‘A Practical Guide to Supported-Decision-Making' Launch

Learning Disability England

Join Paradigm, LDE and partners for the launch of the newly coproduced ‘A Practical Guide to Supported-Decision-Making'

Join <a href="http://paradigm-uk.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Paradigm</a>, <a href="https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learning Disability England (LDE)</a> and partners for the launch of the newly coproduced ‘A Practical Guide to Supported-Decision-Making' with guests Dr Lucy Series and Dr Jo Watson. Free to download at the end of this webinar.At this short, powerful launch event, you will:•	have a guided tour of the newly co-produced resource.•	hear <a href="https://www.aldingbournetrust.org/our-people.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sue Livett</a> (Chief Executive of The Aldingbourne Trust) in conversation with <a href="https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Lucy-Series-1a813fba-ca2c-493e-a1fc-66bbf606c8ae/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Lucy Series</a> (Lecturer in the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University). Together they will be discussing Supported Decision-Making, bringing it to life and challenging us all to do better! As Lucy writes in the opening words of the resource:‘Mental capacity law is a double-edged sword: it can be used to champion people’s rights to make decisions about their own lives – through Supported Decision-Making, or by maximising a person’s agency through facilitated decision making that is attentive to their wishes and feelings. But if used wrong, mental capacity law can also be used to dismiss a person’s wishes and feelings and rights to decide.This guide will help you to ensure disabled people enjoy legal capacity and rights to decide on an equal basis with others.’•	hear from <a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/joanne-watson" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Jo Watson </a>(Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion in the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University, Australia) ‘The right to supported decision-making for people rarely heard: how we can understand and uphold the will and preference of people who communicate differently.’ ‘Assumptions can be made that ‘these people’, ‘their lives’ are less valuable. We need to change the narrative.’ - Dr Jo Watson•	have the opportunity to talk in small groups about what you have heard and explore how you can better support people to make decisions.•	find out about Paradigm’s newly-launched and co-facilitated ‘Supported Decision-Making’ training.This launch event is for anyone who wants to grow their confidence in Supported Decision-Making – self-advocates, families and professionals.We look forward to seeing you there!* Please note: This is not a legal advice session.

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