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Person-centred planning or person-centred action?: policy and practice in intellectual disability services
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), March 2004, pp.1-9.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This critical review considers the nature and importance of person-centred planning in the context of current British policy and service development in intellectual disability. The difference between person-centred planning and other kinds of individual planning is discussed. The scale of the task of implementing person-centred planning as a national policy initiative is considered. The limited evidence base for person-centred planning is reviewed and the reasons for the failure of previous attempts at individual planning are analysed. The assumption that person-centred services will be produced by a new kind of individual planning is questioned. Consideration is given to what would be necessary to make services more person-centred, including changes in power relations, funding arrangements and staff training and supervision.
Person-centred planning or person-centred action?
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), March 2004, pp.31-35.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article looks at issues raised under three headings addressing the scale of the task envisaged in the 2001 White Paper Valuing People, the feasibility and effectiveness of individual planning and how to achieve person-centred action. The authors conclude that there is substantial agreement about the goals of intellectual disability services and the processes that need to take place around individuals to help them get what they need and want. They disagree about whether person-centred planning will deliver this, and about whether it will provide a robust basis for claiming and defending the resources people with intellectual disabilities will need in the future.