Empowering individuals

"The Bureau of Quality Improvement Services is committed to supporting our provider network in working toward a true person-centered system which includes ensuring providers are supporting individuals to be as independent as possible. This is a basic tenet of home-and community-based services.

As part of that commitment, BQIS is hosting a web-based training opportunity focused on empowering individuals. The presentation will explore the difference between support versus supervision, remedying over support, providing active support and person-centered planning.

This opportunity is being provided at no cost to participants and is mandatory for all current Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services home-and community-based services providers. This means if your organization is a current BDDS service provider of any home-and community-based service, it is required that an executive level staff member of your organization attend this training. Sign-up, participation and completion of this training will be tracked and monitored throughout the training.

All others, including individuals with disabilities, program managers, direct support professionals, case managers and families are welcome to attend.

Advance registration is required to receive a link to join. You must use the registration link sent to you by Zoom in order for us to track attendance.

We are offering this training at two different times. Please be aware that each session is capped at 500 attendees, so if your first choice is full, please choose the other date.

• May 10, 2022, at 2 p.m. EDT Register
• May 19, 2022, at 2 p.m. EDT Register
• May 25, 2022, (view recording with live Q&A) 10 a.m. EDT Register

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate, please email jennifer.akers@fssa.in.gov  at least three days prior to the event.

If you have questions, need additional resources or support or have suggestions for additional training, please contact us at BQIS.Help@fssa.IN.gov.

We look forward to continuing to educate and support providers to empower individuals to live, love, learn, work, play and pursue their dreams!"