Sharing expertise - Intro to goal setting

• Goals:

  • Most human behaviour is goal directed – we act for a reason
  • Rehabilitation involves influencing behaviour
  • Generally accepted that goals are essential in rehabilitation
  • -> An intended future state as a result of actions
• Purpose of goal setting in rehabilitation:

  • Increase motivation and therefore behaviour change
  • Shared goals improves team focus
  • Efficiency
  • Effectiveness
  • Monitoring of intervention
  • reduce anxiety
  • improve insight into recovery +ve/ -ve
• Goal setting – who for?

  • patient
  • team
  • funder

  
• SMART:

  • specific
  • measurable
  • achievable
  • realistic
  • time specific
  • E.g. Meriel will be able to ice-skate independently round the Somerset House rink by next Christmas
• Need following answers to create SMART goals:

  • Who? e.g. Paul
  • Will do what? e.g. Dress his lower body
  • Under what conditions? e.g. With a handrail for standing balance
  • How well? e.g. By himself
  • By when? e.g. By 31/03/21
• Considerations:

  • What changes are possible/likely?
  • Where and how should they be documented?
  • Agreed terminology?
• Real SMART goals:

  • Simple, specific, sensible, significant
  • Meaningful, measurable, motivating
  • Acceptable, achievable, attainable, action orientated, accountable, agreed assignable, activity related, audacious
  • Realistic, reviewable, relative, rewarding, reasonable, results orientated, rational, relevant
  • Timelines, time framed, tangible, timely, time specific, time sensitive, time limited, timed, truthful