates are included in these
trainings and other learning opportunities and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
- Articulate the valuable role people with mental illness and people with
intellectual and developmental disabilities serve within law enforcement and
- ther emergency personnel trainings (including preliminary data and survey
results).
- Discuss the benefits to the self-advocates for their participation in training and
- utreach.
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“NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US”
- Slogan used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by
any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group(s) affected by that policy
- Utilized as a battle cry for the independent living movement of the 60s
and 70s
- Acknowledges that people with disabilities are best positioned to
communicate to others who they are as well as what their needs and preferences are
- Model is utilized in trainings of emergency personnel as a best practice to
reduce stigma and foster community relationships
- Can be adopted in various ways: role-playing, testimonies, panels, Q&A,
etc.