Person Centred Planning (PCP): Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends is a technique that can be used to increase the inclusion of a child or young person. The approach works particularly well in mainstream primary or secondary schools.
Circle of Friends is about building a peer network to support a challenging or vulnerable child / young person who may be experiencing difficulties in forming friendships perhaps due to a disability, behavioural, social or emotional development need. Download and View the guide here
Film Clips
Creating a Circle of Friends - Why create a circle of friends?
An example of first circle of friends meeting
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Examples of Practice:
Impact of Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends is all about relationships and recognising the power of the peer group. Circle of Friends can be effectively used to:
Prevent pupil isolation and victimisation
Reduce challenging behaviour - avoiding the need to permanently exclude
Develop self-awareness and increase insight of how others view the world
Support a new pupil or a child / young person returning to school
Build a support network around a person
Related pages
- Strengthening our West Sussex Inclusive Practice through School SEND Partnerships
- Co-production
- Sharing Good Practice Examples of Person Centred Planning
- Examples of the good practice
- Sharing your good practice with others
- Person Centred Planning (PCP): MAP Training Videos
- Person Centred Planning (PCP): PATH Training Videos
- Person Centred Planning Tools: Signs of Safety Practice Framework
- Index for Inclusion (I4I)
- Parent perspective of inclusion