After reflecting on this week’s material, I was mostly drawn to the “Evaluating Rehabilitation Progress” section of chapter 5 in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation (Pratt, Gill, Barrett, & Roberts, 2013). According to Pratt et al. (2013), when establishing rehabilitations goals with a consumer is it important not only to establish specific objective but also to address strategies to achieve these goals. Over the past 20 years, I have seen consumer give up on their goals because they were too complex or too vague to understand. For example, a consumer wanted to obtain a part time position in a law office. Even though this goal seems like a simple goal, there were many steps and smaller goals that needed to be accomplished. Smaller goals such
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(2013) explain that when there is a lack of progress it is the job of both the consumer and the PsyR practitioner to re-evaluate the goal and its steps to determine the barriers to a particular goal. For example, the individual who wanted to obtain a part time job at a law office. A short term goal was established to purchase business casual clothing, the individual saved money, planned the bus route to the men’s casual wear store but for a month he put off purchasing clothing. This baffled the treatment team; one member insisted he was “just being lazy” but after meeting with everyone and having him walk us through the steps to obtaining this goal…eureka! He told us the bus stop closest to the store was across a four lane street and that he was fearful of crossing the street. As stated by Pratt et al. (2013), “the reality is often that practitioners need to make a greater effort to gain a clearer understanding of a person’s situation.” This statement validated how I have felt for many years. To assist individuals with their recovery, we can not assume it’s a smooth ride. As professionals, we need to be able to re-evaluate each step to determine where and why a set back is occurring. From the above example, I have learned that what one might consider a simple task; others may see it as a barrier to their recovery. As for the individual mentioned, he has been working part time in a law office for approximately the past three
(2013) explain that when there is a lack of progress it is the job of both the consumer and the PsyR practitioner to re-evaluate the goal and its steps to determine the barriers to a particular goal. For example, the individual who wanted to obtain a part time job at a law office. A short term goal was established to purchase business casual clothing, the individual saved money, planned the bus route to the men’s casual wear store but for a month he put off purchasing clothing. This baffled the treatment team; one member insisted he was “just being lazy” but after meeting with everyone and having him walk us through the steps to obtaining this goal…eureka! He told us the bus stop closest to the store was across a four lane street and that he was fearful of crossing the street. As stated by Pratt et al. (2013), “the reality is often that practitioners need to make a greater effort to gain a clearer understanding of a person’s situation.” This statement validated how I have felt for many years. To assist individuals with their recovery, we can not assume it’s a smooth ride. As professionals, we need to be able to re-evaluate each step to determine where and why a set back is occurring. From the above example, I have learned that what one might consider a simple task; others may see it as a barrier to their recovery. As for the individual mentioned, he has been working part time in a law office for approximately the past three