Voices & Choices Person-Centered Planning Project

Central to person-centered planning is a circle of friends and supporters, including the person with a disability, family members, friends, peers, teachers, and other service providers. In the PATH process this team of support creates a shared dream of a full and rich life for the person with a disability.  This method results in a strong commitment on the part of the team members to take specific actions now to help the individual progress along his\her path to the future.

Academic Course with Community-Based Outcome

A newly-revised curriculum for Human Services 240, "Person Centered Planning" and Collaborative Team Building has been implemented and the course is offered twice annually.  Students achieve competency in the knowledge of systems of care and associated resources, person centered planning tools and processes, facilitation skills, team building processes and skills, and person centered planning strategies in wraparound service planning.

Fall 2010 course offering: HUMS V240 “Person-Centered Planning & Creating Collaborative Teams"

This is a mixed format class with online sessions Oct 7-Dec 16, 2010, and a face-to-face seminar in Anchorage Nov. 3-5, 2010.

How to register: This course is offered through through Prince Wililams Sound Community College
Visit http://www.pwscc.edu/registrar.shtml to register.

This is a grant-funded course and we are offering 100% scholarship assistance for tuition and fee expenses. Some travel expenses may be covered as well. To apply for scholarship, download and return the Scholarship application form.

View last semester's HUMS 240 syllabus

Enrollment is limited to 9 people for this offering and will fill up quickly.

The registration and scholarship application deadline is Sept. 10, 2010.

Email Sarah Frick at sarah@alaskachd.org for more information.

 

Person-Centered Planning Facilitator Certification Course

A newly-revised curriculum for the Person-Centered Planning Facilitator Certification course has been implemented to begin June 25, 2010. The course is fully online and asynchronous, with mentors available throughout the process. Qualifications to register for the course: 1) Successful Completion of HUMS V240 “Person-Centered Planning and Collaborative Team Building, or 2) Alternate Person-Centered Planning training at a qualified institution.

(.pdf) QUALIFICATIONS DOC and (.pdf) APPLICATION HERE

For more information contact Kathy Fitzgerald at 907-264-6242, kathyf@alaskachd.org.

 

Information & Referral Network

The vision of the project includes creating the “Voices and Choices Network,” a single access point for coordination of person centered planning services.  With the State of Alaska, structures will be provided to build a network of certified plan facilitators to support and manage the referral process, matching consumers with facilitators.

Outcomes

Using the Wraparound Fidelity Index, version 4 (WFI-4), process and outcome measures will be evaluated to assess level of consumer and family satisfaction with the person centered planning process.  The project should show that those who participate will experience greater satisfaction with their service plan and improved functioning in at least one life domain. 

Contact Tammy Peria for more information at 907-272-8270 or by email.