Episode 71: Steering Clear of Goal Banks: creating patient-specific Aphasia goals with Megan Sutton, MS, RSLP, CCC-SLP (C)
Traditionally, SLPs have generated goals for therapy based on a patient’s performance on an impairment-based assessment tool. This can lead to poor patient engagement in therapy. Megan Sutton has gathered a collection of resources into a guide for SLPs to develop patient centered goals in aphasia therapy. Learn how to implement the guide and the tools discussed to generate relevant therapy goals for your patients.
topics covered:
Why a goal bank won’t cut it - we need personalized, meaningful goals for aphasia therapy.
Purpose of a guide to assist clinicians in setting goals for patients with aphasia.
First step: Get to know your client better and identify relevant goal areas to target for therapy. A review of tools to accomplish this in the evaluation process.
Next step: Complete the assessment (divided into 3 groups: impairment based evals, activity based evals, & patient reported outcomes)
Third step: Write SMART goals in a SMARTER way.
5 pitfalls to avoid when setting goals with illustrations provided.
Template for setting SMART short term goals with examples of functional activities.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Megan’s Goal Guide: https://tactustherapy.com/set-speech-therapy-goals-aphasia/
Megan Sutton, MS, CCC-SLP (C) is a speech-language pathologist in Vancouver, Canada and she is the creator of the 20 Tactus Therapy apps for adult rehab. She has worked in inpatient and outpatient rehab, acute care, skilled nursing, home health, and private practice, including at an intensive aphasia program and aphasia camp. She's a graduate of Boston University with 15 years of experience. Megan is an international speaker on the topic of using technology in adult rehab, and specializes in aphasia and stroke. She has 2 courses on Medbridge, has given webinars on SpeechPathology.com and for ASHA, and has been an invited speaker at ASHA Connect. She is the co-author of the book Healing the Broken Brain: Leading Experts Answer 100 Questions about Stroke Recovery, a book for families left wondering what to do once they leave the hospital. Megan serves as a mentor for clinicians online through the Medical SLP Collective and is on the clinical faculty at the University of British Columbia.
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