She also testified on privacy in the private sector at hearings of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. The guide 'Planning with Personal Outcomes' provides direction for organizations wanting to develop or refine a person-centred planning process. This guide describes a process for using Personal Outcomes as a foundation for planning individual supports and services. It helps staff to individualize planning processes to the person and reflect the organization's commitment to supporting each person as key decision maker in his or her own life in support plans. All service organizations have processes to guide the planning of services and supports for people receiving services.
Plans describe the individual supports and services provided to people.
New priorities in service delivery have shifted to a person-centred approach. Plans developed using person-centred principles reflect individualized supports for each person. All of the different processes and formats emphasize working with the person who is the focus of the plan to ensure that the plans are based on an understanding of the person's unique priorities and desires. Using Accreditation Ontario's Personal Outcome Measures to support planning activities helps to keep the focus on each person as the key decision maker in his or her own life. This guide does not describe another system for conducting and documenting the planning meeting.