PBIS Team Training Cohort 1 January 7, 2009

Agenda Welcome and Introduction Review Person Centered Planning What the Research Says

1 - 5% of Students 15% of Students 80% of Students Continuum of School Wide Instructional and Positive Behavior Supports Primary Prevention: School Wide/Class Wide Systems for ALL Students, ALL Staff and ALL Settings Secondary Prevention: Specialized Group Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior Tertiary Prevention: Specialized, Individualized Systems for Students with High- Risk Behavior

Person Centered Planning

What is Person Centered Planning? Problem Solving PROCESS Community Building PROCESS

Person Centered Planning is not a program. It is a process of identifying real wants and needs and discovering solutions to real problems. Person Centered Planning is an active plan with timelines!!

A History…1980s – 1990s Getting to Know YouIndividual Design Session Personal Futures Planning 24 Hour Planning MAPSGroup Action Planning Families First New HatsPersonal HistoriesPATH Essential Lifestyle Planning

Although Person Centered Planning originated as a way to support people with disabilities, other uses have proven beneficial in recent years.

Why Person Centered Planning? To facilitate a group of people in genuinely supporting someone. To assist the focus person in gaining control over his or her life (empowerment.) To increase opportunities to participate in school and the community. To recognize an individual’s needs, desires, interests, and dreams.

Benefits of Person Centered Planning Provides real solutions to help an individual meet his/her needs. Gives the individual a chance to be the driving force in creating his/her own plan of action. Teaches responsibility for actions in the midst of genuine support.

Common Beliefs of Person Centered Planning Seeing people first rather than relating to diagnostic labels Using ordinary language and images rather than professional jargon Actively searching for a person’s gifts and capacities in the context of school and community life

Common Beliefs of Person Centered Planning Strengthening the voice of the person and those who know the person best Evaluating their present conditions in terms of valued experiences Defining desirable changes in their lives

Who are the members of the Person Centered Planning team?

The Team Makes a commitment and takes action to ensure that changes will be accomplished for the focus person. Coordinates supports around the life of the individual rather than around the needs of the system and existing services.

System Centered vs. Person Centered Plan a lifetime of programs Offer a limited number of usually segregated program options Base options on stereotypes about persons with disabilities Focus on numbers Organize to please funders, regulators, policies and rules Craft a desirable lifestyle Design an unlimited number of desirable experiences Find new possibilities for each person Focus on quality of life Emphasize dreams, desires, and meaningful experience Organize to respond to people

Person Centered Planning is… A way for diverse people, who share a common need to align – Their vision, purposes, and goals – Their understanding of the focus person’s past, present and future life – Their actions for change, mutual support, personal and team development, and learning

Person Centered Planning is Not… An easy, one-shot process The answer to all problems A replacement for an IEP A quick fix solution to complex human and/or organizational problems Something to be done and forgotten A guarantee

The Process… Before the initial meeting During the meeting After the meeting

What should we think about NOW? Students who would benefit Facilitators Time for meetings Commitment

Resources Connie Lyle O’Brien and John O’Brien, “The Origins of Person Centered Planning: A Community of Practice Perspective” Angela Novak Amado, PhD and Marijo McBride, Med, “Increasing Person Centered Thinking: Improving the Quality of Person Centered Planning” Florida’s Positive Behavior Support Project: University of South Florida Kathy Hutto and Tim Smith, Person Centered Planning Facilitator’s Guide