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Overview
"This timely book provides a reflective analysis of person centred planning for people with learning disabilities, and supports the implementation of policies promoting social inclusion, individualisation, deinstitutionalisation and user-centred services. The contributors draw on practice and research to explore a range of related issues." "Helpful case studies illustrate best practice in person centred planning and care management, and the authors offer a rich variety of ideas for increasing the participation, self-esteem and quality of life of people with learning disabilities through the development of person-centred approaches." This practical and accessible text is an invaluable guide for policy makers, managers, practitioners, researchers and students working in the fields of learning disability and social care.Synopsis
Since its first promotion and implementation in 2001. Person-centered planning (PCP) has been applied to a variety of settings. However, often PCP services become isolated from each other, both at the micro- and macro-levels. In these 14 articles, contributors describe integrating services for the benefit of people with learning disabilities, including critical reviews of past experiences. Topics include analyzing relationships between care management and PCP, managing the tensions between the interests of organizations and service users, promoting empowerment, involving young people, turning planning into services through total communication, addressing ethnicity, reviewing PCP results, considering direct payments, facing risk, and using PCP in the adult protection process. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR