Acknowledging Barriers in Adopting Person-Centered Planning
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-1999
Journal / Book Title
Mental Retardation
Abstract
An apparent contradiction in adopting person-centered planning is exemplified by the question "If a system adopts person-centered planning, isn't it system-centered"? Such ambiguities are obvious to employees, who increasingly are being asked to consider more personalized ways of assisting people through person-centered planning. Our premise in this article is that employees' reservations are well-founded and should be addressed in order to facilitate understanding and eventual reconciliation of unavoidable conflicts that emerge when person-centered planning is undertaken by agency employees. Administrators who acknowledge the uncertainties accompanying person-centered planning and invite discussion about conceptual and practical difficulties inherent in its adoption are modeling a collaborative method of discovering ways to help people get what they need. Examples of group solutions are presented.
DOI
10.1352/0047-6765(1999)037<0117:ABIAPP>2.0.CO;2
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Holburn, Steve and Vietze, Peter, "Acknowledging Barriers in Adopting Person-Centered Planning" (1999). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 67.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/67
Published Citation
Holburn, S., & Vietze, P. (1999). Acknowledging barriers in adopting person-centered planning. Mental retardation, 37(2), 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1352/0047-6765(1999)037<0117:ABIAPP>2.0.CO;2
