Positive Supports Newsletter

May 26, 2023

Implementation Resources

There are a variety of key features associated with effective positive support implementation. Some of the key features of the change process that have been reported across different types of successful positive support practices:

Forming a team
Everyone is involved
Buy- in and active participation
Self- assessment and action planning
Ongoing training
Coaching and mentoring
Data- based decision making
Champions in all roles

If you are looking for tools to support your implementation, there are free resources available on the Positive Supports Minnesota Website.

Topic areas include:

Implementation examples
Incident report resources
Organization- wide evaluation
Person- centered resources
Stories of person- centered and PBS implementation

Spring Training Series Now Open for Registration!

The Institute on Community Integration and the MN Department of Human Services are holding FREE trainings to support your organization with positive support implementation.

Content will be based on input from the Positive Support Listening Sessions held earlier this winter.

The trainings are free, but registration is required; click the buttons for each date to register. All trainings will be held on Zoom.

June 8 9:00- 11:00am Supporting Cultural Awareness and Responsiveness in Your System

This session will share examples on how to develop policies and practices that center diversity, equity, and inclusion.

June 22 9:00- 11:00am Positive Supports with Families

This session will address how to look at the family as a system to develop a plan to increase quality of life for everyone involved.

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What's New

New Resources

Planning Your Direct Support Staff Training

The Institute on Community Integration recently offered part one of a two part training series on how to plan training for direct support professionals (DSP).

This was an area of need clearly articulated by organizations we met with this year during listening sessions and trainings. We took this feedback and created a tailored training that tours our website and helps organize resources and materials around topics DSPs need support and training on. Participants left the training with a customized action planning tool with links to resources they thought would benefit their staff.

Materials are available for free on the mnpsp.org homepage, including a PDF of the slides and the customizable action planning tool. See the image below for where to access the training materials.

June is Cohort Celebration Month

The state of Minnesota and ICI are teaming up to celebrate the hard work, perseverance, and dedication of organizations that have provided positive supports to the people they serve based on strengths within the TOET.

Those who have completed a TOET with ICI will have the opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments in June 2023.

The list of celebration items will continue to evolve and grow; for now, we are planning some great things including:

An asynchronous celebration
A list of names on the website mnpsp.org
An announcement of those getting recognized in an upcoming newsletter
Swag for staff/ teams
Official recognition from the state for continued efforts in the area of positive supports