Call Forth the Light in Community Life

ways to embody their

contribution

Capacity ThinkingThe art of

discovering

what people can contribute to

community life

A Road Map of the JourneyThe Tasks and Tools of Personal Futures Planning

VALUES•Relationships•Places•Valued Roles•Choice•Contribution

TASK 2:Finding Capacities in People

TASK 1:

Getting to Know People

TASK 3:Finding Opportunities in Community Life

TASK 4:Creating a Vision for the Future

TASK 5:Supporting People Over Time to Take Action and Try Things

TASK 6:Organizational

Change: Constructive

System Support

Tool: The Relationship Map

Tool: The Personal Profile

Tool: The Community Building Map

Tool: The Futures Plan

Tool: Follow Along Meetings & Action Plans

Tool: Designing Platforms for Change

How do you know it’s person-centered planning?

1. The person is at the center2. Family members & friends are full partners

3. The focus is on developing capacities

4. Hopeful action happens

5. Listening & learning continue

What person-centered planners do?• Build a capacity view and a rich vision for a community future

• Challenge deficiency thinking

• Get involved with community people, places, & associations

• Raise expectations

• Join others to create opportunities, develop resources, & arrange assistance

How they do it• Gather the people who care & can act• Listen respectfully to understand the whole person

• Search for possibilities by describing history & current realities, & by seeking ideas & leads from others

• Create & share vivid & powerful images of desirable futures as a platform for asking for what is desirable

• Go through many cycles of learning by acting, inviting others into the action, & reflecting

Voluntary participation in a large group person-centered planning

process

•Introducing ideas and skills essential to person-centered planning

•Defining a set of person-centered planning tasks for circles to work on in a self-managed way

•Orchestrating the sharing of experience and learning among the circles

•Involving resource people who provide relevant ideas, information and inspiration

A facilitator team guides the whole large group by:

Focus personFamily memberFriend

School people, service providers, & professionals

Project support person

Facilitator

Food &

drink

Conditions that safeguard the process

Participation is voluntary

A team of skilled facilitators with knowledge of and commitment to personalized supports

A circle including (1) the focus person (2) someone who loves the person (3) others with a personal or work-related investment in the focus person’s future

Group as a whole is diverse but united by a common life transition & the circumstances of living with a disability in a particular place & service system

Family Life

THE FIRST WINDOWThese are the People I can count on:

Reflection Task 1.1: Building a Relationship MapFriends

Family

Family Life

Community Network

Personal Network

Service Providers

FAMILY CIRCLEName the people you love most and who love you most in the center circle, the place of family life - people you trust the most, who know you best, who love and care about you.

PERSONAL NETWORKFamily, friends, neighbors, classmates, co-workers, church members, helpful teachers (or other paid people).People you rely on, with whom you exchange friendship and concern, triumphs, struggles, mutual interests.

COMMUNITY NETWORKAcquaintances, friends from the past, people who you mostly greet or acknowledge as part of your community life.

1. Put each person on the map as a stick figure with the person’s name. Indicate the nature of the relationship and how long you’ve known each other.

2. Put people who are most important closest to the center. Indicate intensity & strength of the relationship with heavier lines.

3. Highlight people in yellow who might be involved in your support circle.

4. Look at your map. What do you notice? Do you see any patterns or themes?