“Use of the My Life: Personal Outcomes Index is one of the most significant developments ever introduced by PDD.” -PDD Service Provider _______________________________________________ The My Life: Personal Outcomes Index™ was developed with and for adults with developmental disabilities in Alberta. It provides an important way of determining how well the PDD program is doing in helping people achieve positive outcomes in their life. How good is life for adults with developmental disabilities? How can their lives get better? By adding the voices of adults with developmental disabilities to the My Life: Personal Outcomes Index™, individuals can tell PDD and its service providers what their lives are like. Providing answers to the survey takes each person about half an hour. Trained surveyors will collect the answers at a place suitable for the individual being interviewed. Answers are kept private and will not be used for individual funding decisions. How well a person is doing tells us how well PDD is doing! More information about the My Life: Personal Outcomes Index™ is available at the PDD Program website or by contacting the PDD Regional representative listed below: NE Region [email protected] (780) 645-6208 NW Region [email protected] (780) 538-5612 Edmonton Region [email protected] (780) 427-7046 Central Region [email protected] (403) 340-5392 Calgary Region [email protected] (403) 297-3249 South Region [email protected] (403) 382-4274 More information is also available by contacting Gloria Wesley, Manager, Personal Outcomes Initiative at (780) 644-4677 or [email protected] Measuring personal outcomes experienced by adults with developmental disabilities Achieving Personal Outcomes What are Personal Outcomes? My Life: Personal Outcomes Index The Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program provides funding for staffing supports for adults with developmental disabilities. Personal outcomes are looked at in eight areas: The My Life: Personal Outcomes Index survey was developed via a partnership with individuals, families, and service providers in collaboration with a leading researcher in Quality of Life, Dr. Robert Schalock. _______________________________________________ PDD wants to get information from adults with developmental disabilities about their life experiences in eight personal outcome areas. Looking at individuals’ personal outcomes can help identify how services and supports funded by PDD are contributing to people’s lives. Knowing what is working best can be useful in helping agencies and the PDD program improve services for adults with developmental disabilities. Beginning in 2011, PDD will use the My Life: Personal Outcomes Index to measure the personal outcomes of adults with developmental disabilities. Emotional Well Being Positive experiences, self esteem, life satisfactions, acknowledgement, being appreciated Physical Well Being Physical health, rest and relaxation, diet, physical activity Material Well Being Ability to meet basic needs, ability to make extra purchases, income, housing Personal Development Opportunities to acquire skills, reach goals, feel successful, experience enjoyment Life control, choices, opportunity to express own views Quality and strength of relationships, trust, satisfaction with family relations, being valued by others, availability of help and support Social Inclusion It’s a form with meaning. You are capturing the essence of someone’s life experience.” -My Life surveyor The My Life survey was first tested in the Edmonton Region. Results showed that the survey results can be used to improve supports and services. The PDD program has decided to further test the My Life: Personal Outcomes Index in all six PDD regions in Alberta. “It could help me.” -statement by an individual who had completed the My Life survey Self Determination Interpersonal Relations “It’s not just another form to fill out. _______________________________________________ Access to support networks, identification with a community, ability to participate in desired social and community activities Rights Experience of human and civil rights, respect, exercise citizenship The answers from each adult with a developmental disability surveyed will be kept private but combined with others in reports for each PDD funded service provider as well as reports for each PDD region and the PDD program as a whole. PDD and service providers can use this information to identify areas for service improvements with the goal to improve personal outcomes for adults with developmental disabilities.
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