Profile:

Donna is a very petite young woman, the oldest in her family, with three younger
brothers. Healthy and responsive to her environment, Donna was diagnosed at birth
with microcephaly, epilepsy, and very high muscle tone. She is dependent on others
for all aspects of daily living. Donna has custom seating in a manual wheelchair to
accommodate and discourage further scoliosis. Donna has a wealth of family, friends
and acquaintances who contribute to her feeling of being valued and loved. Her
support network meets to review, dream and continue to develop a shared vision
with Donna, offering ideas from their varied perspectives. The members include her
parents, brothers, aunts and uncle, neighbours and former SSAH support workers, her
own and family friends. Some current support personnel are also invited to participate
in ensuring the richness of Donna’s life in the community.

Strengths:

Life Skills: Donna is easy going and co-operative. She enjoys almost all foods offered to
her, and can reach for objects, manipulating them between her hands,

Health /Physical Management: Donna is healthy and strong and is developing
improved seizure control. She co-operates with someone assisting her with transfers,
and dressing.

Social Connections: Donna enjoys peer interaction, has a circle of acquaintances, in
many familiar settings, which continues to grow.

Emotional Well-being: Donna is patient and trusting, undemanding yet determined,
and affectionate, Donna has a sense of humour, is adaptable and resilient. She knows
she is loved.

Psychological Aptitude: Donna recognizes voices, situations and faces. She recognizes
patterns of events, and understands cause and effect.

Communication Ability: Donna is a good listener, and is responsive to conversation,
She expresses her likes/dislikes, uses instruments to convey a message, recognizes own
name, certain words and short phrases

Leisure Identity: Donna enjoys being out-of-doors in all seasons, and loves to ride in
vehicles. She goes skating in her wheelchair, and swimming where she also uses the
whirlpool.

Shared Vision: Donna will be acknowledged as an adult capable of and deserving an
interesting and valued life.

Donna will receive individualized funding to support her life
She will be supported to expand her network of relationships, and to nurture those
relationships.

Donna will be encouraged to continue developing her communications skills through
sound and gesture. Her communications will be respected.
She will maintain her health and flexibility.

Donna will receive her own invitations from family and friends to attend or be a guest.
She will participate in a range of activities of interest and benefit to herself and others,
which include recreation, sensory stimulation, therapy and community service.

Skills and Abilities related to Post-Secondary Education/Training Goals:

Donna is non-judgemental, patient and trusting, undemanding yet determined, funny,
adaptable and resilient.

Skills and Abilities Related to Relationships:
Donna is non-judgemental, patient and trusting, undemanding yet determined, funny,
adaptable and resilient.

Skills and Abilities Related to Life in the Community:

Donna is responsive to conversation She is a good listener, expresses her likes/dislikes,
recognizes voices, situations and faces She recognizes patterns of events.

Skills and Abilities Related to Physical Fitness:

Donna is healthy and strong. She loves a variety of positions, and the physical intimacy
that is required to support her.

Skills and Abilities Related to Communication:

Donna is a good listener, expresses her likes/dislikes, uses instruments to convey a
message, recognizes own name, certain words, short phrases and perhaps more.

Skills and Abilities Related to Health:

Donna is developing improved seizure control.

Profile:

Steve is a student with a moderate developmental disability who is seeking supported
employment and an independent community living opportunity at an appropriate time
after high school. The student’s teacher-adviser is serving as the leader of the transition
planning team. A representative from the local Association for Community Living has
agreed to participate on the student’s transition planning team.

Strengths:

Steve enjoys math and is good at counting and sorting. He has a good understanding
of the concept of money and can identify the value of all coins and paper currency.
Steve enjoys geography and using maps. He can locate each of the provinces on a
map of Canada. Steve is active and enjoys participating in outdoor activities. Steve
is particularly interested in gardening. Steve also enjoys listening to music and has
a strong circle of friends. Steve is an easy going individual and makes friends easily.

Student's Vision

Steve would like a supported employment position somewhere close to home. If
possible, he would like to work at a gardening centre. He would like to continue living
at home in the immediate future and then possibly living with another young adult
with special needs in a supported placement at an appropriate time.

Skills and Abilities related to Post-Secondary Education/Training Goals:

Steve enjoys working and has had some good placement opportunities in the co-operative
education program. One of his placements was at the local grocery store stocking
shelves. He has a good understanding of the concept of money. Steve gets along well
with other people both socially and in a work environment. He loves gardening and
would like to work in a gardening centre when he finishes high school.

Skills and Abilities Related to Independent Living:

Steve is becoming better at managing his own personal care. He is a sociable individual
and he makes friends easily

Skills and Abilities Related to Recreation/Social Activities:

Steve is comfortable in a range of social settings. He has an easy going personality and
enjoys participating in outdoor activities. He likes using maps and would enjoy planning
trips for his family. Steve has a good circle of supports including good friends and a
supportive family.