The One-Page Profile is a user-friendly tool that incorporates all the essential information about a person onto a single sheet of paper that is structured under three easy-to-understand sections:
·what others value about me,
·what matters most to me, and
·what are the best ways to offer me support.
Take a few moments to think how this profile can be used in order to make your child visible to others?
✓ To whom can this be addressed?
✓ By whom can this be completed?
✓ How can this be useful?
✓ What are the major benefits of creating such a profile?
EXAMPLE OF A ONE PAGE PROFILE
For more information visit person-centred-practice-in-education-a-guide-for-early-years-schools-and-colleges-in-wales.pdf (gov.wales)
GENERAL AIM:
Community members specifically identify community assets.
Create a map about a detailed list of the structures you may receive support. It is extremely important for you to know how, where and when you can contact when you feel the need to do that.
Community Assets include:
- Citizen associations and local institutions,
- Churches,
- Book clubs,
- Non-profit organizations, businesses, social service agencies,
- Health services (hospitals and clinics),
- Libraries,
- Educational settings (schools, colleges or universities) (Burns,Paul & Paz, 2012).
PARTICIPANTS: Families and professionals
Some methods for collecting data include interviews (in-person or over the phone), organizing focus groups, administering community resident surveys (either on paper, electronically, or through mail-in), hosting community forums or events, making observations, conducting dashboard surveys, creating inventory of skills, resources, or institutions, and analyzing pre-existing data sets (such as census, housing, or social services data) (Burns, Paul & Paz, 2012).
✓ Try creating an Asset Map of your own community with your family members. After having created the map, discuss what you have learned about your community strengths and needs. Discuss how you can use this knowledge further. What kind of different results would you have achieved if you involved all community members?
✓ Try creating an Asset Map of people (relatives, friends, professionals etc.) that you think you can rely on.
FIGURE 1. HOW PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING CAN HELP COMMUNITIES (PAUL & PAZ, 2012)
FIGURE 2. HOW TO PLAN A COMMUNITY ASSET MAP (BURNS, PAUL & PAZ, 2012)
GENERAL AIM:
This tool aims at facilitating professionals and members of the family to acknowledge and celebrate the unique strengths and resources of the family, while working together. To achieve this, it is important to find new and groundbreaking ways to present and discuss the characteristics of the family. This will help to show how the family functions in relation to other people and institutions that the family interacts with (McCormick, Stricklin, Nowak & Rous, 2008).
There are also specific objectives to achieve with the use of this tool:
- to help families identify the resources that are currently available according to their needs.
- to gather their own perceptions of how their family operates and is organized around their children, as well as their worries, priorities, and resources.
- to provide valuable information to family members and early intervention professionals that may not be included in formal family assessment instruments (McCormick, Stricklin, Nowak & Rous, 2008).
PARTICIPANTS: Families and professionals work together to create Eco-map.
EXAMPLE OF A CIRCLE OF SUPPORT
How to create an Eco-Map: watch this video How to make an ecomap (youtube.com)
"Circles" main aim is to highlight the importance of caring for one another within our families and communities. It serves as a reminder to prioritize our relationships and invest our attention and intention into them.
As subobjectives, it encourages us to recognize the individuals who are significant to us and to actively nurture and maintain those connections. It prompts us to periodically reflect on the people who hold importance in our lives.
(https://inclusion.com/path-maps-and-person-centeredplanning/circles-friends-2/)
PARTICIPANTS: Families and professionals
This exercise allows you, as a member of the family, to take a moment and reflect on the important individuals in your life. By pausing to remember, you may be reminded of those you want to show gratitude towards, reconnect with, or reach out to for assistance for something meaningful to you. Picture yourself at the center of the circles on the page. As you complete the circles, keep in mind that there are no correct or incorrect approaches
- Dos and Don’ts Of A Community-Led Approach (for professionals)
General aim:
The aim of this activity is to help professionals better prepare for their work by encouraging them to think practically what they should do (Dos) and what they shouldn’t do (Don'ts). Professionals can deepen their understanding of community-led approaches if they engage themselves in meaningful discussions and practical implementation (Child Resilience Alliance, 2018).
Participants: Professionals
How to use it:
- Divide the professionals into small groups and ask them to create a list of ‘Dos and Don'ts regarding their role. Then, they can discuss what they have written, focusing on the things that are common and more importantly on the things which are different.
- Ask the professionals to "vote" for the top five Dos and top five Don'ts. This will help them better understand the rationale of the Community-Led Approach.
- Make sure that any misunderstandings and misconceptions are corrected. This process will make it easier for professionals to create their own list of Dos and Don'ts (Child Resilience Alliance, 2018).
https://communityledcp.org/toolkit/section-2-training-tools/trn-5-dos-and-don-ts-of-a-community-led-approach