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Section Two: Person-Centered Planning

What is a Person-Centered Approach?

The staff members at Phelan Jr./ Sr. High use a person-centered planning approach to deliver transition services to students with disabilities. With a person-centered planning approach, the transition services a student receives are defined by the student's needs, focus on the student's individual strengths and capacities, and acknowledge disability-specific issues. The student and the student's family are highly involved in the transition process. Consideration must also be given to the family's cultural and ethnic heritage when using the person-centered approach to transition.