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Person Centered Planning

Person Centered Planning. University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Families as Partners Training. Families As Partners Training. What is Person Centered Planning?. A way for a person to plan their future based on what is important to them.

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Person Centered Planning

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  1. Person Centered Planning University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Families as Partners Training Families As Partners Training

  2. What is Person Centered Planning? • A way for a person to plan their future based on what is important to them. • A process that includes gathering information about the person’s wishes, desires, needs, and supports.

  3. What is Person Centered Planning? A journey that begins with the person, their family, friends, and supporters.

  4. Examples of Person Centered Planning Tools • MAPS (Forest, O’Brien, & Pearpoint) • PATH (Forest, O’Brien, & Pearpoint) • Essential Lifestyle Plans (Smull) • Whole Life Planning (Institute on Community Inclusion) • C.O.A.C.H. (Giangreco)

  5. Person Centered Planning Steps: • Complete a profile of the person • Discover themes in the person’s life • Develop a vision of a positive and possible future • Create an action plan to achieve the desired outcomes • Monitor the action plan

  6. “The goal is to have a beautiful life, not a beautiful plan.” Michael Smull

  7. Gathering Information Interview the person and those who know the person best • History • Important people • Skills and gifts • Concerns, fears • Supports needed

  8. Discover Themes • What stands out in the person’s story? • What dreams have resurfaced throughout the person’s life? • What needs surface again and again?

  9. Vision of the Future • “What would you accomplish if nothing stood in your way?” • “What does your ideal future look like?” • “Where would you live…spend your free time…work…play?”

  10. The task that will be completed (What) Timeline for completing the task (When) Person responsible (Who) Resources needed Action Plans Include:

  11. Are people following through with commitments? Are supports being provided? Does the plan need to be revised? Is the planning group in contact with each other? Is the person satisfied ? Monitoring the Action Plan

  12. Nuts and Bolts of Person Centered Planning Put into action Plan Monitorprogress

  13. Support the person to: Gather together a planning group Help the individual choose a planning tool Choose a comfortable, welcoming meeting space Before the Planning Meeting

  14. How will the person communicate their message? How will participants be invited tothe planning meeting? Are there accommodations needed? Are there cultural considerations? Before the Planning Meeting

  15. Choose someone to record Set ground rules Stay neutral Listen, listen, listen During the Planning Meeting

  16. Encourage participation from everyone Treat each idea with respect Keep the group on task Be a guide, not a leader During the Meeting

  17. Developing the Plan • What are the themes in the person’s life? • What does the information gathered say about the person?

  18. What patterns emerge? Does the person like quiet spaces orlots of activity? Is the person a follower or a leader? Does the person struggle with transitions orbreeze through changes? Is the person a night owl or a morning person? Moving from Themes to Outcomes

  19. How does the outcome relate to the person’s desired future? Are there back up plans? How will progress be measured? Does the plan allow for changes if needed? For Each Outcome…

  20. Know the person Be persistent Focus on the person’s community Focus on gifts and talents Know that building a support network is never “finished” Building Support Networks

  21. Research services systems often Libraries, community centers, universities Look at generic services first Services or agencies that are a good fit to the person’s needs System Supports

  22. Assign a “keeper” of the plan Have strategies for when people get stuck Know what people need to stay strong and committed Celebrate accomplishments Monitor and revise the plan when needed Keeping the Plan Going

  23. Is the person satisfied with: The pace of accomplishments? The level of support? The performance of support staff? The level of control he or she has in life? How is Quality Measured?

  24. Balancing risk with health and safety concerns Systems that are slow to change Conflicts about the vision Conflicts about how to achieve the vision Common Challenges and Concerns

  25. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” -Alan Kay

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