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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
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