What is Person Centered Planning? The process of person centered planning for the future starts with meeting your loved one where they are now, then taking actionable steps towards a shared vision to make it a reality.
PCP emerged as an innovative approach to building a future around young people with disabilities and moving away from putting people with disabilities in a facility. The main idea is that the person becomes the center of planning and decision making that affects them.
Support Services:
The Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (LVCIL)
Live Independently for Everyone is a school based program for any age provided by the school district includes 1:1 counseling, small groups, work essential skills, person centered planning, transition
Call:610-770-9781 ext. 125
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The Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (LVCIL)
Skills Training for students and young adults with disabilities will learn valuable skills to prepare for competitive employment and/or post secondary success.
For ages 16-27: career exploration, soft skills training (i.e. conflict management), person centered planning.
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Michele A. Leahy, MS, CPWIC
Leahy Life Plan
Services: Disability life planning, understanding how to set up financial supports and navigate insurance availability to your loved one.
Where: Four Tower Bridge, 200 Barr Harbor Drive, 4th Fl, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428
Call: 484-238-0841
Email: michele@leahylifeplan.com
Website
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Self Advocates United as 1
People with developmental disabilities and their families are united to share knowledge, empower others and use their voices to transform their communities and people’s lives.
Where: 984 Water St, Meadville PA 16335
Call: 724 588 2378
"Having a strong sense of controlling one's life
is a more dependable predictor of positive feelings
of well being than anything else."
-Angus Campbell, University of Michigan