Training Title:
Direct Support: Person-Centered Planning v.2

Clock Hours: 1

Objectives:
At the completion of this course, participants should be able to: • Comprehend the basic characteristics of person-centered planning and how it differs from traditional planning methods. • Recall thinking tools that can be used to help structure person-centered planning. • Identify four common approaches to person-centered planning. • Recall strategies one can use to facilitate person-centered planning meetings.

Description:
This course presents an overview of person-centered planning, a variety of thinking tools that can be used to help structure person-centered planning, four common approaches to person-centered planning including Essential Lifestyle Planning, Personal Futures Planning, Making Action Plans (MAPs), and Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH), and strategies to facilitate successful person-centered planning meetings. Keywords: Direct Support, Direct Support Professional, Developmental Disabilities, Person-centered, people first, person-centered planning, person centered, Essential Lifestyle Planning, Making Action Plans, Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope, Personal Futures Planning, life planning, transition planning

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