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FAQ: Person-Centered Planning for Behavioral Crisis Prevention
TL;DR
Capitol City Residential Health Care's person-centered planning approach reduces behavioral crises by 40-60%, offering organizations a proven advantage in improving outcomes and reducing emergency interventions.
Person-centered planning works by regularly updating support plans based on individual preferences, routines, and triggers, which lowers stress and prevents crises through environmental adjustments and clear communication.
This approach makes the world better by preventing behavioral crises, reducing strain on families and communities, and improving quality of life through dignity-focused support and early intervention.
An interesting example shows how adjusting noisy shift change timing eliminated evening escalations, proving that what appears as behavior problems are often environmental issues needing simple fixes.
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The content discusses how person-centered planning prevents behavioral crises for individuals with complex developmental and behavioral needs receiving community-based support, based on Capitol City Residential Health Care's experience and research.
Person-centered planning is important because individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are 3-5 times more likely to experience behavioral crises when support plans are rigid or poorly aligned with their needs, and this approach can reduce crisis incidents by 40-60% in community settings.
It works by focusing on the individual's preferences, routines, triggers, and goals, updating plans regularly, and creating predictability to lower anxiety. This involves observing early changes, asking questions, using clear communication tools, and adjusting plans as needed.
Individuals with complex developmental and behavioral needs, their families, caregivers, educators, community members, support teams, and organizations like Capitol City Residential Health Care are all involved and affected.
This approach is applicable in community-based support settings for individuals with developmental and behavioral needs, as highlighted by real-world examples from community support systems.
Benefits include reducing behavioral crisis incidents by 40-60%, lowering stress levels, increasing stability, improving quality of life for individuals, reducing strain on families and staff, lowering staff turnover, and decreasing emergency calls.
This approach focuses on prevention rather than reaction, avoiding emergency interventions, hospital visits, and law enforcement involvement that often occur when early signals go unnoticed in traditional response-focused systems.
They can: observe changes in routine, mood, or behavior early; ask simple questions rather than making assumptions; use visual schedules and clear communication tools; offer choices whenever possible; prepare individuals for changes in advance; share information consistently across support teams; and review support plans regularly and adjust as needed.
In one case, an individual experienced repeated evening escalations during a loud shift change. By adjusting the timing and reducing noise, the incidents stopped completely, showing it was an environmental problem rather than a behavior problem.
Support plans should never sit on a shelf and require ongoing review, team consistency, and active listening. If teams stop asking questions, they miss early warning signs that could prevent crises.
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