Key points

That’s the end of this short introduction to decision making. Here are the key points:

• Making decisions is crucial to having control over one’s life.

• The decision making profile describes how a person makes decisions and the support they need.

• The decision making agreement lists the decisions that a person makes and who has the final say.

• Together these tools clarify how decisions are made and aim to increase the choice and control people have in their lives.

Think about…

Think about the people you support.

• Who makes the decisions in their lives?

• What would it take for them to make more decisions, have more control over the decisions that affect them and increase the significance of the decisions that they make?

• What actions could you take together to increase their power and control over their lives?