1. Person Center Planning Ensures Individual Focus and Family Commitment to Transition
Richard L. Rosenberg, Ph.D Linda O’Neal, MA
Career Connection Career Link
Whittier Union High School District Irvine Unified School District
9401 South Painter Ave 311 West Yale Loop
Whittier, CA Irvine, CA 92604
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2. What is Person Center Planning?
Whose Life Is It?
Who should be at the meeting?
Where should the meeting be held?
How should we prepare for the meeting?

3. Person Centered Planning
Person Centered Planning…….. is an ongoing problem-solving process used to help people with disabilities plan for their future. In person centered planning, groups of people focus on an individual and that person's vision of what they would like to do in the future. This "person-centered" team meets to identify opportunities for the student to develop personal relationships, participate in their community, increase control over their own lives, and develop the skills and abilities needed to achieve these goals. 3

4. Person My gifts and talents What works and What Doesn’t Work
My likes and Dislikes
Person
My greatest challenges
My life story
Places I go
The people in my life
How I interact with others
My health and wellness
Choices I make
How I communicate 4

5. Person Centered Planning

7. What is a MAP?
A shared commitment to help a person move towards their dream and away from their nightmares
A person’s past can be used to shape their future

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10. “Dreams” Poster 10

11. Whole Team 11

13. Going to College “A peer is a friend, an equal, someone to share with,
High school weekly peer meetings, planning activities (bowling, Disneyland), talking about “stuff” that anyone in the group was going through … emotional support, secret Santa … a place to go at lunch and to get to know each other.
“A peer is a friend, an equal, someone to share with,
and to learn and grow with … ” 13

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15. PERSON CENTERED PLANNING TOOL
SDSU Interwork Institute, 1991

16. Mikel Saying Thanks to Transition
From Mikel and Eileen and the family aka Village

18. Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope18

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20. ESSENTIAL LIFE PLANNING created by Michael Smull Find Out
Non-negotiable
Strong Preferences
Highly Desirables
People who really know & care about (the person) say….
To be successful in supporting the person…
The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices 3245 Harness Creek Road Annapolis, MD 21403
Phone: (410) Fax: (410)
(The person’s) reputation says…
If this is going to happen, we must…
Listen to words & behavior
in order to…..
Discover the person’s core values & preferences
Account for the person’s disability & safety
Develop a vision for the future
Mobilize & change community services

21. Telephone: (707) 258-1326 FAX: (707) 258-8354
1780 Third Street, Napa, CA
A technical assistance work group
Allen, Shea & Associates

22. www.tknlyouth.info California Health Incentives Improvement Project
Talent Know no limit CHIP

24. Power of Person Center Planning from Family gathering to High School Diploma and Employment at Movie Theatre