Meaningful Day Idea Book: Second Edition
The Meaningful Day Idea Book is divided into selections that break down the concepts within the Meaningful Day definition. Each selection contains several Idea Papers that provide information and stories about Meaningful Day concepts.

Table of Chapters

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Introduction: This selection provides an overview to the Meaningful Day Idea Book’s content, structure and purpose. It also acknowledges all of the people who helped create it.

Supporting Individualized Access: This selection contains idea papers about tailoring paid supports to meet an individual's preferences and needs.  It also contains idea papers on supporting a person to get around and have the best possible access to his or her.

Deep Connection with Ordinary Community Life: This selection provides practical tips for how to introduce a person to his or her local community and support him to become known as a respected, contributing citizen.

Wellness and Optimal Health: This selection contains ideas for supporting a person to use community resources in order to stay as healthy as possible in all aspects of his or her life.

Self Empowerment, Relationships, and Respect: The ideas in this selection discuss how to support a person to be in charge of his or her own life and how to support a person in building meaningful relationships with other people.

Champions Assure Progress is Linked to the ISP: This selection contains information on building supportive interdisciplinary teams for a person using services.  It also contains information about DDSD's meaningful day definition and suggestions for documenting services related to a person's meaningful day.

Making Employment First a Reality in New Mexico: Resources: This section includes resources and success stories specific to employment.

And Yet More: This selection contains information referenced in the idea papers. It includes handouts, checklists, exercises and other tools that may be helpful in supporting a person to have a meaningful day. This selection also includes resources and success stories specific to employment as well as other stories worth celebrating.

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