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          Cornell 
          University's Person Centered Planning Education Site - On this 
          site, you will find an overview of the person-centered planning 
          process, a self-study course covering the basic processes involved, a 
          quiz section to help you focus on areas you may need to cover more 
          thoroughly, a compendium of readings and activities for you to use on 
          your own, and various links and downloadable resources. 
          
           
            
          
          MI Disabled Take Steps to Success:
          
          Wayne Plan Offers Startup Loans for Small Businesses - Twenty 
          Wayne County residents with disabilities are enjoying life as 
          entrepreneurs, thanks to a revolving loan program for microenterprises 
          administered by Services to Enhance Potential (STEP) of Wayne County.
          
           
            
          
          The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) 
          Information Brief:
          
          Person-Centered Planning: A Tool for Transition - The 
          expression, “It takes a village to raise a child,” is never more true 
          than when talking about a child with a disability. Young people with 
          disabilities need a support system that recognizes their individual 
          strengths, interests, fears, and dreams and allows them to take charge 
          of their future. Parents, teachers, family members, and friends in the 
          community who offer informal guidance, support, and love can create 
          the “village” for every child. 
  
          
          Designing Personalized Learning for Every Student:
          Activity Based 
          Assessment (ABA) Inventory and Other Forms - Today's students 
          are more diverse than ever before—in cultural backgrounds, learning 
          styles and interests, social and economic classes, and abilities and 
          disabilities. How can schools accommodate these differences while also 
          dealing with other demands for change, from the push for tougher 
          standards to the call for more discipline in the classroom? This book 
          offers answers—and challenges schools to reinvent themselves as more 
          flexible, creative learning communities that include and are 
          responsive to a full range of human diversity.  
  
          
          Community 
          Works - Independent facilitators and teachers in 
          person-centered planning, self-determination and community living.  
          Working towards communities in which each individual is cherished. 
          
           
          Easter Seals of Michigan:
          
          What is Person Centered Planning? - Person Centered Planning 
          was put forth as a concept as a result of the Michigan Mental Health 
          Code, Act No. 290, Public Acts of 1995. Person Centered Planning means 
          that a client's opinions, preferences and values will direct treatment 
          services. Our professional staff will assist you in this process as 
          well as advise you of the supports and services that can assist your 
          family. 
 
 
           
          
          Person Centered Planning 
          (PCP) - Last year Michigan students won a huge victory when 
          they sued the state to extend the comment period. Their winning 
          argument was they were stakeholders in the rules process and deserved 
          reasonable time to prepare and participate. Their winning slogan was 
          “Nothing about me without me.” They opened all of our eyes and 
          completely changed the focus of the rules.   |