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A model for maintaining ward‐based goal planning
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS PAUL,
ANDERSON TERRY,
DAVISON RENEE,
REID MARGARET
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the institute of mental subnormality (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0141-2205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1981.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , set (abstract data type) , action (physics) , work (physics) , medical education , psychology , simple (philosophy) , nursing , computer science , medicine , engineering , social psychology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , programming language
Castle Priory College, the staff training centre of the Spastics Society, is increasingly taking courses out to hospitals, schools and centres. One such course is a workshop on goal planning, taught by Paul Williams, based on the work of Peter Houts and Robert Scott in Pennsylvania. Over two days, using lectures and practical exercises, a framework is taught to help direct‐care staff to set realistic short‐term goals for individual mentally handicapped people and to keep simple written records. One of the main problems with any short course is maintaining enthusiasm, interest and action after its completion. This article describes an attempt to ensure this at Northgate Hospital.