Charting the LifeCourse
The Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) framework was created to help individuals and families of all abilities and all ages develop a vision for a good life, think about what they need to know and do, identify how to find or develop supports, and discover what it takes to live the lives they want to live. Below you will find examples of the tools used in the Charting the LifeCourse Framework. Last year I attended the ODE Charting the LifeCourse Ambassador Training Series. If you are interested in using these tools in your work, I am happy to assist you in the process.
Life Trajectory
Create a vision for your good life. The trajectory tool provides space to explore the things going well in your life or the things that are stopping you from reaching your good life.
Trajectory for Planning
Envision your “good life” and identify the steps or experiences needed to get there. The Trajectory Planning Tool highlights the past life experiences that are leading or moving you away from your vision and then provides space for current goals and things to avoid moving forward.
Integrated Support Star
Identify the supports you are using now, and think about other supports that might be helpful. The right supports can help ensure your quality of life. Some supports are centered around relationships, technology, or personal strengths and assets. Others are based on eligibility criteria or are supports that anyone in the community can access. Using various supports in combination can help you achieve your vision of a good life.
Life Domain Vision Tool
Forming a vision and beginning to plan for the future in each of the life domains helps plot a trajectory for a full, inclusive, quality life in the community. This tool is to help individuals of all ages start to think about a more specific vision for life in the future and narrow down what life domain(s) to focus on at this point in time.
Reciprocal Roles
The Reciprocal Roles tool will help you identify the people in your life and ways they support you. It also helps you explore ways that you support other people and roles you play in their lives. It can identify gaps as well as the potential for building even stronger relationships.
Mapping Relationships
The Mapping Relationships tool will help you identify the different people and ways that they support you. Some of the people in your life might fulfill a lot of different roles while others might have only one significant role. It can help you have conversations about the future and who may fill those roles when others are no longer able.
Goal Attainment: Planning and Tracking Success
When planning how to achieve a goal, this tool will help you define what success looks like, plan strategies to move closer to the goal, and track progress over time.