1. Person Centered Planning

2. What is It? Planning tool New Perspective
Starts with the person not with the system: Who am I?
Strengths based
Individualized
Brings together people who care about the person
To look at an individual in a different way. To assist the focus person in gaining control over their own life. To increase opportunities for participation in the community. To recognize individual desires, interests, and dreams. Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.

3. Traditional Planning Vs. PERSON CENTERED
The Person
ABILITIES
Gifts And Strengths
What’s possible
Individualized
Friends, Family and Neighbors
the System
DISABILITIES
Reports and assessments
What’s available
Standardized
“experts”
Can’t Vs. Can

4. VALUES Self Advocacy Everyone Should be included in the community
Everyone has gifts
Everyone has Capacity
Everyone has Potential
Everyone can contribute
INCLUSION:
Community Presence
Community Particpation
Valued Social Roles
Promoting Choice
Supporting Contribution

5. Person Centered Thinking, Person Centered Services and Person Centered Plan?

6. Why Should I have one? DISCOVERY Meeting of the minds Support
Thinking outside the box
I need direction!

7. When Can it be used? Times of transition
When new people are entering life
When you have new goals
When you don’t know what you want
ANYTIME!
TRANSITION: School (babies, kindergarten, middle school, High School to and from transition
New teachers, care providers, employers
New Goals: Moving out, getting a job, making new friends
Not sure what you want!

8. Are there Different Kinds of Approaches?
MAPS: Making Action Plans
PATH : Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope
Personal Futures Planning
Circle of Friends
One Page Profiles
Life Trajectory
The Fifth Circle
All About Me
Different for different situation
Some one meeting some several
Man variations
Graphics
When done: you actually have a plan

9. Who should be involved? Family Friends Peers Co-workers Neighbors
Professionals
Peers; Friends from school
Co-workers---
The people have a clear and shared appreciation of the talents and capacities of the focus person. People have a common understanding of what the focus person wants. The group involved agree to meet regularly to review activities. The group include a strong advocate or family member assuring that the interest of the focus person is being met. That the group include a person committed to making connection to the local community.
Professionals: Caregivers, teachers, therapists, paras etc…Who: People who know you well, know what you like/don’t like/know your goals, your concerns, about your background,
How to ask people to participate- give opportunity to say “yes” Everyone is so busy

10. The Role of The Facilitator
Plans the process
Guides the Group through the process
Makes sure all voices are heard
Creates a positive atmosphere
Follows up
Good Facilitaotors– hold the core PCP values– believe in the person
Good listener
Respects different points of view
Remains neutral (sometimes someone who doesn’t know the person is good)
Curious about the person and process
Good communicator– prepared/follows up
Makes sure everything is captured
Opened ended questions
Keeps things moving
Creates a doable action plan
Helps move through roadblocks

11. Process Who is the Person? What is their history?
Identifies strengths, gifts and abilities
Identifies challenges and Concerns
Identifies the persons desires
Identifies Community/Natural Supports
Identifies Resources: Natural and Paid
Identifies Supports needed
Identifies Goals: What do I want?
Identifies Next Steps: Who, what, when and where?
Puts the Plan into ACTION!
What are my hopes and dreams?
What brings me joy?
What is important to me?
What are my gifts?
What are my strengths and abilities?
What am I good at?
What are my challenges?
What are my worries and concerns?
What do I need?

12. A Plan needs feet!
A plan

13. A Plan needs Ownership

14. How can I get A Facilitated Plan?
Individual and Family Services Waiver
Request Technical Assistance through DDA
Trained teachers
Friend exchange

15. Jessica’s Success Story

16. What Do I want?

17. What Don’t I Want?

18. PASSION

19. Cathy Murahashi