Person-Centered Thinking
So what are the key aspects involved in person-centered thinking?
Here is a quick overview of some of the terms you may have heard of already:
Person-centered thinking tools
The person-centered tools help you to collect the information you need to support a person to a live a life that matters to them.
Person-centered description
A person-centered description (e.g. a support plan) uses all of the information from the person-centered tools, and other places, to describe what people like and admire about a person, what is important to them and how they want to be supported today and in the future.
Person-centered/directed plan
A person-centered or person-directed plan is a document that gathers together all of the person-centered thinking information about what is important to someone and how they want to be supported now and in the future.
The person-centered/directed plan also includes the agreed actions for supporting someone to address what is not working, to help them have as much choice and control in their lives as possible and help them move towards their desired life.
Person-centered review
A person-centered review is one particular person-centered/directed planning process that gathers together the people that are important in someone’s life and uses the person-centered thinking tools to explore what is happening from the person’s, and other people’s perspectives, and to agree actions for a better life and matching the best supports to help achieve this.
It focuses on what matters to the person, what support they need and what is working and not working in their life.