Person-centred profile

The Person-centred profile typically consists of three questions, but there are also other formats depending on the purpose of the profile. When you would like to know how best to support the student you can make a one-page profile with these questions: 

1. What is important to me? 

Describe what is important to the person that embraces the important people, places, possessions, rituals, routines, faith, culture, interests, hobbies, work etc. which makes the person who he/she is.

2. What others like and admire about me?

What do other people like and admire about the person? This can be collected by asking other people – schoolmates, teachers, parents, etc. – sending them prepared postcards (3 things I like and admire about you) for feedback or collecting these statements on a poster at the beginning of a team meeting in a circle of support.

3. How the best support to me?

It is very important to collect specific statements on how best to support the student. What kind of support is really helpful for him/her? What does the person want and need? What kind of support is good to use.

You can use this three question formats as a tool during a discussion with the student and answer them together. Or you can give him/her to fill them alone. Or you can also use it during a group discussion with schoolmates.

Teams can use this profile to inform each other what is important for them about their work, to exchange what they like and admire about each other in the team and how to best support a member.

User’s guide, equipment:

• Profile format