What is Person-centred planning & how can it contribute to organisational change

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1 What is Person-centred planning & how can it contribute to organisational change Dr. Oliver Koenig European Parliament, Brussels, 19 November 2015

2 The New Paths to InclUsion Network ² Three year learning journey from ² Funded by the European Commission: Lifelong Learning programme (LEONARDO) as a Thematic Network. ² In total 19 partner organisations from 12 European countries plus Canada (third country partner) formed our partnership.

3 The New Paths to InclUsion Network ² Three keys to Inclusion : 1 Developing person-centered organizations 2 Fostering community inclusion and development 3 Providing inclusive spaces of learning

4 What is Person-centred planning? Person centered planning is as a way of discovering: ² How a person wants to live their life and ² What is required to make that possible. Person centered planning is not so much a new technique for planning as a new approach that is underpinned by a set of values and beliefs. It is planning that takes as its primary focus a whole person - as opposed to a disability or a service. It is about citizenship, self-determination, inclusion in family, community and the mainstream of life. Therefore it often requires some very fundamental changes in thinking and the established balances of power, the implications of which are potentially enormous and far reaching. (National Disability Authority Ireland 2011)

5 The UNCRPD as a call for change UNCRPD enables for the first time a rational dialogue on what is meant by a rights-based approach to disabilities topic by topic & what services for people with disabilities should accomplish (Gerald Quinn 2009). UNCRPD as emerging future calls us to rethink and redesign the way that services for people with disabilities operate

6 Good jobs & good homes are distributed in our communities & we know a lot about supporting people to be successful in them Making UNCRPD values real means facing challenges like this Home Group Home Day Centre Home Job Job Job Home but most of our public spending goes to services that provide places to live & occupation inside their own boundaries & regulations

7 The Challenge of Inclusion Attentional violence is to not be seen and recognized in terms of who you really are - in terms of your highest future possibility. Instead you are only seen in terms of your journey of the past. Not being seen is a form of violence because it violates fundamental human needs. Attentional violence hits the hardest those of us, who happen to live in marginalized groups, in which people are habitually not recognized and not referred to in terms of their true future potential. (Otto Scharmer 2012)

8 The Leverage for Change The primary leverage for system transformation lies not in policies, budgets, or organizational charts, but in the thinking and interacting of people. To begin a process of change, it is critical to raise awareness of our deeply held assumptions about persons with disabilities. If we see people with disabilities as tragic, vulnerable, and personally incapable individuals, our role will be to take care, protect, and assume full decision-making. Conversely, if we see them as inherently capable members of our communities, our role becomes one of partner in co-designing and implementing supports. (Hans Meissner 2014)

9 The evolving system of services for people with disabilities Institutional Care Managed Care Integrated Support Community Support Our Assumptions People with Disabilities are Tragic & Vulnerable People with Disabilities are Consumers with Clinical Needs People with Disabilities are Individuals with Capacities People with Disabilities are Citizens Our conclusion & design responses We need institutions to care for special populations We need mechanisms to coordinate all the services for needy consumers We need circles to connect a person s unique qualities to a community We need communities with capacities to socially include all its members The Outcomes we reach Personal Care, Activity, Housing Coordinated Care, with Appropriate Levels of Service, Customer Satisfaction Individualized Supports leading to job, home & relationship Valued Roles A Life of Distinction

10 Pathfinders: People who want more than is currently available & want it enough to engage others & invent ways to get what matters to them.

11 The Power of Attention Attentional potential reflects on a commitment to focus on the highest potential in all people, particularly those most marginalized, their families, and allies. We use our attention, both personal and collective, to find new ways to search for and amplify the good in people and in their neighbourhoods. We create new pathways so that people and their allies can join with others to make a difference in their communities. (John O`Brien and Beth Mount 2015)

12 Doing something New differently More of the same Observe, observe, observe to gain a deeper understanding Act in an Instant to learn Retreat & Reflect: to generate new possibilities

13 We have learned that person-centred planning can contribute to realizing the UNCRPD when we focus on... discovering capacities, interests & gifts bringing together organizations with a commitment for change with people with different interests & perspectives, to find a common purpose & describe a future worth working for organizing and guiding learning from action that connects with new people tries new community roles builds on what works to learn new ways to assist