Relationship Map

The Relationship Map is available to download for free at:

https://dspd.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Person-Centered-Planning-Relationship-Map.pdf

Download a full copy of the "Person-Centered Planning Foundational Handbook for Support Coordinators"

https://dspd.utah.gov/resources/person-centered-planning/#handbook

The Relationship Map assists the person with identifying people in his or her “circle.” This tool can be used to help identify who the person would like to be a part of their Person-Centered Support Team (PCST), where a person has solid support or where they may be lacking in support.

There are four areas of the Relationship Map:

Begin by writing the person’s name in the center circle. Next, write the names of individuals the person knows and cares about into the map accordingly. Be sure to put those who may have larger, more important roles to the person, closer to the center circle. Indicate the nature of the relationship by the placement ie: family, friends, people who help me at home; people who help me at work, school, training, etc. Then, indicate the intensity and strength of the relationship by writing the name closer to the center. Place people who are, or might be, involved in the person’s support circle in the inside squares. Some people may be in more than one group.

Finally, look at the map. What do you notice? Do you see any patterns or themes? When the tool is finished, you should be able to easily see where support is solid and where support is lacking. Take time to brainstorm who could fill these gaps and how they could be beneficial to the people you serve. For most of us, having relationships in each area contributes to the life we want

Video tutorial on how to use the Relationship Map:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JlXsdM_lY&feature=emb_title

When to use?

The Relationship Map is a great tool to use in conjunction with other tools, and as a precursor to the Person-Centered Planning (PCP) meeting to make facilitating the meeting easier. As you write names in the squares, you may find it useful to highlight those people who the person wants to have at their PCP meeting as a reference for when you are pre-planning for the meeting.

Thought Exercise

Fill out a relationship map for yourself. List the number of people who are your family members or anyone who is paid to be a part of your life, and then compare that number to the number of people who are connected to you simply because they want to be. What do you see?

Compare your complete relationship map to the relationship map of the person you are supporting. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Does the person have a variety of unpaid relationships in their life comparable to yours? If the person has no, or a very small number of unpaid relationships, how can the person’s personal network be built up?

Note: The ability to copy/paste text in the boxes is disabled.

Entering data on the Relationship

Step 1:  Type information in the boxes provided

Saving the Relationship as a Draft

Step 2: Click on the "Save Draft" button to save the data and keep working on the tool.  

Add a Description/Note to the Tool

Step 3: Click on the "Add Notes" button to describe / differentiate this version of the tool from others.

Finalize the Relationship Map

Step 4: Click on the "Save & Complete" button to finalize this version of the tool.