Guidelines for Staff who provide Intimate Care for Children and Young People with Disabilities

APPENDIX 8

PERSONAL PASSPORT PROFORMA

• Title/Cover page
• Index with page numbers
• Introduction to person ('ME!')
• Vital Information
• Overview ('Here's my problem')
• My strengths ('Things I'm good at')
• Things I like (to do)/don't like (to do)
• How I work best, and things you can do to help
• Ways of managing me that I like (that work well)
• Ways of managing me that I don't like (that don't work)
• Important people in my life
• Eating and drinking
• My sight
• Listening and hearing
• My communication system(s): you need to know ...
• Details of my communication system
• Things I like to/can talk about
• How I express myself/influence events
• Things I can do for myself
• Things I can do with supervision or physical help
• Things I need someone else to do for me
• Things I must be discouraged from doing
• Things I'm working on
• Specific information eg sweets I like to buy at the shop