Person-Centered Practice Resources

Impact Newsletter – Feature Issue on Person-Centered Positive Supports and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities [External link]

An issue of the Impact Newsletter that shares articles from around the country describing how person-centered positive supports use evidence-based practices in the service of the needs, values, and goals of the individuals receiving the support.

Person-Centered Informed Choice Protocol [External link]

This protocol communicates the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) expectations regarding person-centered practices with its lead agency partners, which include counties, tribes and health plans.

Principles for Person-directed Services and Supports during Serious Illness [External link]

The Administration for Community Living developed a set of person-directed* principles, which describe how our stakeholders believe health care and the long-term services and supports systems would work best for them when they are seriously ill.

What Does Person-Centered Mean for Me? [External link]

A guide to help let those who support you know what’s important for you to make it your best life.

Minnesota Department of Human Services Person-Centered Practices [External link]

MN DHS information about person-centered practices

Moving On: A Personal Futures Planning Workbook for Individuals With Brain Injury [External link]

A guide to Personal Futures Planning that will help people to develop maps to a better future.

This is Me from the Alzheimer’s Society [External link]

A tool to help to reduce distress for a person who has dementia, delirium or other communication difficulties dealing with changes, like moving to an unfamiliar place or meeting new people who contribute to their care.

Stories from Implementers (Video) [External link]

This video contains interviews with professionals who are implementing person-centered practices in Minnesota.

Learn More about Person-Centered Planning & Practices

Being person-centered is a way of thinking and acting that empowers people to have a high quality of life. Person-centered practices assist people in creating a positive and meaningful life and build on people’s unique interests and strengths. They refer to strategies and tools that are used in many different situations and settings to support […]

Person-Centered Practices (PCP)

What are Person- Centered Practices (PCP)
Stories Across the Lifespan
PCP Standards of Practice
Learn More about Person-Centered Planning & Practices
Person-Centered Practices and Promoting Quality of Life
Organization-wide Person-Centered Practices