In this webinar, Christofer Arroyo, an advocate with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities in the Los Angeles office, will discuss: - What a Person-Centered Plan is - Why it is part of Self-Determination - How it can be used with IPPs and IEPs now - Who develops it - How it is developed - How it is used to plan the individual’s services

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Welcome to the USC UCEDD Webinar Series
for Individuals with Disabilities & Parents
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Administration on Community Living
May 26, 2016

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Susan Kanegawa
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The USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s
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Christofer Arroyo, Advocate
California State Council on Developmental Disabilities
May 26, 2016
Person-Centered Planning
for People with Developmental Disabilities

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About Christofer Arroyo
Christofer Arroyo has been an advocate with the State
Council on Developmental Disabilities’ Los Angeles
Office for over 16 years, specializing in legislative,
special education, regional center advocacy and
systemic change.
Email: Christofer.Arroyo@dss.ca.gov
Website: www.scdd.ca.gov
The State Council on Developmental Disabilities was established by state and federal law to
ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the
planning, design and receipt of the services and supports they need which promote increased
independence, productivity, inclusion and self-determination. The Council supports 13 regional
offices that provide advocacy assistance, training, monitoring and public information.

7. • CMS = Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services
(www.cms.gov)
• DDS = CA Dept. of
Developmental Services
• IEP = Individualized
Education Program
• IPP = Individual Program
Plan
• PCP = Person-Centered
Planning
• RC = Regional Center
• SCDD = State Council on
Developmental Disabilities
• SD = Self-Determination
• WIC = Welfare &
Institutions Code
Acronyms Used
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8. What Is a
Person-
Centered
Plan?
How Does
PCP Relate to
Self-
Determination
and IPPs ?
How Can PCP
Be Used Now?
How Is PCP
Developed
and Used to
Plan Services?
Differences
Between PCP
and
Traditional
Planning
Overview of the Person-Centered
Planning Webinar
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What Is a
Person-
Centered
Plan?
How Does PCP
Relate to Self-
Determination
and IPPs ?
How Can PCP
Be Used Now?
How Is PCP
Developed
and Used to
Plan Services?
Differences
Between PCP
and
Traditional
Planning
What Is a Person-Centered Plan?

10. What Is Person-Centered Planning?
• An approach to figuring out, planning for, and working
toward your “preferred future”
– Your preferred future is the stuff you want to do in the
future
• PCP is based on figuring these things out, it’s not about a
particular method or procedure
– The methods or procedures should be tools to discover
these things
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11. Your Preferred Future
• It’s about finding out certain things
• What does it describe?
– Examples
• Do we talk about problems?
• Role of the planning team
• In summary, it should tell what you want to do on a
daily basis, what your goals are, who you want to
hang out with, and so on
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12. Underlying Assumptions
• Different people communicate differently
– Behavior is communicative!
– Picture format, PECs, behavioral indicators
• Presume competence & respect cultural values
– People should be met where they are
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What Is a
Person-
Centered
Plan?
How Does PCP
Relate to Self-
Determination
and IPPs ?
How Can PCP
Be Used Now?
How Is PCP
Developed
and Used to
Plan Services?
Differences
Between PCP
and
Traditional
Planning
How Does Person-Centered Planning
Relate to Self-Determination and IPPs?

14. Values & Principles of PCPs &
Self-Determination
Person-Centered Plan
• Self-advocates & families
have a central role
• Empowerment
• Choice
• Diversity
• Circles of support, family
support, natural supports
• Community Integration
• Teamwork
• Accountability
Self-Determination
• Freedom
• Authority
• Support
• Responsibility
• Confirmation
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15. Why Use PCP in Self-Determination?
• “The report also found that good self-determination requires
intensive person-centered planning, collaboration, and follow-
along services and supports.”
– From SB 468, referring to “California’s Self-Determination
Pilot Projects for Individuals with Developmental
Disabilities”, May 17, 2002, http://tinyurl.com/juhvfzr
• “The IPP team shall utilize the person-centered planning process
to develop the IPP for a participant.” [WIC §4685.8(k)]
• CMS New Rules
– https://youtu.be/BgSj6C8t0T0
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What Is a
Person-
Centered
Plan?
How Does PCP
Relate to Self-
Determination
and IPPs ?
How Can PCP
Be Used Now?
How Is PCP
Developed
and Used to
Plan Services?
Differences
Between PCP
and
Traditional
Planning
How Can Person-Centered Planning
Be Used Right Now?

