Solidifying Progress & Keeping a Suitable Pace for Goal Sessions

Haypath CR, MHANC CLP

 Work with the resident on only one or two tasks (or answers, identifications,
“points of progress”) per session. Help the resident build upon the progress by
reinforcing them, discussing them, facilitating rehearsal of them, quizzing the
resident on them, etc.
 Take a lot of time (sometimes the bulk of the session) reviewing past progress
toward the present objective (if any) or relevant past progress from another
Service Plan (if there is no or little progress toward the present objective).
 Plan for some time at the end of the session to review the present session.
 Do not provide answers but rather guide residents toward answers. If the
resident is stuck, you may provide hints. If the hint doesn’t help the resident
you can provide suggestions or examples which may include answers. But
always try to first guide and hint.
 If the objective demands the resident describe or demonstrate something, make
sure they describe or demonstrate well. Work with them to build upon their
answers, identifications, descriptions or demonstrations. Help them master the
answers, identifications, descriptions or demonstrations before moving on to
another one.
 Facilitate the resident’s practice or rehearsal of tasks (if the objective is for
something practical like starting conversations or rehearsing a coping tool).
 When making an objective in a Service Plan, make the target number of tasks or
points of progress large enough for a six-month period (planning for roughly
one to three tasks being accomplished each session; there are typically six
sessions of the service type within six months).

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