Person-Centered Planning Made Easy: The PICTURE Method

by Steve Holburn, Anne Gordon, Peter M. Vietze

Improve people's quality of life through
P lanning for
I nclusive
C ommunities
T ogether
U sing
R einforcement and
E valuation

For person-centered planning to succeed, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities need to live, work, and learn in their own communities. Professionals can make that happen with this book, a complete step-by-step guide to the easiest, most practical person-centered planning method available. Bringing professional services and interventions out of institutions and into natural environments, the research-supported PICTURE method

To make the PICTURE method easy to implement, this manual includes all the practical tools professionals a helpful troubleshooting guide and evaluation exercises, as well as worksheets on assessing quality of life, ensuring good teamwork, and overcoming barriers to person-centered planning. A must for every member of the person-centered planning team, this guidebook is key to helping people with disabilities picture—and achieve—lives that are more fulfilling, independent, and consistent with their goals and dreams.

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2006