Person-Centered Planning / Personal Futures Planning for Students with Disabilities

Person-centered planning and personal futures planning are dynamic and empowering approaches to transition for students with disabilities. The focus is on the student's goals, abilities, dreams and needs. Supported by a team composed of parents, family, educators, friends, and professionals, the student is the central figure and the prime mover in charting the future. In this section you'll find resources and advice to get you started.

Person Centered Planning: A Tool for Transition
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=1431
This document is written for parents and provides an overview of Person-Centered Planning, including action steps, young adult participation in the process, and developing natural supports. There are numerous links to additional resources.

Person Centered Planning
Pacer Center
http://www.pacer.org/tatra/resources/personal.asp
This page provides an overview of Person Centered Planning, with a significant number of online resources. Their website http://www.pacer.org/tatra/index.asp has extensive information on all aspects of transition.

It's Never Too Early It's Never Too Late: A Booklet about Personal Futures Planning
Minnesota's Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities
http://www.mncdd.org/extra/publications/Never_too_Early.PDF
This 51-page booklet is designed for people with developmental disabilities, their families and friends, case managers, service providers, and advocates. It includes an introduction to Personal Futures Planning, ideas for finding capacities, building a network, and steps in the planning process.

A Brief Guide To Personal Futures Planning Workbook: Organizing Your Community to Build a Desirable Future with You
Texas School for the Blind
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/deafblind/pcp-workbook.pdf
This 14-page booklet is designed for parents to use in the planning process. In the first section it includes various types of maps to build a personal profile (Background, People, Places, Preferences, and Images of the Future) and the second section includes form for planning and taking action for the future.

Person Centered Planning
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
http://www.nationaldb.org/ISSelectedTopics.php?topicCatID=56
NCDB offers an overview of Person Centered Planning, articles and other publications, bibliographies, internet resources, and research.