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Picture My Future: Module One
Introduction to Picture My Future
Everyone wants to have a say about their goals and what they want to achieve in their lives.
But sometimes people with disability find it hard to organise their thoughts and tell
people what they want to do in life.
Some people with disability find it hard to communicate verbally.
They benefit from visual supports to tell people what is important to them.
Using Picture My Future is a good way to help people with disability.
It helps them to think more clearly about what's important to them and the goals that
they want to achieve.
So how does Picture My Future work?
The person is asked to take photos of people, places and things that are important to them,
now and in the future.
They can also collect old photographs, pictures from magazines and the internet, or objects.
It also helps to show people a variety of other pictures.
The person may identify additional pictures from the picture library.
The person is then asked to explain why the picture or object is important to them
and their future.
The pictures are sorted and labeled to reflect the person's comments about them.
The pictures are put together as a resource.
This helps the person to explain their goals to others.
The Picture My Future resource is used at the planning meeting.
This adds to the information that the planner has gathered from family members,
service providers and others, to develop goals.
So now you've seen an overview of Picture My Future.
We encourage you to explore the resources that can be found on this module.