Person centred planning is finding ways of listening to people to find out what is most important to them and what they want from their lives.
The next step is to help people get those things.
What is Person Centred Planning? - some information to say what Person Centred Planning is about (PDF 140 KB)
Valuing People said that services should use person centred approaches to planning for everyone who needs services.
Planning with People: Accessible Version This is the easier to read version of the person centred planning guidance that came out just after Valuing People. (PDF 320 KB)
The University of Lancaster did some research to find out what a difference person centred planning made in peoples' lives, and what helped it work.
Here is the results of that research.
The Impact of Person Centred Planning (PDF 710 KB)
Summary of the research in easy words (PDF 340 KB)
Families and Person Centred Planning? - some information written for families to explain what person centred planning is (PDF 190 KB)
Hands Off My Plan! Making sure that people with learning disabilities stay in control of person centred planning (PDF 1700 KB)
Listen to me This is a workbook you can use to start your own plan. (PDF 350 KB)
www.handsoffmyplan.co.uk is a great new website designed, planned and run by people with learning disabilities.
The idea is to help people stay in control of planning their lives.