BASIC PCP INFORMATION

Is needed a first approach with the person centered methodology.

Click here to see a PCP introduction link.

FIRST CONTACT

The central person most related people must meet in order to reach a first contact before the PCP process starting. For instance, could be a meeting where the members are the central person parents and a professional. In this meeting could be done an approach to the PCP concept, even a dynamic activity could be done. In this meeting is decided who is the person that will develop the facilitator role and the family is noticed about the PCP start process and how it works supported in 'supportive eyes'

To introduce the data about this meeting you can enter in the meeting tab, inside the Scheduling  section.

FACILITATOR'S FORMATION

The person that develops the facilitator role must be formed in that role. Exists a specific online course for PCP facilitators.

An efficient facilitator is mandatory for the support group success. The formation of this person must be continuous. The facilitator never ends his formation, he is adapting his knowledge, attitudes, and procedures, in function of the group and the central person needs. The facilitator formation improves while he is getting experience in the meetings and the execution of the plan designed for the central person.

PERSON'S FORMATION

It is necessary to involve the central person in the process. There are a lot of ways to do it, depends the situations and the people. There are people which you can explain them directly the PCP process, just talking with them, and which others must be done a lot of adaptations in order to participate with the central person. A good advice to encourage him in the process implies to take profit of the maximal interest of the person. In this way, if the central person loves Sesamo Street, we will draw pictures (later could be uploaded to the web) about different characters of Sesamo Street saying 'I like...' We will do that with different sections of the website in order to work the knowledge about the central person.( What I like, What I don't like, What I want,...)

The learning and the central person formation in the process is indispensable.

IDENTIFY PEOPLE

The previous step to the meeting is to identify the people that will form the support group. For this task can be used the Relationship Circle Web tool, in this way the central person can indicate, looking at , or pointing to who wants to participate in his support group. The nearest and most loved people can help to identify who could be in the meeting. Of course, while the time is passing the group can increase o decrease.

From this phase the group enters in a cyclic process, improving with the time and adapting to the central person, the group and the context.

PCP MEETING

The central person, the facilitator and the support group members assist to the PCP meetings. At the meetings different questions are worked, from who is the person, tools to establish future plans, plan checking, or other interesting themes for the support group. The group facilitator is who guides and take data about these meetings.

There is a tab called 'Meetings' in the Planning section, to save all the needed data. When a meeting is created an e-mail could be sent automatically to all the group members.

RESOURCES AND PARTICIPANTS

Is referred to define the resources that we are going to need for reaching the raised goals and tell the members that are going to do it. First must be filled in the web the Dreams and Tasks Section, from the Personal Guide, or from the Visual Maps in the tab 'Dreams and tasks'

Sometimes could be complex to define the tasks and the required resources, but once the support report is growing, the resources and the members are defined easily.

TIME FOR ACTION

Once a plan is arranged, is needed to start the action. This implies to do the tasks arranged with the centr al person. For this, is necessary that each member satisfies his commitments when arrive the time to start the defined tasks.

One of the main problems in the PCP process is that there are a lot of plans that remain like exercises in the paper. Having a plan is not sufficient to sure the changes in the life of the person. The plan needs to be seen like part of the team culture more than an extra work. Besides, is more difficult working continuously with the plan, giving support to the central person, than the start process.

MONITORING

It is necessary that the facilitator and all the members make a monitoring plan, in order to check if the tasks are done, if more resources are needed, etc. In the Web there are specific sections to make this monitoring process, in this way every member can check if a task is done or not.

The monitoring and the continuous evaluation is essential to improve the PCP action plan. From PCP point of view, the monitoring is performed by all the members, not only by professional members.