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Reported goal setting and benefits of person centred planning for people with intellectual disabilities

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Sarah WighamORCiD

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Abstract

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.

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Author(s): Wigham S, Robertson J, Emerson E, Hatton C, Elliott J, McIntosh B, Swift P, Krinjen-Kemp E, Towers C, Romeo R, Knapp M, Sanderson H, Routledge M, Oakes P, Joyce T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Year: 2008

Volume: 12

Issue: 2

Pages: 143-152

Date deposited: 12/07/2010

ISSN (print): 1744-6295

ISSN (electronic): 1744-6309

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629508090994

DOI: 10.1177/1744629508090994

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