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SW 644: Issues in Developmental Disabilities
Person-Centered Planning
Lecture Presenter:
Mark McManus, M.S.S.W., and Beth
Mount, Ph.D.
Video of Mark McManus
Traditional Planning
 Professionals conduct assessments of
individuals with developmental
disabilities
 Assessments put together by
interdisciplinary team
 Fitting the person into the program /
service system
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
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
Traditional Planning vs. PersonCentered 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
Traditional Planning vs. PersonCentered 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
Person-Centered Planning Tools
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MAPS (McGill Action Planning System)
Essential Lifestyle Planning
Lifestyle Plan
Personal Futures Planning
Person-Centered Planning Tools MAPS
 MAPS (McGill Action Planning System)
 Education focus
Person-Centered Planning Tools ELP
 Essential Lifestyle Planning (Small)
 Negotiables vs. non-negotiables
 Example: residential setting
Person-Centered Planning Tools –
Lifestyle Plan
 Lifestyle Plan (O’Brien)
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
Video Clip
Where to Start?
 Dream big
 Start taking small steps toward
improving relationships, using the
community, and listening to
individuals with intellectual disabilities
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
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
Relationship Map Graphic
Friends
Professionals
Person with Disabilities
& Family
Family
Places in the Community
 Example: Individual in nursing home
Preferences
 Likes and dislikes
 Example: Sally
Choices
 Personal vs. substituted choices
 Objective is to enhance person’s
control over their own life
 Example: Kathleen
Health of the Individual
 Critical aspects involved in person’s
healthcare
 Healthcare may be critical for some
but not for others
Personal Futures Planning
Summary
 Take different aspects and apply most
meaningful parts
 Extremely time-consuming and laborintensive
 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