Person Centred Planning Laura Upton

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Person centred planning

An introductionLaura Upton

Skills Development Lead

Manchester SEND Pathfinder

[email protected]


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What is person centred planning?

Person Centred Planning is a process of

learning how a person wants to live and

then describing what needs to be done to

help the person move toward that life

(Michael Smull and Helen Sanderson 2005)


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What person centred

planning is..

Learning and Understand ingthe balance between what is

impo r tant to and how best to

suppor t the person


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Balance

This is a fundamental Person Centred Thinking Skill. What we have seen

over the years is that nearly anyone in need of long term services who is in

circumstances where others exercise control, has what is 'important for' them

addressed while what is 'important to' them is largely ignored or seen as what

is done when time permits.(Helen Sanderson)


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Top 5 Myths about person

centred planning


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Myth 1

Person centred approaches

always take along time


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Myth Buster

One page profiles can be incorporated

into work practices very easily, can be

begun quickly and act as a starting

point for serious long-term planning.


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Myth 2

This person cant be involved in a

person centred approach because..


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Myth Buster

Various reasons are given why people cant be

involved ranging from the person doesnt

speakto the the person doesnt have any

concept of the future,the person doesn

t

know how to make choicesetc. None of these

statements are good reasons not to begin a

process of person centred thinking around the

person. These are the very people who needgood person centred thinking the most.


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Myth 3

There are too many

tools..


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Myth Buster

There are lots of tools now that the big whole life planshave been broken up into smaller and simpler to

use tools of planning.

The variety of tools makes it possible to select one thatmakes most sense to think about the most

pressing issue in the personslife at a given time,and to build on and develop the person centred

information.

Part of the skill in person centred thinking is to selectthe right tool for the job.

We have developed guidance and competencies tohelp people see how the tools fit with the 025

Plan.


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Myth 4

We cant do it without extra money and

resources


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Myth Buster

We need to find ways of integratingperson centred approaches into our

everyday work across the board.

Its not an add onto what we alreadydo but a change in the thinking of how

we work so that we act and learn innew ways.

The 025 Plan gives us a chance tointergrate the tools


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Myth 5

A person centred plan is a

meeting


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Myth Buster

Bringing people together with the person toshare and gather information is one very

useful technique in person centredplanning, but there are lots of other useful

ways of involving the person withoutenforcing participation in a meeting. With

creative and imaginative thinking ways canbe found to involve the person which keeps

them at the centre of planning withoutdoing things that we know will be

unproductive.


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The idea of the balance between what is

important to and what isimportant for a

person is rooted in the humancond i t ion, where none of us has a l ife,

where we have everything that is

important to us and none of us payperfect at tent ion to everything that is

important for us . A l l of us s tr ive for a

balance between them.

Michael Smul l


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Why would anyone want a plan

that is person centred?

To help you think about your life and how you would liketo improve it

You want people and services to start listening to what

you want You have a big decision to make that you want to think

about

You are facing a big change in your life, like moving

house or leaving school There is something important that you want to achieve

You want the people who care about you to know aboutwhat matters to you


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0-25 Education, Health and Care Plan

Date:

Contents

My One-Page Profile

More information about how to support me

How I communicate and make decisionsMy Life Aspirations

My Experiences and Achievements

My familys One-Page Profile

Our history

What is working and not working (from different perspectives) and outcomes

My resources

10. Outcome summary sheet

Administration page


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ONE PAGE PROFILES

A great place to

start...


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LUCY'S STORY

Lucy first had a one-page profile in Year 4, going into Year 5. She is now about

to go into Year 8.

Lucy talked about what made agood and bad day for her at school and whathelped her to have more good days. Lucys family shared their thoughts and

said what they love about her. Time was spent with her teacher and with the

teaching assistant who had supported Lucy for two years and had lots of

information to share.They said what they like and admire about Lucy and whatthey thought was important to her at school and how best to support her. When

her profile was written everyone checked it.

Lucys profile was updated each year and when she was in Year 6 a profile for

Year 7 was drawn up. It was shared with all of the teaching team at her new

school so they immediately knew what worked for Lucy at school. Lucysprofile contributed to her Individual Education Plan.


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Split into 4 groupsyou will might need

to move the chairs3 Task:

1) Remember the headings 2 headings per

group.2) Could you develop this type of information

with the children and young people you

support? If so, how?3) Would there be any challenges be to

developing this type of information?


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Want to find out more....

Don't forget to take the handouts!

Do not hesitate to get in touch...

[email protected] 245 7300

Great websites to try: Preparing for

Adulthood, Helen Sanderson Associates,Thinkandplan, SEND Pathfinder
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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