Introduction to Person-centred Planning Practice

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Q.1 Person-centred Planning Practice
a) Definition
The person-centred practice involves the integration, synthesis, and the use of important aspects of “person-centredness” or the activities that are considered critical to an individual from their standpoints (Kilbane et al., 2007). These activities result in the full inclusion of individuals in society. In other words, the practice entails working in manners that will maximize the authority that people have to live independently.
b) Why it is suited to work with people living with disability
The person-centred approach is well-suited for people with disabilities since it breaks the myths about their condition and to become independent in their lives. The approach builds an inclusive community where people with a disability can feel involved to participate in society. Equally, a person-centred approach ensures that the voices of the person, as well as those close to them, are heard to allow their inclusion in society (Lecture Week 10). The approach has also been used to prevent depersonalising labels as well as discrimination of people with disabilities and therefore making it well-suited for such individuals.
c) Challenges with the approach
There are various challenges professionals encounter when applying person-centred planning such as ensuring that this approach always remains person-centred. Secondly, this approach fails to offer a critical analysis of structural or institutional forms of the oppression met and may only work better for some individuals but not others. For instance, it is less likely that individuals with emotional and psychosocial disabilities will participate. Third, lack of commitment on the side of facilitators is one of the different barriers that are common in organisational practices. Fourth, the approach may demand that professionals invest significant resources, skill, and time and there are other issues such as the readiness to participate on the side of people living with disabilities as well as their families in this approach.
Q.2 Advocacy (Two common types and the ones I would use and why if I worked alongside Michael, Taylor, and their families in the case)
Michael Cox and Taylor Anderton are a young couple living with Down Syndrome and desperate to live normal lives with children but their parents are opposed to their decision (Australian Story: Tough Love, 2016). In this scenario, two common types of individual advocacy are relevant in Cox and Anderton’s case as explored in Lecture 10 of the tutorials. Individual advocacy supports the rights of people living with disabilities by addressing issues related to abuse, discrimination, and neglect. The first form of individual advocacy that could be applied in the couple’s story is citizen advocacy where people with disabilities are matched with volunteers to address their issues. A citizen advocacy coordinator will identify different individuals living with disabilities and in need of advocacy and match them to unpaid advocates who can be recruited for both formal and informal roles. Since this model la...