Preparing to self-direct - what you need to think about
This overview outlines some of the important matters to think about when you are preparing to direct your own support.
You will have choice and control over where, when, how and by whom your services and supports are provided.
When you self-direct you take responsibility for the choices and decisions that will influence your own life.
When establishing your self-directed support it is wise to ask yourself what do I need to do now, who else could take on one or more of these roles in the future, what would it take to share this knowledge?
Resources
Plan and prepare: the change to self-direction is an example of one person's step by step plan to move towards self-direction.
Self-direction in regional QLD - making it work describes why one family in regional Queensland chose to self-direct and how they put their plan into practice.
Plan and prepare: the change to self-direction