Goals
This is the acronym we use to help us write our goals.
What is SMART?
This is what the lesson/treatment plan is based on.
What are goals.
This is one type of SLP report / POC type, often paired with a diagnostic evaluation or written at the beginning of therapy.
What is initial POC?
This is what the O in SOAP stands for.
What is objective?
True or false: We can play Connect 4 and also work on auditory comprehension.
True
This is what the S in SMART stands for.
What is specific?
This is a smaller type of goal that might drive your activities for one session.
What is an objective?
What is a progress note or progress report?
This is the type of information you would include in the P section.
What is the plan?
True or false: a patient's email could be an activity to use in therapy (and what might be the goals).
True - goals may vary (expressive written language, organization, executive function--attention, sequencing, problem solving)
This is what the M stands for, including 2 examples.
What is measurable - percentages or number of trials
These parts of the plan will outline what you, the clinician, will do.
What are the directions / instructions and the strategies sections.
This type of plan is written when a patient has completed therapy.
What is a discharge?
The A stands for analysis or assessment, which includes what kinds of information?
What is the analysis of the therapy session, how the patient did, what strategies worked best, what cues or prompts were best, what didn't work, and any new diagnoses or other issues impacting treatment.
True or false: Therapy has to happen in a therapy room.
False
This is what the A stands for.
What is attainable?
These are things or ways to target goals - they may be therapy specific or might be not directly related to therapy, but can still be used to work on goals.
What are therapy activities - including games, stories, worksheets, pictures, technology, etc.
This information may seem insignificant but it's an important, time-based part of the therapy plan.
What is frequency and duration?
This is what the S stands for and an example of a statement you might find here.
What is subjective? Examples will vary...
True or false: An SLP can only use materials that they have and have planned for. We cannot use material brought in by a patient.
False
This is what the R AND the T stand for.
What is reasonable or realistic and timely.
These are some work environments or situations where you will be expected to write lesson/tx plans.
What are schools, annual reviews, graduate school?
Things to add in the plan section of a discharge plan of care.
What are any therapy follow ups or re-evaluations and when, home exercise program, any further referrals, any other assessment/testing?
These are the people who will be reading your SOAP notes and other documentation.
Who are medical professionals-doctors, nurses, other therapists, dietitians, patients and their caregivers, other SLPs, supervisors, insurance auditors, and me in the future.
What are money, cash, coins, check book, online or paper bank statements, word problems for every day activities, etc...