Developing
Personalized Living
Arrangements
One size does not fit all!
The potential for developing a variety of living arrangements has expanded
considerably over the past few years. Allen, Shea & Associates is prepared
to help people plan for cost-effective services and supports in a personalized
living arrangement.
Services
Allen, Shea & Associates offers consultation, training, technical assistance,
advocacy, and related services to individuals, families, service providers,
and funding agencies around the design and implementation of personalized
living arrangements.
We can help individuals, families, and their allies figure out ways to meet
their needs and aspirations in a way that is cost-effective, sensible, and
fun. Services include:
- Assessment of service and support needs, preferences, and life goals;
- Facilitation of person-centered and related planning techniques;
- Technical assistance (and support) in developing personalized living
arrangements (e.g., licensed home for 1-3 people; supported independent
living);
- Advice (and support) in networking to connect individuals, families,
advocates, and service providers to bring new living arrangements to fruition;
- Consultation (and assistance) in the areas of home ownership/leasing
arrangements, Section 8, IHSS, other generic services and supports, and
in the use of special needs trusts and other devices;
- Advice (and support) in building community connections (e.g., creation
of a circle-of-friends);
- Instruction (and support) in developing skills related to effective
working relationships and principled negotiation;
- Mediation and conciliation to enable individuals, families, funders,
and service providers to resolve differences and to work effectively (and
efficiently) in getting their needs met; and
- Other services related to the identification, evaluation, or development
of living arrangements responsive to individual (and, as appropriate, family)
needs and aspirations.
Qualifications
John Shea (Ph.D., Economics) and Bill Allen (Ph.D., Special Education) have
been advising families on personalized living arrangements for their children
with disabilities, for the past ten years. Most recently, Shea worked with
two other families to develop a novel living arrangement for his son Joe
and two companions. Shea and Allen have authored (or co-authored) several
monographs on topics related to housing and support services, including:
Parents Look Ahead Together!, A Resource Manual; This is Your Life! A
Handbook on Developing Personalized Living Arrangements; Places to Live
and Getting Around Town: Needs, Problems, Options, and Possible Solutions;
Looking at Licensed, Residential Services in Your Community; Patterns of
Support: A Supported Living Resource Catalogue; To Be or Not to Be: A Booklet
to Assist in Deciding Whether to Seek Licensure and Certification as an
ICF/DD-H or DD-N. References and a complete business history are available
upon request.
Fees
One hour, free initial consultation. We charge reasonable fees and encourage
collaborative funding whenever possible.
For more information, please contact John Shea at:
Allen, Shea & Associates
1780 Third Street · Napa, CA 94559
(707) 258-1326 · FAX 258-8354
EMAIL asa@napanet.net
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