Helpful Links & Resources

Sustaining a balance between work and your personal life can be challenging. To help you navigate and gain a better understanding of Self-Direction, here are some useful external resources we hope you will find beneficial.

Helpful Links for employment information for our participants and future employers:


2024 ISS Digital Calendar


Film and Research Papers

Sustaining SDS Across Lifespan
(This research paper is currently under review for publication in the “Journal of Disability Policy”


“Self-Direction – Make Your Own Path”
An ISS Independent film

Big Eddy Film Festival – “Film Selection”
Tusten Theater
Narrowsburg, New York
September 17, 2022 at 12:00PM
Followed by a  short Q and A with other films until 2:30

Black Bear Film Festival – “Documentary Showcase
Milford, Pennsylvania
October 15, 2022 between 3 – 5 PM (with a short Q and A at some point)

115 Mill Street
Milford, PA 18337

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Read about our research project results with the University of Minnesota on the sustainability of Self-Direction when the Circle of Support is aging or unable to provide the required support necessary for continued success in Self-Direction. Click for the Research Paper.


COVID

Covid Vaccine Priority Program

Portal Help

The link to the Portal Help Website is: https://help.issny.org/

Trending and the hot topic help item right now is eTime and EVV which can be found at: https://help.issny.org/books/etime

Some of the useful help “books” available are:
– Broker Resources (Staff Action Plans, Broker Meeting Minutes)
– Electronic Expenses
– eTime (and EVV)
– Participant and Circle Resources (Budget Summaries, Monthly Summary Notes, Expense Upload Guide)
– Portal Basics (log in, quick start guide, password resets)
– Support Staff Resources (Staff dashboard, SEMP)

Popular Links

SANYS NYS Self-Determination Coalition
Sibling Resource Parent to Parent of NYS
OPWDD Self Direction
Social Security
University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration
The Center on Human Policy – Syracuse University
American Association on Intellectual Developmental Disabilities