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Project "New Paths to Inclusion" held its final event
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Person Centred Planning means doing a plan of your life. These plans help people with intellectual disabilities There is a project which wants to make |
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A final event for the project "New Paths to Inclusion"was held on 13 May 2011 in Larnaca within the annual congress of Inclusion Europe "Europe in Action 2011". It was a unique opportunity for participants from all over Europe to get familiar with this powerful tool helping people with intellectual disabilities to lead a self-determined life. |
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During the plenary session, Albert Brandstätter, Director of Lebenshilfe Austria, introduced the project, its focus and objectives. The project "New Paths to Inclusion"·was launched in October 2009, in order to·collect and transfer newest developments of Person Centred Planning and Practice from the United Kingdom and develop training formats for professionals, self-advocates and families in the rest of Europe.·An eleborated curriculum, as one of the key project outputs, has been tested and evaluated via Pilot Training courses in Austria, Germany and Czech Republic.
The outcomes and evaluation·of the project were presented in Larnaca by professor Andreas Hinz from Martin-Luther-University Halle (Germany)·who had been involved in the project as·an·external evaluator.·He also presented the outcomes of the European suvery on Person Centred Planning, equally conducted within the framework of the project, based on a questionnaire sent out to members of Inclusion Europe.
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Julie Lunt from the Helen Sanderson Associates - a specialist in person centred practice - explained the participants the concept of Person Centred Planning and its methods as well as relevance for he United Kindgom where Julie works with local authorities to develop support planning as part of the government's personalisation programme offering people with disabilities personal budgets to plan their care. During her workshop, participants had an opportunity to try out a range of PCP tools and develop a one page profile which formed part of the training in the "New Paths to Inclusion" project. |
Person Centred Planning offers a whole a range of tools for different intentions in one's life. In the workshop of Ines Boban and Andreas Hinz from Martin-Luther-University, participants could try out other PCP tools such as MAP or PATH and find out ways for individuals, families and organisations to make a real difference in their daily lives, thus facilitating a deeper understanding of the project New Paths to Inclusion.
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The self-advocates' perspective of Person Centred Planning was presented by Aglaia Parth, a self-advocate from Austria and her support person Lisa Wimmler. Agalia works as a consellor at a counselling centre from and for people with learning difficulties Wibs. "I am a self-advocate because everybody should be able to lead ones life as he/she pleases" she says. In her workshop, Aglaia talked about her experience with Person Centred Planning, explaining how this method can help people with intellectual disabilities to lead a self-determined life. |
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The project New Paths to Inclusion is supported by the Life-Long Learning Program of the European Commission and runs until the end of September 2011.
For more information about the project, please, go to www.personcentredplanning.eu or join the Network of Professionals for Person Centred Planning on Facebook.