Implementing Person-centered Planning: Voices of Experience (Vol. II)

Voices of Experience Edited by John O Brien & Connie Lyle O Brien A wide ranging collection of thoughtful articles by key thinkers and actors who reflect on their experiences in implementing person-centered planning. Pete Ritchie, A Turn for the Better Connie Lyle O Brien & John O Brien - The Origins of Person-Centered Planning Michael Smull, A Plan Is Not an Outcome David & Faye Wetherow, Community-Building & Commitment-Building Beth Mount, John O Brien & Connie Lyle O Brien, Increasing the Chances for Deep Change Steve Holburn, The Value of Measuring Person-Centered Planning David Pitonyak, Opening the Door Mary Romer, Two Is Not Steve Holburn, The Weird Guy John O Brien, Great Questions and The Art of Portraiture Beth Mount, The Art and Soul of Person-Centered Planning Jo Krippenstapel, The Rhode Island Facilitators Forum Mary Jo Almina Caruso & Kathy Lee, Some Words Along the Way Michael Smull, Helping Staff Support Choice Meyer Shevin, Communication Ally Karen Green McGowan, Getting Beyond Sick Susannah Joyce, Mutual Learning:Involving People Who Use Mental Health Services Sally Shemsdorf, Sequoia: Planning with Senior Parents Connie Lyle O Brien & Beth Mount, Pathfinders: Transition to Adult Life Connie Lyle O Brien & John O Brien, Large Group Process for Person-Centered Planning Debra McLean, A Simple Half-Hitch Anne O Bryan, Vocational Profiles Jack Pealer & Sandra Landis, Some Beginnings Michael Smull, Thinking About Support Broker Roles Helen Sanderson, Person-Centered Teams Pat Fratangelo & Jeff Strully, The Challenges of Person-Centered Work to Agency Leaders Martin Routledge, Helen Sanderson & Rob Greig, Planning with People: A National Strategy

John O'Brien and his wife and partner Connie Lyle O'Brien have been in the forefront of thinking and creating precedent setting innovations that helped to created full lives for people with disability labels the world over. In addition to developing many of the planning systems used internationally, training thousands of facilitators and human service workers, they have also been writers with enormous insight and sensitivity. Below are some of their books that Inclusion Press has been privileged to publish.