Session 2: PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING

What can the DSP learn about the individual during the person- centered planning process?

A) The individual's life goals

B) What the individual learned in school

C) The individual's social life

D) What is the individual's favorite color

A) The individual's life goals

How should the DSP get ready for a person-centered planning meeting?

A) By reviewing the individual's

medical record

B) By making decisions for the individual

C) By asking the individual about their goals

D) By asking the family about their goals for the individual

C) By asking the individual about their goals

What is the DSP’s role as a person- centered planning team member?

A) To write up what goes on in the

meeting

B) To support an individual's goals, desires, and needs

C) To run the meeting

D) To decide what is best for the individual

B) To support an individual's goals, desires, and needs

What are some tips for communicating with family members about the individual’s preferences?

A) Ask them what they enjoy doing

B) Be an honest advocate for the individual

C) Use only non-verbal communication D) Have limited contact with the family

B) Be an honest advocate for the individual

How can the DSP support an individual’s goals and objectives?

A) Know what their responsibilities

are

B) Know about each individual's behavior problems

C) Speak with an administrator about the individual

D) Be familiar with the family of each person in the home

A) Know what their responsibilities

are

How can the DSP help to assess an individual’s progress in meeting their IPP goals and objectives?

A) Decide if the IPP goals and

objectives are working

B) Change the goals and objectives if they are not working

C) Get family members to change the individual's goals and objectives

D) Write down observations or keep a record of what is done to implement the IPP

D) Write down observations or keep a record of what is done to implement the IPP

Ethics, Observation, and Decision Making are skills included in the:

A) IPP team

B) Title 17 regulations

C) DSP toolbox

D) Lanterman Act

C) DSP toolbox

What may the DSP’s do to assess the quality of services received by an individual?

A) Teach the individual to be

independent

B) Ask questions about the individual's quality of life

C) Learn about the individual's future goals

D)Learn to provide new services

B) Ask questions about the individual's quality of life

The objectives of an individual must be:

A) Written in a legal document

B) Specific and related to goals

C) Long term and unclear

D) Difficult to measure

B) Specific and related to goals

Which is the responsibility of the Service Coordinator?

A) Teach the individual to support

themselves

B) Help individuals take their medications regularly

C) Help individuals find needed services and supports

D) Teach the DSP about the needs of the individual

C) Help individuals find needed services and supports