Practice Introducing Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) as a Method for Supporting People in the Context of their Families

CtLC is a complex framework even though each concept is approachable and usable by all people.  But explaining it can be tough.  Break it down to a few talking points.  The more you talk about it, the easier it gets!  The toolkit below can be used to introduce and familiarize new/existing Regional Collaborative members to the framework.
 

· Why do we embrace CtLC?  Because each principle offers a new way to look at situations that lead to improving person centered planning and outcomes.  The central idea is that people, regardless of their abilities and disabilities, live in their communities and with their families caring about them their whole lives.  This is a change from the old way of looking at people with disabilities; the old way led us to separate people with disabilities from and provide support differently than for people without disabilities. 

 

· What is CtLC?  A set of 8 principles that make up a whole framework.  There are tools that can be used in any situation to help change our thinking, solve problems, and plan for the future. 

 

· How does CtLC support families?  By applying the ideas that make up CtLC, we approach problems differently and we plan differently.