Essential Lifestyle Planning

This years UK Annual Gathering of the Learning Community for Person Centred Practices post event report will be displayed here mid-December.

Next Years Dates are: 10th 11th November 2008. We will provide details next year.

Below you will find reading about Essential Lifestyle Planning and Example Plans:

Families and Person Centred Planning
A handout by and for families describing the benefits of person centred planning from families’ perspective.

Using person centred planning and approaches with children and their families
Helen Sanderson, Clive Acraman and Alison Short explore the repertoire of person centred working with families - beginning with person centred approaches that professionals can use or adapt to enhance their work, followed by person centred plans and concluding with the introduction of family essential lifestyle plans and family mentorship.

Family Mentors
This paper by Caroline Tomlinson and Helen Sanderson describes the ideas behind family mentorship.

The Potential of Family Essential Lifestyle Plans
Clive Acraman and Helen Sanderson consider how Family Essential Lifestyle Plans could be used within different health and social care settings

An innovation from a local Sure Start Programme
Clive Acraman and Helen Sanderson presented this paper at the International Conference - Community, Work and Family, in March 2005.

Family Essential Lifestyle Plans
Helen Sanderson and Clive Acraman introduce the idea of Family Essential Lifestyle Plans.

Example Plans

Anonymous Family Essential Lifestyle Plan

Martin's Essential Lifestyle Plan

Graham's Essential Lifestyle Plan

Jo's Essential Lifestyle Plan

Charlotte's Essential Lifestyle Plan

Lorraine's Essential Lifestyle Plan

Louise's Essential Lifestyle Plan

See an example of a family Essential Lifestyle Plan

Create your own family Essential Lifestyle Plan using this template to print your own.

See an example of a family support plan.