1. Call Forth the Light in Community Life

2. ways to embody their contribution Capacity Thinking The art of discovering what people can contribute to community life

3. A Road Map of the Journey The Tasks and Tools of Personal Futures Planning VALUES Relationships Places Valued Roles Choice Contribution TASK 2: Finding Capacities in People TASK 1: Getting to Know People TASK 3: Finding Opportunities in Community Life TASK 4: Creating a Vision for the Future TASK 5: Supporting People Over Time to Take Action and Try Things TASK 6: Organizational Change: Constructive System Support Tool: The Relationship Map Tool: The Personal Profile Tool: The Community Building Map Tool: The Futures Plan Tool: Follow Along Meetings & Action Plans Tool: Designing Platforms for Change

4. How do you know it’s person-centered planning? 1. The person is at the center 2. Family members & friends are full partners 3. The focus is on developing capacities 4. Hopeful action happens 5. Listening & learning continue

5. What person-centered planners do? Build a capacity view and a rich vision for a community future Challenge deficiency thinking Get involved with community people, places, & associations Raise expectations Join others to create opportunities, develop resources, & arrange assistance

6. How they do it Gather the people who care & can act Listen respectfully to understand the whole person Search for possibilities by describing history & current realities, & by seeking ideas & leads from others Create & share vivid & powerful images of desirable futures as a platform for asking for what is desirable Go through many cycles of learning by acting, inviting others into the action, & reflecting

7. Voluntary participation in a large group person- centered planning process Introducing ideas and skills essential to person-centered planning Defining a set of person-centered planning tasks for circles to work on in a self-managed way Orchestrating the sharing of experience and learning among the circles Involving resource people who provide relevant ideas, information and inspiration A facilitator team guides the whole large group by:

8. Focus person Family member Friend School people, service providers, & professionals Project support person Facilitator Food & drink

16. Conditions that safeguard the process Participation is voluntary A team of skilled facilitators with knowledge of and commitment to personalized supports A circle including (1) the focus person (2) someone who loves the person (3) others with a personal or work-related investment in the focus person’s future Group as a whole is diverse but united by a common life transition & the circumstances of living with a disability in a particular place & service system

17. Family Life THE FIRST WINDOW These are the People I can count on: Reflection Task 1.1: Building a Relationship Map FriendsFamily Family Life Community Network Personal Network Service Providers

18. FAMILY CIRCLE Name the people you love most and who love you most in the center circle, the place of family life - people you trust the most, who know you best, who love and care about you. PERSONAL NETWORK Family, friends, neighbors, classmates, co-workers, church members, helpful teachers (or other paid people). People you rely on, with whom you exchange friendship and concern, triumphs, struggles, mutual interests. COMMUNITY NETWORK Acquaintances, friends from the past, people who you mostly greet or acknowledge as part of your community life. 1.Put each person on the map as a stick figure with the person’s name. Indicate the nature of the relationship and how long you’ve known each other. 2.Put people who are most important closest to the center. Indicate intensity & strength of the relationship with heavier lines. 3.Highlight people in yellow who might be involved in your support circle. 4.Look at your map. What do you notice? Do you see any patterns or themes?