17. PCPs & IPP Meetings
• What’s the difference between PCPs and IPPs?
• PCPs, IPPs, and IEPs now
• The Power of a good PCP: example
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What Is a
Person-
Centered
Plan?
How Does It
Relate to Self-
Determination
and IPPs ?
How Can It Be
Used Now?
Differences
Between PCP
and
Traditional
Planning
How Is It
Developed
and Used to
Plan Services?
Differences Between Person-Centered
Planning and Traditional Planning

19. How Person-Centered Planning Differs
from System-Centered Planning
• The mood is more festive and less rushed
• Time is spent celebrating successes
• People use common words to describe what they know or
observe
• You are considered the best guide for identifying goals
• People who spend a lot of time with the you or people who
care most about you are considered the best guides for next
steps
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20. How Person-Centered Planning Differs
from System-Centered Planning
• The group together thinks about and creates a plan for the
person to achieve a more meaningful life
• Professionals and the entire group link people to resources
• Papers, reports and documents are not a critical part of the
process
***Adapted from College of Direct Support, Person-Centered Planning, Marijo McBride, mcbri001@umn.edu,
University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration (UCEDD)
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21. The “Typical Way” vs. PCP Way
of IPP Meetings
• The meetings are longer
• Role of service coordinator
• Listen, listen, listen
• Requesting new services
– Maintain in own home, participate in the community,
increase independence
• Supported decision making
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What Is a
Person-
Centered
Plan?
How Does PCP
Relate to Self-
Determination
and IPPs ?
How Can PCP
Be Used Now?
Differences
Between PCP
and
Traditional
Planning
How Is PCP
Developed
and Used to
Plan Services?
How Is a Person-Centered Plan Developed?
How Is It Used to Plan Services?

23. Person-Centered Planning Methods
There are different styles of holding a PCP meeting
• Personal Futures Planning
• MAPS (Making Action Plans)
• Essential Lifestyle Planning
• Personal Passport
• And even more!
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24. Personal Futures Planning
• Identifies “capacities” with help of people who care about
you, including family, friends, and community members
• Works to “discover a vision of a desirable future” and make an
action plan
• Builds stronger and more effective support by making small,
positive changes
• Calls on all participants to work creatively together over time
as equals
• A guide for personal futures planning:
http://tinyurl.com/jxe7s4l
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25. MAPS (Making Action Plans)
• Focuses on a your gifts, strengths, and talents over
“disabilities”
• Asks key questions including: What is the dream? What is
the nightmare? Who are you? What are your gifts,
strengths, and talents? What do you need now?
• An action plan is developed, spelling out who will do what
and when
• A website explaining MAPS in detail:
http://tinyurl.com/gr87s7x
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26. Essential Lifestyle Planning
• A guided process for learning how you want to live and
developing a plan to make it happen
• Discover what is important to you in everyday life
• Identify what support you require and any issues of health or
safety
• Describe what you have learned in a way that is easily
understood by those who will help you to get what is
important to you
• A website explaining Essential Lifestyle Planning:
– http://tinyurl.com/z95uvlb
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27. Personal Passport
• Start by focusing on the people who are important to you and
help you
• List your hopes and dreams for the future
• Make a list of things you like to do and what you need to live
the life you want
• List the things that get in your way
• List the kind of supports you will need to achieve your hopes
and dreams
• A website with a Personal Passport workbook:
– http://tinyurl.com/hvpsraj
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28. Resources
• DDS’ IPP Resource Manual:
A Person-Centered Approach
http://www.dds.ca.gov/RC/IPPManual.cfm
• “What is Person Centred Planning?”, Families Leading
Planning UK, http://tinyurl.com/zt9trxd
• DDS’ Self-Determination Webpage
http://www.dds.ca.gov/sdp/
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29. Resources
• National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making
http://supporteddecisionmaking.org/
• Autistic Self-Advocacy Network’s The Right to Make
Choices: International Laws & Decision-Making by People
with Disabilities
http://tinyurl.com/hvzn8c8
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