Templates

Ideally, we'd like to create a totally personalised Passport for each individual, but this can be very time-consuming. A pre-made layout, or 'template' can be more efficient (if less person-centred). For those new to Passports, a template not only provides a framework and suggested layout, but also some examples, prompts and suggested ideas of what to put on each page and how it can be presented.

But PLEASE avoid turning Passport production into an 'assembly line' process using the same layout and graphics for all and DO try to expand and personalise each as much as possible.

Passports generally contain information about a whole range of aspects of the person's life. However, not all Passports need to be 'Full Passports'.

Sometimes it is important to alter the focus and format of a Passport, in response to a particular situation or need, for example to:

• Summarise all of the key information on one page (or its equivalent, in different layouts), to make it easier to take in quickly. See the 'Mini Passports' [link] section for more information.
• Focus in on one particular aspect of a child or adult's life, to highlight its importance, to address a specific concern and/or to give more specific detail (often also on a single page) See the 'Special/ Specific Purpose Passports' section for more information.