PERSON CENTERED PLANNING

Person Centered Planning

Person Centered Planning

Person Centered Planning (PCP) to traditional approaches to planning for people with disabilities in the past

Person-Centered Approach Institute (IACP) was founded by Carl Rogers and named after him. The system created by Rogers is not just a theory but is also a vision of human nature. In this sense, it is possible to speak of Rogerian psychology. Carl Rogers, as Freud, Jung and many others, has made its own assumptions about human nature based on observations made during many years of clinical work, followed by the experiential phase of the theoretical and experimental (Mansell, 2004, pp. 31-6).

Rogers was at the crossroads of two major cultural trends of his time: the American pragmatism and phenomenological-existential tradition of European origin. While both draw inspiration, from his original conception of the individual as a body tending to personal and interpersonal relationships as based on single individuals, on a plan of perfect equality, or profound respect for each other.

The PCP approach used as a collaborative process to help people access the supports and services people needs to achieve a better quality of life based on their own preferences and values are a set of strategies for life planning that focuses on elections and the vision of the person and their circle of support (Haynes, 2006, pp.258).

There are essentially five key points in the PCP:

i.The person is the center of the process. The PCP is based on rights, independence and choices. It based on a person's real listening and understanding and learning from it, their strengths, capabilities and aspirations is to empower the voice of the person, is a commitment to power to the person.

ii.The members of the family and friends. PCP recognizes that each of them is essential in the life. This interdependence is important. The distribution of power affects the person with disabilities, his family, friends and significant others in your life. The individual is not in isolation, but within a family and community context, which provides a creative forum for planning, resolution of conflicts and opening channels of work aimed at improving their quality of life.

iii.The focus of the PCP focuses on the capabilities of the person, which is important to her and support you need. The person is the center; a person chooses what is important and takes the leadership role deciding what opportunities must be created and what supports you need. This implies a rethinking and a redistribution of roles that professionals do not recognize the "best experts" but part of the support group.

iv.Is a commitment to action that recognizes the rights of the individual? PCP produces actions leading to changes in the life of the person and inclusion in their own community. Open roads creative to help people with intellectual disabilities to realize their aspirations, desires and dreams, making available the supports they need to achieve the lifestyle they want.

v.The PCP is a continuous process of listening, learning and action. Like the life of each change, so do your circumstances, aspirations and ...