How I set goals (1) – “How would you go about it?”
Author: Sarah Easton
Magazine issue: Autumn 05
Page numbers: 23-25
Date: 29 August 2005
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Goal setting is meant to be integral to rehabilitation but it doesn’t always happen. Sarah Easton describes a small descriptive case study of process used to find out what was happening in Portsmouth in relation to goal setting. Four themes emerged: the role of communication; the patient’s level of involvement in their rehabilitation; dilemmas faced by speech and language therapists; the type of communication disorder. The research was followed up by a study day on goal setting facilitated by Cathy Sparkes which has resulted in a small group being set up to support the department in making goal setting with clients an integral part of rehabilitation.
