1. SW 644: Issues in Developmental Disabilities Person-Centered Planning Lecture Presenter: Mark McManus, M.S.S.W., and Beth Mount, Ph.D.

2. Video of Mark McManus

3. Traditional Planning  Professionals conduct assessments of individuals with developmental disabilities  Assessments put together by interdisciplinary team  Fitting the person into the program / service system

4. Person-Centered Planning  Crafts lifestyle around person with disability  Takes inter-visionary look of people involved in person’s life  Often family, friends, and interested persons involved

5. Person-Centered Planning (cont.)  Creates vision for person’s future  Goal is to improve quality of life  Takes individual gifts and capacities; finds, utilizes, and crafts different aspects of community around what person wants

6. Traditional Planning vs. Person- Centered Planning  Traditional planning may provide more or unnecessary support for person  Person-centered planning is tailored around individual needs  Traditional planning fits the person into the service system  Person-centered planning crafts the system around the person

7. Traditional Planning vs. Person- Centered Planning (cont.)  Reliance on service professionals (traditional) vs. reliance on the community (person-centered)  Focus on deficits (traditional) vs. focus on capacities (person-centered)  Professionally driven (traditional) vs. family/network driven

8. Person-Centered Planning Tools  MAPS (McGill Action Planning System)  Essential Lifestyle Planning  Lifestyle Plan  Personal Futures Planning

9. Person-Centered Planning Tools - MAPS  MAPS (McGill Action Planning System) Education focus

10. Person-Centered Planning Tools - ELP  Essential Lifestyle Planning (Small) Negotiables vs. non-negotiables Example: residential setting

11. Person-Centered Planning Tools – Lifestyle Plan  Lifestyle Plan (O’Brien)

12. Person-Centered Planning Tools - PFP  Personal Futures Planning (Mount)  Starts with looking at person’s background  Looks at milestones throughout person’s life  Not a social history, but parents telling story  Example: John

13. Video Clip

14. Where to Start?  Dream big  Start taking small steps toward improving relationships, using the community, and listening to individuals with intellectual disabilities

15. Working with Different Cultures  Importance of listening to people’s stories  Traditional planning as applied to an individual from a different culture or religious background

16. Relationship Map  Starts with individual in center and concentric circles  First circle – people closest to individual, e.g., parents, brothers, sisters, et al.  Next circle – important people but can do without  Outer circle - acquaintances

17. Relationship Map Graphic Friends Professionals Family Person with Disabilities & Family

18. Places in the Community  Example: Individual in nursing home

19. Preferences  Likes and dislikes  Example: Sally

20. Choices  Personal vs. substituted choices  Objective is to enhance person’s control over their own life  Example: Kathleen

21. Health of the Individual  Critical aspects involved in person’s healthcare  Healthcare may be critical for some but not for others

22. Personal Futures Planning Summary  Take different aspects and apply most meaningful parts  Extremely time-consuming and labor- intensive  Important to follow through with plans  After reviewing different profiles, need to develop action plan  May need to revise vision to continue the dream and help improve quality of life