Description
Proven guidance for creating effective person-centered plans that facilitate the recovery process for individuals with serious mental illness
Recent national and international mental health policy is promoting service delivery models that incorporate person-centered and recovery-oriented approaches, in which individuals are in the lead role, defining their own goals for their individualized recovery plans. Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults with Serious Mental Illness provides mental health practitioners with a useful resource to implement person-centered planning within a recovery framework when working with individuals with a serious mental illness.
Providing a succinct overview of the historical roots, philosophy, and practice of person-centered recovery, Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults with Serious Mental Illness is organized around the three stages of recovery—Beginnings, Moving Forward, and Leaving Your Practitioner Behind—yet still allows both the individual and practitioner to revisit any of the three stages during the ebb and flow of an individual’s recovery journey.
Sample recovery plans are included, covering the individual’s status, personal priorities, short-term objectives, and recovery steps, and are organized around common recovery goals including:
- Self-advocacy
- Family relationships
- Health and wellness
- Community involvement
- Stress management
- Relapse prevention
- Personal crisis planning
- Transportation
- Social relationships
- Meaningful activities
- Life skills
A companion Website provides all of the plans found in the book in an easily customizable word-processing format. Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults with Serious Mental Illness assists practitioners in becoming effective person-centered facilitators and advocates for recovery that meaningfully supports individuals in achieving their hopes and dreams.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part I: Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Person-Centered Practice and Recovery Principles 3
Chapter 2 Person-Centered Assessment and Individual Service Planning for Recovery 11
Part II: Recovery Goals 33
Chapter 3 Mental Health and Co-Occurring Substance Abuse Supports 35
Chapter 4 Housing 45
Chapter 5 Education 51
Chapter 6 Legal 57
Chapter 7 Employment 65
Chapter 8 Financial Stability 71
Chapter 9 Self-Advocacy 79
Chapter 10 Family Relationships 87
Chapter 11 Health and Wellness 95
Chapter 12 Community Involvement 103
Chapter 13 Stress Management 111
Chapter 14 Relapse Prevention 119
Chapter 15 Personal Crisis Planning 127
Chapter 16 Transportation 135
Chapter 17 Social Relationships 143
Chapter 18 Meaningful Activities 149
Chapter 19 Life Skills 155
Appendix: Blank Individual Service Plan Forms 163
About the Authors 177
About the CD-ROM 179
