Person-centered planning is the foundation upon which the person's Life Plan, Staff Action Plan, and Budget are developed. The process empowers the person by building on their specific abilities and skills, building a quality lifestyle that supports them to find ways to contribute to the community and live their best life.
Providers use a person-centered approach to listen, discover, and understand each person as a whole individual. Directed by the person, PCP helps providers learn how they want to live, what supports are needed to help them move toward a life they consider meaningful and productive. Other factors which impact the person's life, such as safety, health and wellness, are also considered during the planning process. Person-centered planning helps to identify desired personal outcomes based on the individual’s life goals, interests, strengths, abilities, desires, and preferences. The process then helps to determine the supports and services that the person needs to achieve these outcomes and, accordingly, develops a plan that directs the provision of these supports by staff, family members or friends or others in the community.
There is not a set way to engage a person-centered approach to planning. People are free to express their interests, ideas, and preferences with an expectation that they will be supported and respected by family, friends, and others. The planning process should vary as necessary to adhere to the culture, style, purpose, and vision of the individual.
All providers must use a person-centered planning process to develop service plans and implement services.
Work with the Circle of Support to discover who you are as a person. What does Citizenship mean to you? What do you like and dislike?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
How do you learn?
What is your best life?
With whom do you want to spend your time?
How do you want to spend your time?
How do you define success?
What is important to you to feel content and fulfilled?
What is important for you to be healthy and safe?
How are they connected?
Who do you need?
Who is important to your happiness?
What impacts do people have?
Who supports you because of love?
Who is paid to support you?
How can the circle grow?
What experiences have shaped you?
Where did you group up?
Where have you worked?
What is your education history?
What do you want to try?
Where do you want to live?
What do you want to do for fun?
What defines your community?
Where do you want to work?
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