Our Guiding Framework
The CHOoSE project builds on the work of other researchers.
In particular, we are guided by a framework developed in 2018 by Dr. Jacqueline Pei and her team—including the valuable insight of service providers, caregivers, and individuals with FASD.
This framework was called Creating Intersections: A Systematic and Person-Centered Harmonizing Framework for Housing Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
What we learned from Creating Intersections:
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Housing is intrinsically connected to the rest of life. It is an intersection point between the person and the systems that surround them.
For this reason, it cannot be treated as distinct, or separate from everything else. In order to affect housing, everything that surrounds it must also be considered.
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Everyone’s experiences are different. Person-centered approaches are not only important, they’re necessary.
Care needs to begin with the person, and spread out from there.
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If we start by understanding a person as they are, we’ll be better equipped to support their needs, wants, and goals. We will also be able to understand what is going on when things go wrong.
Similarly, understanding the person will help services connect their housing experience to those other domains of life that are connected.
We can make housing feel like home when housing service providers understand their tenants’ range of needs, functional limitations, vulnerabilities and strengths.
