In SDS, how should a broker ensure participant choices drive decisions?

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In SDS, how should a broker ensure participant choices drive decisions?

In SDS, decisions come from the participant, and the broker's job is to support that choice, not override it. The broker helps the participant clarify goals, gather information about options, and explain what each option means in plain terms. Then they assist the participant in weighing costs, providers, and outcomes so the plan reflects the participant’s preferences. The broker also records those preferences, confirms informed consent, and revisits decisions as goals or circumstances change, ensuring ongoing alignment with what the participant wants. Choosing provider preferences, following a supervisor’s preference, or letting the broker decide would take control away from the participant and undermine self-direction, which is why prioritizing participant choices is the correct approach.

In SDS, decisions come from the participant, and the broker's job is to support that choice, not override it. The broker helps the participant clarify goals, gather information about options, and explain what each option means in plain terms. Then they assist the participant in weighing costs, providers, and outcomes so the plan reflects the participant’s preferences. The broker also records those preferences, confirms informed consent, and revisits decisions as goals or circumstances change, ensuring ongoing alignment with what the participant wants.

Choosing provider preferences, following a supervisor’s preference, or letting the broker decide would take control away from the participant and undermine self-direction, which is why prioritizing participant choices is the correct approach.

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