Shared practices are collective ways of working. When we all use the same practices, processes and tools, we can create consistent person-centered experiences for youth and families while optimizing the role of everyone on the transition planning team.
Shared practices can result in better outcomes for youth, improve engagement by families and make the jobs of staff easier in the long run.
The Framework’s shared practices are:
1. Person-centered practices
2. Collaborative partnerships
3. The youth planning process
Person-centered practices are based on the core principle that the person is the expert in their own life and, as such, should drive the planning process. Check out the Framework’s guiding principles for more information about how the youth is at the center of transition planning.
Person-centered practices:
When applying person-centered practices, we must listen for what's important to and for someone to create the life they want. Person-centered practices are adapted to each unique person, so what is explored and planned will vary from person to person.
Charting the LifeCourse is a framework to help people and families develop a vision for a good life by focusing on their current life stage and then identifying how to find or develop the needed supports. Across the state, Minnesota's interagency partners are working together to adopt the Charting the LifeCourse framework to build a common language and approach as people move through and between our systems.
Learn more about Charting the LifeCourse:
The Engage Families and Support Youth sections of this toolkit contain a variety of person-centered strategies and tools you can use in your work with youth in transition and their families.
To learn more about person-centered practices and planning:
Collaborative partnerships support efficient and effective work by professionals, a more streamlined process for families, and better outcomes for youth. This includes collaboration and coordination across the various professionals, providers, family members, and natural supports that a youth may encounter as they transition to adulthood, specifically:
With other professionals
With families
With youth
My Vault is a secure, online tool for people with disabilities, families and support professionals to use to plan for the future, collaborate, and store and share information with their support team. It is an application for doing person-centered planning—it has planning paths where people can complete short activities to help think about their goals and options for their best life, work, benefits, and housing.
My Vault gives professionals a way to strengthen coordination, ensure consistency in the use of person-centered tools and practices, build efficiencies for themselves and the families they support, and manage activities across their caseload.
Learn more about My Vault:
