This is the first of three webinars on supported decision making. 

You must register separately for each session. 

You are registering for Session One, September 20:  Supported Decision Making and Special Education.  

To register click on Join the Guest List at the top right of this page.  

September 20    Supported Decision Making and Special Education 

October 4            Supported Decision Making and Transition 

October 18          Supported Decision Making and Vocational Rehabilitation

The presenter for all three sessions is Jonathan Martinis, Esq., J.D. He is the Senior Director for Law and Policy in the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. He is based at BBI’s Washington, D.C. office and leads the institute’s national and international efforts.

Martinis has over 20 years of experience representing and advocating for people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Most notably, in 2013, Martinis represented Jenny Hatch in the nationally acclaimed “Justice for Jenny” case. Martinis helped Ms. Hatch secure her right to live where and how she wants, to make her own decisions, and direct her own life. Jenny’s case was the first trial to hold that a person with disabilities has a right to engage in “Supported-Decision Making,” where people work with trusted friends, family members, and professionals to help them understand the situations and choices they face, so they may make their own decisions – rather than be subjected to a unnecessary permanent, plenary or full guardianship.