Products
Some of the following links are in PDF format and require Acrobat Professional. If you do not have the required program you can download the FREE Adobe Reader to view the documents. The PDFs on this page have not been made accessible for screen readers. Please contact Raelynn Smith by email at anrs4@uaa.alaska.edu if you need an accessible copy of these files.
Information and Provider Lists
The Center for Human Development maintains a database with a number of different lists to provide easy access to program information. If you would like to receive information on the Full Lives Conference, UA Gerontology Program, Partners in Policymaking, or Learn As You Earn please join our mailing list.
This form can also be used to add or update a listing in the Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Substance Abuse/Alcoholism, and Senior Provider lists. We provide information on many Alaska Service Providers for developmental disabilities services, services to older adults, and mental health resources. The site is updated quarterly to provide current information.
Self-Determination Resource Website
This website provides self-determination educational resources for parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, and students.
2008 Survey on Self Determination--Final Report.pdf (PDF 2.7MB)
Video Futures is a stand-alone training kit that presents the basics of self-modeling for service providers, educators, parents, and others who work with persons with disabilities. It provides tools by which self-motivated practitioners may acquire a basic level of expertise in planning and implementing self-modeling interventions for people with disabilities. This training also lends itself to collaborative learning over a several-week period.
Ability and Beyond: Leaders in the Field
This high-quality VHS video production covers a wide range of topics concerning people and family members with disabilities. “Leaders in the field” is a compilation of interviews with individuals who experience disabilities and have achieved positions of leadership and responsibility within Alaskan communities. These leaders discuss how they live in the community, how they have faced and overcome various obstacles, and the qualities each one believes makes an effective leader. This video has an 8-minute, a 20-minute, and a 37-minute version of the interviews that allows for better customization in a presentation. For more information e-mail us at info@alaskachd.org.
In the Driver’s Seat
This 25-minute, closed-captioned video, accompanied by an 18-page workbook, demonstrates successful strategies for negotiating and conducting productive parent/professional meetings. In the Driver's Seat is available for purchase from Program Development Associates (opens in a new window).
Guide to Developmental Disability Services
The Guide to Developmental Disability Services is designed to provide families an overview of Alaska’s Developmental Disability Program and how it works for individuals with disabilities and their families.
Self-Determination Guide for Parents
This guide was made to assist parents interested in helping their children transition from high school to the next step whether it be college or something else.
Far North Parent-Professional Partnerships Guide
There is a growing acceptance that families and professionals working together as partners, rather than client and provider, are the best resource for children and family members with disabilities. However, the partnership framework is radically different from the family/provider association in which most professionals and families were educated.
This manual was written to provide a foundation for establishing collegial family and professional alliances. The manual is divided into three sections: Building Parent & Professional Partnerships, Understanding Basic Systems and Best Outcomes: Person Centered and Self-directed.
Research Reports
Resources
Quality Mall (opens in new window) at the University of Minnesota Research and Training Center on Community Living is a carefully selected collection of person-centered supports for people with developmental disabilities.