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Person-Centered Practices

Person-centered practices are used with people, teams and organizations. By working in this way, we can make sure that people are truly listened to and are kept at the heart of all decision-making; how a service is commissioned, provided and organized.

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Guideposts for Success: Competency in Individualized Planning

This competency area focuses on the knowledge, skills, and abilities that youth service professionals need to conduct assessments, use assessment results, and develop individualized plans with youth, including youth with disabilities.
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Person-Centered Planning

Person Centered Planning is an ongoing problem-solving process used to help people with disabilities plan for their future. In person centered planning, groups of people focus on an individual and that person's vision of what they would like to do in the future. This "person-centered" team meets to identify opportunities for the focus person to develop personal relationships, participate in their community, increase control over their own lives, and develop the skills and abilities needed to achieve these goals.
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It's My Choice...

This resource guide is written in a way that is easy to understand and will look at ways that you can help support freedom of choice for people with developmental disabilities:
- Looking at individual needs
- Planning for services
- Evaluating services
- Making things more understandable
- Supporting self advocacy
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www.promisetacenter.org

How to sign up for the new PROMISE TA Center Listserv: please sign-up to the PROMISE listserv located at the AUCD PROMISE TA Center website.  You can sign-up by using this link:  http://www.promisetacenter.org/promise_ta_grantees_listserv.