See how Cindy carried out her plan to get the job she wanted with good pay and benefits. "I thought about what was important to me and my family, got support, and didn't give up; now I have my dream job." Cindy worked hard for little money for many years in workshops. Today, Cindy has a professional position working within a state agency, making real wages with full benefits. Watch Cindy use Think-Plan-Do to find and get the job she wanted.
The California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) created a series of 15 videos and corresponding PDF self-help guides called Leadership Through Personal Change. These videos and guides reflect the CAC mission, "My Life, My Way". The CAC provides advocacy and strategies that increase community inclusion, professional development, employment and business development opportunities for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

The CAC uses THINK-PLAN-DO as a method for decision making and goal realization. All CAC videos and guides are researched and field tested throughout California. Results include authentic outcomes, useful work plans and actions that lead to success. Produced and facilitated in partnership with the Board Resource Center, all materials are created to make complex ideas simple, and provide strategies for people to customize person-centered plans.

The CAC has sponsored or co-produced additional videos viewable on YouTube using search word: cac leadership. Additional advocacy tools and publications that provide insight on legal rights and strategies are available on the CA DDS Consumer Corner website: www.dds.ca.gov/consumercorner/publications.cfm

Board Resource Center is about Making Complex Ideas Simple. We take hard to use and understand ideas and develop meaningful training, facilitation, publications and new media that create avenues for people to live quality lives in their chosen communities as they define them. Strategies include plain language, graphic design, community involvement and testing. Focus areas include government agencies, non-profit organizations, advocacy groups and service providers internationally. Purpose is to develop leadership, accessible media and tools that reflect the interest, need and will of those they serve. For more information, contact BRC Director Mark Starford at mark@brcenter.org, or visit our website at www.brcenter.org. (less info)