Values & Action

The Merry Glen Way

Training

July 2011

What We Will Cover

• History of Attitudes/Services to persons

with Disabilities

What We Will Cover

• History of Attitudes/Services to persons

with Disabilities

• Merry Glen’s Unique History

What We Will Cover

• History of Attitudes/Services to persons

with Disabilities

• Merry Glen’s Unique History

• Residential Guidelines

What We Will Cover

• History of Attitudes/Services to persons

with Disabilities

• Merry Glen’s Unique History

• Residential Guidelines

• Client (Resident) Services

What We Will Cover

• History of Attitudes/Services to persons

with Disabilities

• Merry Glen’s Unique History

• Residential Guidelines

• Client (Resident) Services

• Positive Behavior Support Planning

What We Will Cover

• History of Attitudes/Services to persons

with Disabilities

• Merry Glen’s Unique History

• Residential Guidelines

• Client (Resident) Services

• Positive Behavior Support Planning

• The Merry Glen Way

DD Services Overview

• Before 1800’s people put away or

absorbed

• Attempts to be more humane

• Medical Lake first WA state Hospital

1906

What are Developmental

Disabilities?

One or More of the Following:

• Intellectual disability;

• Cerebral Palsy;

• Epilepsy;

• Autism; or

• Another neurological or other condition closely related to intellectual disability or that requires treatment similar to that required for individuals with intellectual disability.

• AND…

And…

• Continued or can be expected to continue

indefinitely; and

• Results in substantial limitations to an

individual's intellectual and/or adaptive

functioning.

The Merry Glen Story

• 3 Families Seeking a

Better way

• Kay Epton elected to

House

• Outpatient from

1961-73

• Building in 1973

• More than just the

resident…a family

commitment

• Expectations

• Understanding that they

all must work together

A Family Cooperative

Merry Glen’s Mission

The overall objective of Merry Glen is to

emphasize the positive aspects of individual

development, while remaining realistic about

limitations, to assist individuals in becoming

aware of their assets, and, most importantly,

the power of their assets.

Merry Glen Philosophy

We believe in a system that is designed and operated in ways that are

consistent with the principles of self-determination. This participant-

driven system assures that individuals have the freedom to plan their

own lives, authority to control the resources allocated to them to

acquire needed services and supports, opportunity to choose their own

supports, responsibility for their choices and the consequences of those

choices, and the reciprocal responsibility to participate and become

contributing members of the community. While these self-

determination principles serve as cornerstones of an effective system

serving and supporting individuals with developmental disabilities, there

are a number of other principles that guide our efforts. These

complimenting principles are: a commitment to community integration,

dignity, informed choice, rights and systems management.

Non-Profit

• Mission to Serve…Only

• 501(c) 3 Public Benefit Corp

• Contract with State

• Historic Underfunding

Unusual Model for Today

• Shift to Smaller Setting (2-4 Person)

• Not traditional Group Home

• Smaller model based mostly on cost,

“truthiness”, not evidence-based practice

DDD Residential Guidelines

• Health and Safety

• Personal Power and Choice

• Status (personal value and positive community relationships)

DDD Residential Guidelines cont.

• Integration

• Good Relationships

• Competence to Manage daily life

Client Services

Instruction and Support Needs…

are based on the individual’s ability to perform

tasks that are associated with daily living.

Instruction and support may vary from a few

hours a month up to twenty-four hour, one-

on-one support.

Positive Behavior Support Planning

The Support Setting

DDD residential support services are designed

to offer individualized instruction and

support services. Residential options include

supported living services, group home, group

training home, and supported living services

offered for people with community

protection issues.

Types of Settings

• Supported Living

• Group Homes

• Group Training Homes (Merry Glen)

• Companion Homes

• Alternative Living Services

The Merry Glen Way Values

• Kindness and Caring

• Skill

• Reliability

• Teamwork

The Choice You Make Today

What working environment

Do I

choose to create?

Values to Ethics

• How we believe determines how we act

− Scarcity vs. Abundance

− A kind world or an unkind world

− Anything is possible or I could never do that

Moving Forward

• 90% of problems are SYSTEM problems,

not people problems

− Training,

− Expectations & standards,

− Tools & resources,

− Isolation/repetition