Person Centered Planning 1 Quiz

Note: This training is an overview of person-centered planning. It is
intended to provide a basic understanding of person-centered planning
guidelines and practices for all employees, and meet the CARF
accreditation standards for training for all employees. It is not intended
to be a substitute for competency-based training requirements.
Please read through this brief overview on person-centered planning.
After completing this overview, complete the See morequestionnaire that follows.
This questionnaire is intended to improve your understanding of the
concept of person-centered planning.
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Person Centered Planning Overview
The term person-centered planning became common by the mid-1980's
in the human service field. Person-centered-planning, or PCP, refers to
an entire array of approaches to organizing and guiding individual and
community change in collaboration with individuals with disabilities,
their families, and their friends. PCP requires personal, professional, and
community support. Person-centered planning involves the development
of a "toolbox" of methods and resources that enable people with
disabilities to choose their own paths to success. Professionals providing
services help them figure out where they want to go and how best to get
there.

Person-centered planning empowers people who request and receive
human services to develop for themselves the definition of a desirable,
meaningful, and successful present and future. It encourages people who
deliver services to learn and to grow alongside the person, who is at the
core of the planning process. It was "invented" in an effort to influence
the way in which the systems that provide services respond to the
requests and desires of the person served. Person-centered planning is
focused on removing the artificial boundaries within communities,
facilitating growth, and success for individuals who have often been
disenfranchised,