SW 644: Issues in Developmental DisabilitiesPerson-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. 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

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

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

FriendsProfessionals

Family

Person with Disabilities& 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 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