Goals

Journal #3

       Everyday each resident that lives in the home is given a certain goal to accomplish. Each goal is designed to assist them to development more in a specific skill area.  Every month the residents, their guardians, house staff and board members of the ARC meet to review the goals.  Together they discuss what could be accomplished, what has been accomplished and adjust goals as needed. The number of goals and the level of difficulty that each resident completes each day depend on their disability and their level of functioning. The resident is highly encouraged and expected to complete the goal, but they are not forced.  Each resident is given reinforcement by the house staff as needed, to be successful.

      My observations are that each resident does what is asked of them and they are not too resistant and will eventually complete what has been requested from them. When the residents are working towards accomplishing the goal the staff member who asks them to complete the goal can assist them to enhance their success. The goals can range from helping the resident with language pronunciation to improve language skills to demonstrating how to do push-ups or sit-ups to enhance their flexibility and health.  After each goal is completed the staff records the goal.  Each goal must be documented in a very specific and detailed manner within the program outline that has been designed for each resident.