PARENT SUMMIT JUNE 2015
PERSON CENTERED PRACTICES?
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PC approaches
PC description
PC planning
PC thinking
PC practices
PERSON CENTERED PRACTICES
Works for humans
Helps support rather than fix
Propels the learning cycle
Affirms the belief that
everyone can learn
ONE DEFINITION
Values & actions that
• Focus on the preferences and needs of a person,
• Empower and support a person in defining the
direction for his/her life,
• Support a person in a web of relationships, both
natural & paid within their communities,
• Recognize and value people for their contributions
(current & potential) to their communities.
LEADERS IN THE FIELD
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Carl Rogers
Michael Smull/Susan Burke Harrison
Beth Mount
Jack Pearpoint/Marsha Forest
John O’Brien
WORDS MATTER
• Person First language
• Different vocabulary acts to
separate
WORDS MATTER
“Think twice before you speak, because your words
and influence will plant the seed of either success or
failure in the mind of another.”
Napoleon Hill
“Words are the guides to acts; the mouth makes the
first move.”
Rabbi Leon da Modena 17th cen Venice
LANGUAGE
My daughter
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Transitioned from high school
Is high functioning
Took therapeutic riding
Was placed in a job
Is ‘special’
Has ‘special needs’
Is Downs
Is an ‘individual’
Can’t do
Was placed in the community
Goes on outings
My son
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Graduated
Smart, responsible
Took riding lessons
Found a job
Guess what- so is my son
Has human needs
Is a young man, Jake
Is a person
Can do
Moved out
Hangs out with friends
FOUNDATION OF ALL PCP
• Important to
• Important for
• Balance between them
IMPORTANT TO
A person’s own definition:
• Happy
• Content
• Fulfilled
• Satisfied
• Comforted
IMPORTANT TO
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People to be with /relationships
Status and control
Things to do and places to go
Rituals or routines
Rhythm or pace of life
Things to have
ROUTINES & RITUALS
Going to bed
Spiritual
Transition
Vacation
Birthday
Comfort
Not feeling well
Celebration
Holiday
Grief/loss
IMPORTANT TO
It is important to listen to what people “say”
with
• words &
• behavior
Which do we listen to if words and behavior are
in conflict?
DAWN’S MORNING ROUTINE
6:15 Music goes off; hit snooze
6:23 Get up
6:25 Take shower- Paul Mitchell shampoo, dove soap
6:35 Put on lotion-cetaphil, neutrogena
6:40 Get dressed
6:50 Put on face
6:55 Brush teeth w electric toothbrush & crest
7:00 Go downstairs and hug my daughter & wish her a good morning
7:02 Pour my coffee- vanilla hazelnut
7:05 Make lunch- salad with protein
7:15 Gather my breakfast (hard boiled egg, 2 fake links, fruit) water, materials for the
day & leave with my daughter
YOUR MORNING RITUAL
Write down your morning ritual
Start with how you wake up and end with leaving or when you feel
your morning routine is completed.
Include favorite products you use. For example: shaving cream?
Soap? Hair products? Tea? Coffee black? Soda? Quiet time?
Include as much detail as you are comfortable with-do ensure you
include enough details so that you can learn how to collect
sufficient information
Tell us how long it takes – indicate what time it starts and what time
it ends.
HAVE A CONVERSATION
Guess
Ask
Write
IMPORTANT FOR
Issues of health & safety:
• Prevention of illness
• Treatment of illness / medical conditions
• Promotion of wellness (e.g.: diet, exercise)
• Environment
• Well being ---- physical and emotional
• Free from Fear
IMPORTANT FOR
What others see as necessary to help the
person:
• Be valued
• Be a contributing member
of their community
BALANCE
All choice = no responsibility
All health & safety determined
=dictates lifestyle
PERSON CENTERED RESOURCES
I Want to Work Workbook
I Want a Good Life
411 Disclosure
PC WEBSITES
Websites on person centered practices:
• www.sdaus.com
• www.helensandersonassociates.co.uk
• www.personcenteredpractices.org
• www.learningcommunity.us