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What’s Missing in Person-Centered Plans?

When a person-centered plan is developed, it is often focused on accessing Self-Determination Services now available in California through the Regional Center system. However, these plans frequently lack the practical guidance needed to truly enhance a person's daily experiences and overall quality of life.

What’s missing are the fundamental details about how to effectively support a person across various settings:

• Practical strategies to improve their daily experiences.

• Specific language that resonates with the person, language that results in a positive response without triggering undesired reactions.

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Given the high turnover in disability support services, a well-crafted, detailed document can make a difference. It equips new supporters to "get it right" from the start, ensuring continuity while fostering better relationships, decreased turnover of staff, and improved outcomes for the person being supported.

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Key Principles of Person-Centered Planning

1. Individual Focus: The individual is the primary decision-maker, with their desires, aspirations, and values guiding the plan.

2. Strength-Based: Highlights the person’s abilities, talents, and potential rather than focusing on limitations or deficits.

3. Collaboration: Involves family, friends, caregivers, and support professionals working together to support the individual's vision.

4. Respect and Dignity: Ensures that the person is treated with respect, valuing their cultural, social, and personal identity.

5. Holistic Approach: Considers all aspects of life, including health, social connections, education, employment, and hobbies.

6. Flexibility and Adaptability: Recognizes that people’s needs and goals evolve over time.

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Person Centered One Page Description Development

This one-to-one service leverages my expertise and experience to create a personalized, person-centered one-page description. This essential document provides clear and concise information about your loved one or the individual you support.

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Before our in-person or Zoom meeting, we’ll collaborate to define the focus of the one-page description. Together, we’ll personalize it to ensure it effectively supports the individual’s unique needs and preferences, making it easier for their supporters to provide meaningful assistance.

The process typically takes two to three hours, resulting in a comprehensive and tailored one-page description that is a valuable resource for caregivers, family members, direct service providers, and professionals.

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Why Choose Me to Create a One-Page Description or Profile for Someone?

Creating a one-page profile for someone with support needs is more than just summarizing information—it’s about capturing their essence, unique strengths, and the support they need to thrive in varying situations. Here’s why I’m the right person to craft this vital document:

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1. Deep Experience and Expertise

With over 30 years in nonprofit leadership and extensive experience supporting individuals with diverse abilities, I understand the importance of person-centered planning. My work facilitating support groups and planning for families with adult children has honed my ability to see the person first, ensuring their voice and individuality are front and center.

2. Compassion and Connection

I believe in empowering people by highlighting their strengths and what makes them unique. Every profile I create is a testament to the individual’s value, helping caregivers, educators, and others connect with them on a personal level.

3. Tailored and Practical

My profiles aren’t cookie-cutter templates; they are designed to meet real-world needs. From identifying critical support strategies to showcasing their preferences, hobbies, and goals, I ensure that the profile is functional and meaningful for everyday interactions.

4. Collaborative Approach

I work closely with the individual, their family, and the support team to ensure every profile reflects the person's voice and input. This collaboration creates a tool that feels authentic and genuinely helpful.

5. A Trusted Advocate

As someone who actively balances independence and care for a loved one with a developmental disability and other needs, I deeply appreciate the importance of clear, actionable, and heartfelt communication in support planning.

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A one-page profile is more than a document—it’s a bridge to understanding, inclusion, and meaningful connection. Let me help you create a profile that does justice to the remarkable person it represents.

Ready to get started? Let’s make their story shine!

​Cost: $75/hour 

Free: 15-Minute Zoom or Phone Consultation

For Self Determination Clients, I am currently a vendor with Aveanna Health Care.

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What is a One Page Description? ​

A Person-Centered One-Page Description is a concise document that highlights key aspects of an individual to support them effectively and respectfully. It’s typically used in healthcare, education, social services, or personal support planning to communicate critical, person-centered information at a glance. This description focuses on what matters most to the individual, ensuring their voice, preferences, and needs are central in decision-making and daily interactions.

Core Components:

1. What People Appreciate About the Person:

   • A positive summary of the person’s strengths, talents, and qualities.

   • Often based on feedback from family, friends, or supporters.

2. What is Important TO the Person:

   • Key aspects of their life that bring joy, meaning, and satisfaction.

   • Includes preferences, values, relationships, hobbies, and routines that matter most.

3. What is Important FOR the Person:

   • Health, safety, and well-being considerations.

   • Supports needed to thrive physically, emotionally, or socially.

4. How to Best Support the Person:

   • Practical guidance on engaging with the person in ways that respect their preferences and needs.

   • Includes communication tips, approaches to problem-solving, or specific accommodations.

Purpose:

• To promote a holistic, respectful, and effective approach to support.

• To facilitate collaboration among caregivers, educators, or service providers by offering shared, actionable insights.

• To center the individual’s voice and preferences in their care or support plan.

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A one-page description is highly adaptable and evolves to reflect changes in the person’s life, preferences, and needs in general or in particular situations.

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Person Centered Support Plan Development

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A comprehensive Person Centered Support Plan addresses all the above and provides the person with information to share with supporters clearly and concisely. It addresses the many aspects of support. It is usually 20-24 pages depending upon the needs of the person being supported. ​

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This document is a detailed support plan that may act as a person centered plan or compliment an already developed person centered plan. It is not a behavior plan but may reduce unwanted responses by informing supporters how the person prefers to be approached, spoken and listened to, and every other important aspect of their life. It is developed in partnership with others who know the person.​

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The person centered support plan has been likened to "the how-to manual" and " more important than life insurance" by those who have been supported to develop one through our course. 

Each PC support plan has a table of contents for quick referral and can act as the bank of information for developing one page descriptions for given situations.

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Cost: $75/hour

Free: 15 Minute Zoom Consultation

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Who Am I?

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NOTE: As a result of the high costs of insurance and demands by regional centers to retain vendorization I have chosen not to maintain vendorization. Self Determination funds may be used to fund a support plan and one page description development but you will need to check with your representatives to ensure that if after your consultation, you intend to engage in services.