The tool Like & Admire is a good starting point for any person-centred planning meeting – thinking about positive attributes. Useful for setting the tone of meetings, starting by focusing on the young person's skills and abilities despite challenges.

What Matters Island can be used with individuals or with groups – a good way to get both young people and families involved. It can be used to break up important conversations about aspirations and planning building on strengths into different stages and provides a useful summary for young people to refer to and share with others.

This Coping Strategies tool was coproduced by young people with additional needs to help prepare for leaving school. It is useful for enabling young people to think about their anxieties (for example, transferring to a new environment), things they are not sure about and how best they can overcome these worries.