TY - JOUR
T1 - Reported goal setting and benefits of person centred planning for people with intellectual disabilities
AU - Wigham, Sarah
AU - Robertson, Janet
AU - Emerson, Eric
AU - Hatton, Chris
AU - Elliott, Johan
AU - McIntosh, Barbara
AU - Swift, Paul
AU - Krinjen-Kemp, Emma
AU - Towers, Christine
AU - Romeo, Renee
AU - Knapp, Martin
AU - Sanderson, Helen
AU - Routledge, Martin
AU - Oakes, Peter
AU - Joyce, Theresa
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Recent research suggests that person centred planning (PCP) can have a positive impact on the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. This article presents data from open-ended comments collected during research on the impact of PCP on the life experiences of 65 people with intellectual disabilities living in England. These comments addressed the goals set prior to and during PCP, and the main benefits of PCP for participants. The results suggest that PCP led to increased goal setting in a range of goal categories. This was reflected in the most common main benefit of PCP of 'increased activities and opportunities' reported for 57 percent of participants. For 48 percent of participants, a main benefit of PCP was that they felt better in themselves, in terms of happiness or self-esteem. This must surely be the ultimate aim of those seeking to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities.
AB - Recent research suggests that person centred planning (PCP) can have a positive impact on the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. This article presents data from open-ended comments collected during research on the impact of PCP on the life experiences of 65 people with intellectual disabilities living in England. These comments addressed the goals set prior to and during PCP, and the main benefits of PCP for participants. The results suggest that PCP led to increased goal setting in a range of goal categories. This was reflected in the most common main benefit of PCP of 'increased activities and opportunities' reported for 57 percent of participants. For 48 percent of participants, a main benefit of PCP was that they felt better in themselves, in terms of happiness or self-esteem. This must surely be the ultimate aim of those seeking to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities.
KW - Intellectual disabilities
KW - Person centred planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=51649094311&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1744629508090994
DO - 10.1177/1744629508090994
M3 - Article
C2 - 18492716
AN - SCOPUS:51649094311
SN - 1744-6295
VL - 12
SP - 143
EP - 152
JO - Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
JF - Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
IS - 2
ER -
