What is a Person-Centered Plan?
The regional center client helps to develop the Person-Centered Plan with their circle of support, which may include a wide circle of relatives and friends, parents, and the service coordinator/counselor. The Person-Centered Plan is based on hopes and dreams for the future as well as an assessment of the person’s needs, preferences and life choices, the Person-Centered Plan states specific objectives to develop competencies and achieve personal goals in the areas of community participation, housing, work, school and leisure time. When children with developmental disabilities live with their families, the plan includes a special section describing those services and supports necessary to maintain the child at home.
