Person‐centred reviews as a mechanism for planning the post‐school transition of young people with intellectual disability

Abstract

The findings suggest that person-centred planning can impact positively on some aspects of transition planning, while it may be too optimistic to expect radical improvement in other area. Key to further improvements is to complement person-centred planning with consistent involvement of all relevant stakeholders in planning for individuals.

‘Forget the Health and Care and just call them Education Plans’: SENCOs' perspectives on Education, Health and Care plans

“…PCP research in education has highlighted the approach as collaborative and empowering for children and families, with children reporting positively on having their voices heard (White and Rae, 2015) and feeling aware and able to express themselves (Hagner, Kurtz, Cloutier, et al, 2012). Children's participation can help improve their feeling of choice and control over learning (Emilson and Folkesson, 2006), contributing to parental reassurance through open communication and accessible plans (Childre and Chambers, 2005;Kaehne & Beyer, 2014). While the benefits of authentic PCP are evident, Devecchi, Rose and Shevlin (2015) highlighted the importance of balancing agency: including the child's voice alongside adults' duty of care, and acknowledging the difference between child-centred and child-led practice.…”

The effectiveness of person-centred planning for people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review

“…In other studies PCP did not have any significant impact on employment outcomes (Malette, 2002;Robertson et al 2006) and Kaehne and Beyer (2014) expressed concern that at post-school transition planning meetings there was a lack of external employment agencies. The authors argued that this would limit post-school options and work outcomes for young people with ID.…”

“…Eleven studies prospectively evaluated the effectiveness of PCP, two studies evaluated the effect of training individuals with ID, staff and family members in delivering PCP (Factor, Sutton, Heller, & Sterns, 1996;Heller, Miller, Hsieh, & Sterns, 2000); two studies evaluated the effect of PCP retrospectively by conducting document analyses (Kaehne & Beyer, 2014;Menchetti & Garcia, 2003) and one study compared outcomes in people with ID based on the quality of their person-centred plans (Adams, Beadle-Brown, & Mansell, 2006). Table 2 and 3 show the scores for the quality appraisal for quantitative and qualitative studies respectively.…”

“…Magito- McLaughlinget al (2002) Direct Observation 3 Kaehne and Beyer (2014) Content Analysis 1 Heller et al 2000Expressed Goals 2 Malette (2002) Participant observation/ interviews 1 Health -1.5 Robertson et al (2006) Health Survey for England -4 Truesdale- Kennedy et al (2006) Thematic Content Analysis 1 PCSR= Person-Centred Service Review NGT = Nominal Group Technique *Adapted from the Life Satisfaction Scale for Aging Adults with Mental retardation…”

“…In the last few decades there has been an ongoing transformation of services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), with service delivery progressively shifting from a system-centred approach to a person-centred approach tailoring services around the individual, rather than enforcing one size fits all structures (Kaehne & Beyer, 2014) . Individualised support has been widely acclaimed and has become common parlance in services for people with ID.…”