Welcome to our Community of Learning

Charting the LifeCourse is designed to be used for your own life, for your family members, or in the work you do. The framework and tools will help you organize your ideas, vision, and goals, as well as problem-solve, navigate, and advocate for supports.

What can Charting the LifeCourse do for You?

  • People are using it to communicate their needs.
  • People are advocating for the supports they need to accomplish their goals.
  • Parents are setting higher expectations for their children.
  • Students are learning how life experiences impact their career goals.
  • Families are exploring the services and supports they need.
  • Parents, siblings, and family members are able to share their ideas, hopes, and fears for the future.
  • Case-managers are using in planning meetings.
  • Teachers are improving social skills at school, at home, and in the community.
  • Information and Referral staff are exploring the future with aging parents.
  • Employment specialists are enhancing discovery and exploration that support career planning.
  • Options counselors are providing anticipatory guidance and educating about life possibilities.
  • Leaders are transforming organizations.

A Library of Resources

Explore the Charting the LifeCourse framework, key principles, and foundational tools, with examples, videos, and more!

Training and Education

Connect to opportunities for learning about LifeCourse, implementing in your organization, or hosting a Nexus speaker at your event.

LifeCourse Network

Engage with the LifeCourse Nexus by becoming an Ambassador, an Affiliate Organization, Partner, or by forming a State Chapter.

My CtLC eLearning

Click the CtLC eLearning button above to access the LifeCourse Learning site.

Start Your Journey with Charting the LifeCourse Framework and Tools

You can use LifeCourse with your family or for yourself

  • Learn more about yourself or your family
  • Organize your thoughts and speak out for what you or your family wants and needs
  • Problem-solve and plan for taking action in your life or on behalf of a family member
  • Direct services and supports
  • Advocate for change
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Professionals use LifeCourse in the work that they do every day

  • Educating others on possibilities
  • Facilitating planning for now and the future
  • Problem-Solving
  • Coordinating Integrated Services and Supports
  • Conflict Resolution and Advocacy
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Leaders use LifeCourse to drive policy, practice, and cultural change

  • Reframing Expectations at All Levels
  •  Training and Coaching Staff
  • Education and Outreach Activities
  • Driving Policy, Practice and Cultural Change
  • Transforming organizations and communities
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Our Vision

A Network of Supporting, Learning, and Sharing

Dr. Sheli Reynolds shares how the Charting the LifeCourse Nexus is about creating a community of learning.  She envisions the Nexus as a place to come, share, learn, and figure out implementation strategies to get LifeCourse out into the world for the greater good. It serves as the central link to ideas, collaboration, and transformation.

Changing My Life, 180 Degrees

Crystal shares how LifeCourse changed her family’s trajectory from dependency and fear to having a vision, choice, and hope for the future.

Ben: A LifeCourse Spotlight

Ben and Jane were able to use LifeCourse thinking and tools to explore Ben’s vision and goals for his “good life” now and in the future.

A Tool that Gives My Family Perspective

Georgia explains how LifeCourse is used in her everyday life and how it gave her family a new perspective for looking to the future.

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