Individual Support Plan (ISP) Essentials

Questions and Answers

The individual's strengths, goals, and preferences

To develop a plan to address crisis situations or emergency responses

The individual has more control over their life and support

To regularly review and update the ISP Signup and view all the answers

A team of stakeholders, including the individual, support workers, and family members Signup and view all the answers

To collect information about the individual's needs, preferences, and goals Signup and view all the answers

The ISP encourages collaboration between the individual, support workers, and other stakeholders Signup and view all the answers

To establish specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

A personalized plan that outlines the support and services needed to meet the unique needs of an individual with a disability or special needs.
Tailored to the individual's strengths, goals, and preferences.

Person-centered approach: The individual is at the center of the planning process, and their goals and preferences are respected.
Assessment and identification of needs: Identifying the individual's strengths, weaknesses, and areas of support needed.
Goal setting: Establishing specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals.
Support strategies: Outlining the support and services needed to achieve the individual's goals.
Crisis intervention plan: Developing a plan to address crisis situations or emergency responses.
Review and evaluation: Regularly reviewing and updating the ISP to ensure it remains relevant and effective.

Increased autonomy: The individual has more control over their life and support.
Improved outcomes: The ISP is tailored to the individual's specific needs, leading to better outcomes.
Enhanced quality of life: The ISP focuses on the individual's well-being, dignity, and respect.
Increased collaboration: The ISP encourages collaboration between the individual, support workers, and other stakeholders.

Information gathering: Collecting information about the individual's needs, preferences, and goals.
Team meeting: Convening a team of stakeholders, including the individual, support workers, and family members, to develop the ISP.
Drafting the ISP: Creating a written plan based on the information gathered and the team meeting.
Review and approval: Reviewing and approving the ISP with the individual and other stakeholders.
Implementation and monitoring: Implementing the ISP and regularly monitoring progress.

A personalized plan outlining support and services needed to meet unique needs of individuals with disabilities or special needs.
Tailored to individual's strengths, goals, and preferences.

Person-centered approach: individual is at center of planning process, with goals and preferences respected.
Assessment and identification of needs: identifying individual's strengths, weaknesses, and areas of support needed.
Goal setting: establishing specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals.
Support strategies: outlining support and services needed to achieve individual's goals.
Crisis intervention plan: developing plan to address crisis situations or emergency responses.
Review and evaluation: regularly reviewing and updating ISP to ensure it remains relevant and effective.

Increased autonomy: individual has more control over their life and support.
Improved outcomes: ISP tailored to individual's specific needs, leading to better outcomes.
Enhanced quality of life: ISP focuses on individual's well-being, dignity, and respect.
Increased collaboration: ISP encourages collaboration between individual, support workers, and other stakeholders.

Information gathering: collecting information about individual's needs, preferences, and goals.
Team meeting: convening team of stakeholders, including individual, support workers, and family members, to develop ISP.
Drafting the ISP: creating written plan based on information gathered and team meeting.
Review and approval: reviewing and approving ISP with individual and other stakeholders.
Implementation and monitoring: implementing ISP and regularly monitoring progress.