One Page Profiles: A Person-Centered Planning Tool

Seeing your child’s strengths and having a strong vision for their future are important parts of keeping your child at the center of decisions and on a positive trajectory to achieve that future.

One Page Profiles are great tools to capture what you know about your child’s strengths, gifts, and talents and to share their hopes and dreams, as well as what works for them.

You and your child can share their One Page Profile at school, in decision-making meetings, with health care providers, as well as with community, extra-curricular, or peer groups important to you and them.

What can I include in a One Page Profile?

  • Child’s Name and Age

  • Grade Level

  • Child’s favorite things or activities

  • Child’s strengths and special attributes

  • What works for your child, and what doesn’t work

  • What’s important TO me, and what’s important FOR me.

  • Goals and family/youth vision for the future

What else should I consider?

  • Make different versions as needed… one for school, one for doctor’s visits, one for recreational activities, or one for your youth to share when looking for volunteer work or a job… the possibilities are endless!

  • As your child grows, get them involved!

  • Edit at least once a year to keep it fresh and relevant to your child.

  • Keep it simple. Make it fun.

  • To see examples in other languages, scroll down.

Ask your child: What are YOUR goals for the future?

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Ask your child: What do YOU want to share?

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Ask your child: What are YOUR goals for the future? 〰️ Ask your child: What do YOU want to share? 〰️

Visual Examples of One Page Profiles

Examples in Other Languages

  • Spanish | Español

    One Page Profiles in Spanish
    (Perfiles de una página en español)

  • Ukrainian | Yкраїнською

    One Page Profiles in Ukrainian
    (Односторінкові профілі українською)

  • Somali | Af-Soomaali

    One Page Profiles in Somali
    (Xog-ururin Hal Bog Ah oo Af-Soomaali Ku Qoran)

  • Vietnamese

    One Page Profiles in Vietnamese (coming soon)

  • Chinese

    One Page Profiles in Chinese (coming soon)

  • Arabic

    One Page Profiles in Arabic (coming soon)

  • Russian

    One Page Profiles in Russian (coming soon)