Positive Lifestyles	Lesson 1: Readings 1	-

Acknowledging Barriers to Adopting Person-Centered Planning

Holburn, S., & Vietze, P.

First appeared: (1999) Mental Retardation, 37(2), 117-124.

Abstracted by Online Academy

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This article is a recommended reading intended to supplement the lesson presentation. You can obtain this article at your library. If you need assistance obtaining the article, please contact your course instructor. According to the authors of this article, a number of barriers face those who wish to adopt person-centered planning. The authors provide a description and overview of how the principles of person-centered planning often conflict with organizational goals and practices, how organizational staff attitudes can impede the implementation of person-centered practices, and how the function of teams and team members in person-centered planning is drastically different than in other groups. Additionally, the authors describe how the issues of language, regulatory constraints, and resources often hamper the adoption of person-centered processes.

If you need assistance finding the article, please contact your course instructor or go to the following Internet site: http://www.aamr.org or call Gayle Faughnan at (518)436-9686, Ext. 134, or Email her at qcorp@compuserv.com.