1. Person - Centered Planning
What is it?
How is it done?
Paddi Davies .

2. Person-Centered Planning (aka PCP)
A process that promotes positive outcomes!

3. What is Person-Centered Planning? Dr. Beth Mount, 1991
Works to support the contribution of each person in local community life
Finds and develops the gifts, strengths and talents of each person
Develops a vision that expresses these gifts
Builds a support group to make these ideals happen
Builds a community network of acceptance
Changes services to be more responsive to the interests of people

4. Most Popular PCP Tools Personal Futures Planning (Beth Mount)
PATH - Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (Pearpoint, O’Brien, and Forest, 1993)
Essential Life Planning - (Michael Smull)
MAPS - McGill Action Planning System (Forest & Lusthaus, 1990)
COACH- Choosing Outcomes and Accommodations for Children: A Guide to Educational Planning for Students with Disabilities (Michael Giangreco et. al.)
GAP – Group Action Planning (Turnbull & Turnbull, 1992)
VISTA - Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach (Giangreco, 1996)

5. Personal Futures Planning
A tool for transition planning
Creates a personal profile to discover strengths & capacities
Creates a positive vision of the future

6. The Meeting Framework Exploring Commitment: Planning the Meeting
Who should be involved?
Which profiles should be done?
Discovering Opportunities: Completing the Profiles
Finding New Directions through Planning
Build a plan
Make commitments to action
Taking Action
Reflect on action
Discover next steps

7. Some of the Types of Profiles
History/Background
Relationships
Preferences (What Works/What Doesn’t)
Places in Life
Dreams, Hopes & Fears
Who is this Person?
Likes/Dislikes
Communication System
5 & 1 year goals
Supports or Accommodations needed
Choices
Other things parents/guardians/school team would like included

8. Relationship Map
Purpose: To illustrate personal support, assistance, & opportunities to build friendships.
Illustrates:
The most important people in the focus person’s life
People interested in planning together over time
People who may be able to provide personal support
Opportunities for building relationships
Identifying communication partners
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

9. Relationship Map
Friends Family
Service Providers
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

10. History or Background Map
Purpose: To understand the life experience of the focus person and his or her family.
Illustrates:
Positive experiences form the past to build on;
Appreciation of traumas, loss & grief in life
Celebration of accomplishments
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

11. History/Background Map
Born!
Now!
Crisis/
Problems
Good times/
milestones
Crisis/
Problems
Good times/
milestones
Good times/
milestones
Crisis/
Problems
Good times/
milestones
Crisis/
Problems
Good times/
milestones
Good times/
milestones
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

12. Personal Preferences
Purpose: To discover personal preferences, gifts & interests, as well as conditions to avoid.
Illustrates:
Patterns in the gifts, potential, interests, and unique contributions of the person.
Patterns in the conditions that block or challenge development of opportunities to build on in the future.
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

13. Personal Preferences Things that work! Things that don’t work
(create interest, aliveness, engagement motivation)
Things that don’t work
(create boredom, upset, depression, frustration)
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

14. Places Map
Purpose: To describe the pattern of daily life to help illustrate how the focus person spends his or her time.
Illustrates: The amount of time the person spends in the community compared to the amount of time spent in segregated settings.
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

15. Places Map
Community Life
World of
Human Services
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

16. Hopes & Fears Map
Purpose: To explore both the personal hopes and the fears about the future through the eyes of the focus person.
Illustrates:
The experiences the person wants to have
How people feel about the opportunities & obstacles they see to making things happen
How the hopes compare to the fears they have
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

17. Hopes & Fears Map Fears & Nightmares Hopes ~ Opportunities ~ Obstacles
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

18. “Who is this Person” Map?
Purpose: To gain a deeper understanding of who the person is & how he or she is perceived.
Illustrates:
The power of words
Positive characteristics that are often overlooked
M. Forrest, J. Pearpoint, 1950

19. “Who is this Person” Map
Brainstorm to find words that describe this person.
Group words into themes.
M. Forrest, J. Pearpoint, 1950

20. Choices Map
Purpose: To understand the degree to which a person has control over their life.
Illustrates:
Levels of personal autonomy
Levels of assistance needed
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

21. Choice Map Choices made by . . . Choices made for …
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

22. Images of the Future Map
Purpose: To explore inner images about desires and dreams for the future.
Illustrates: The experiences the person or family wants more of – a job, a home, community life.
Dr. Beth Mount, 1991

23. Images of the Future Map
Community
Life
Work
Money
Friends
Fun
Recreation
Choices
Independence
Education

24. Criteria for Success Shared values
Ability to see capacities & strengths
Attitude of discovery
Commitment to follow-up
Comfort with small steps
Perseverance
Ability to brainstorm
Good facilitator
K. McNulty, NTAC, 2003

25. A Few PCP Resources State DB Project DB-LINK The ARC
Parent Training & Information Center