MI-OCEAN FSN Resources
MI-OCEAN Project Family Support Navigator (FSN) Resources
The following resources are being provided to aid Family Support Navigators (FSN) in the work they do with caregivers. If you have any questions about these resources, or if you have additional resources that you would like to add to this page, please email Chelsea Frank (du9044@wayne.edu) your links and ideas.
Resource List
COVID-19 Specific Resources
- COVID-19 Resources from The National Center on Advancing Person- Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS)
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Resources for persons with Disabilities
- Administration for Community Living: What do Older Adults and People with Disabilities Need to Know about COVID-19?
- Q&A on COVID-19 and Down Syndrome (Expanded Version)
- Q&A on COVID-19 and Down Syndrome (Abreviated Version)
- COVID-19 Resources from the Special Olympics
- Guide: Living with worry and anxiety amidst global uncertainty (from PsychologyTools)
- Mental Health and COVID-19 - Information and Resources
- SARTC: Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center - https://selfadvocacyinfo.org/resource/links-to-coronavirus-information-for-self-advocates/
Supported Decision-Making
- Charting the LifeCourse Guide: LifeCourse Integrated STAR - Supported Decision-Making
- Charting the LifeCourse Worksheet: LifeCourse Integrated STAR - Tool for Exploring Decision Making Supports
Caregiver Resources
Self-Care Resources
- Guided Meditation (YouTube Video)
- Tibetan Healing Sounds (YouTube Video)
- 3-Step Mindfulness Worksheet
- Yoga Download Website
- Wayne State University Art Therapy Free this year, 10 weeks on Saturdays Sept 19 to November 21, 2020
Transition Assessments, Activities and Services
- National Quality Forum's Person Centered Planning and Practice Final Report:
- Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC) Assessment Matrix
- INSTRC Tuesday's Tip with how to administer transition assessments during continuous learning/eLearning/remote learning
- Washington State Department of Social & Health Services Life Skills Inventory Independent Living Skills Assessment Tool
- Transition Activities and Services during COVID-19 (Webinar)
- Transition Planning during Continuous Learning - April 30 (Webinar)
- Student Dream Sheet Google Form - When you open this link, it will prompt you to make a copy of this document. From there you will be able to use the form as your own. Please leave source credit at the bottom of this Google Form as a courtesy to your colleagues.
- Student Transition Survey with Pictures Google Form - When you open this link, it will prompt you to make a copy of this document. From there you will be able to use the form as your own. Please leave source credit at the bottom of this Google Form as a courtesy to your colleagues.
- Adolescent Autonomy Checklist Google Form - When you open this link, it will prompt you to make a copy of this document. From there you will be able to use the form as your own. Please leave source credit at the bottom of this Google Form as a courtesy to your colleagues.
Employment and Career Exploration
- AGExplorer
- KQED Career Exploration Videos
- Roadtrip Nation YouTube Videos
- myskillsmyfuture
- What's it like to work at Zynga (Video Game company)
- Nebraska Career Clusters - Virtual Industry Tours
Job Shadowing/Work-based Learning/ Apprenticeships
- LearnmoreIndiana
- K-12 Work-Based Learning Manual
- Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeships
- T-folio - Work-Based Learning Lessons
Project-based Learning
Service-based Learning
Education/Training
College Exploration
Executive Functioning Skills
- Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
- Peer-Assisted Learning Strategy (PALS)
- Annotating Text Lesson and Resources from Scholastic
- Example Checklist from Scholastic
- Executive Functioning Skills Activity Guides from the Center of the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Executive Functioning Skills for 7-12 year olds from the Center of the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Executive Functioning Skills for Adolescents from the Center of the Developing Child, Harvard University
Independent Living
Daily Living
- Got Transition/Center for Health Care Transition
- 15 Tips to Help Individuals with Special Needs Shop for Groceries
Using Public Transportation
Using a Motor Vehicle
Financial Literacy
- Jump$tart
- MyMoney.gov
- Pennsylvania Budget Tool
- California Budget Tool
- Finance in the Classroom
- Practical Money Skills
- High School Financial Planning Program
General Resources
- Habilitation Supports Waiver (NEW!)
- MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN/Caregiver Presentation on Understanding Social Security Benefits - NEW!
- Self-Determination Virtual Education Series (Sept. 2020)
- Explore-work.com
- CareerOneStop
- Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
- O*NET Online
- National Career Development Association
- MyPlan.com
- PACER'S National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
- Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC) - Making the Connection Guide
- Indiana's Transition IEP Rubric
- National Transition Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
- Blind Abilities College and Career Exploration Podcasts
Past FSN Zoom Session Recordings
Hope Trust Pilot Project - Caregiver Support Group (April 26, 2022)
MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN Meeting (November 9, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver Support Group Presentation on the Habilitation Support Waiver (HSW) Program (September 14, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver Support Group Presentation on MI-SIBS: Michigan Supporting and Including Brothers and Sisters (May 11, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver Support Group Presentation on the Self-Advocates of Michigan (SAM) (April 13, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver Support Group Presentation on Considerations for Future Planning (March 9, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver Support Group Presentation on Community Housing Network (February 9, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver Support Group Presentation on Michigan UCP (January 12, 2021)
MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN/Caregiver Presentation on The Arc Michigan (November 10, 2020)
MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN/Caregiver Presentation on Circles of Support (October 13, 2020)
MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN/Caregiver Presentation on the Home and Community Based Services Final Rule (May 12, 2020)
MI-OCEAN Caregiver COVID-19 Support Meeting (April 23, 2020)
MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN Presentation by Jan Lampman on Supported Decision-Making
MI-OCEAN Monthly FSN Presentation by Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski on Aging Content and resources
MI-OCEAN FSN Chart Training with Dr. Preethy Samuel on FSN Chart Training