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RECOVERY PLANNING AND GOAL WRITING

Jessica Beauchamp LCSW, SAS, CCSOTS

Off The Couch Counseling and Consultation- Owner/Therapist

White Pine Consulting-Trainer

Introduce yourself,

your role at your

agency, and why

you are here today

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About me…

VIDEO:

GOAL

SETTING

MIRACLES

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• Setting goals that are too big

• Setting long term goals and no short term goals

• Not identifying steps to attain goals

• Trying to complete all the work on your own

• Setting only goals that are difficult to attain

• Setting too many goals

• Not having rewards for attaining goals

• Not prioritizing goals

Common Pitfalls

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Foundation of the Recovery Plan

Daily Living

Mental Health

Substance Abuse

Physical Health

Financial

Community living skills

Housing

Education

Trauma and significant life stressors

Mental, emotional, and behavioral health

Developmental status

Medications

Crisis prevention and management

Legal status

Strengths

Barriers

Cultural norms

Attitudes

Values

Skills and Abilities

Strengths Based Biopsychosocial Assessment:

FUNNY WORLD CUP COMMERCIAL

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1) LEARNING STYLES

2) CULTURE

3) PERSONALITIES

4) PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH IN THE “SYSTEM”

5) PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH SOCIAL WORKERS/COUNSELORS/PROFESSIONALS

6) HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

What to take in to consideration when working on recovery planning and goals:

►Active/Reflective: When you process information

►Auditory/Hearing, Visual/Seeing, or Kinesthetic/Doing:

Methods for receiving information

►Attitudinal or Emotional: How you conceptualize information

Dr. Dawn Elise-Snipes

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1. Determines how one copes with issues

2. Determines how one interacts with another

3. Affects help seeking behaviors

4. Appearance/Expression/Assumption of power and privilege

5. Different beliefs in regards to help/guidance/rehabilitation

National Association of Social Workers 2017

McCloud, Saul (2016).

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Recovery Plans

• Use the needs identified and breaks down in to goals with steps to take

• Use Consumer language

• Address who is doing what, when, why, and who is paying for the services

(for CST/CCS/CLTS)

• Serve as a guide for the course of treatment and services provided to the

Consumer

• Identify the Consumers current functioning, needs, preferences

• Are grounded in the Consumers learning style

• Are balanced with Consumers culture

LANGUAGE

Examples of breaking down language to be used on recovery plans:

1. Consumer is drug dependent.

2. Consumer is non-compliant.• In the past 6 months Consumer has left 2 inpatient AODA programs against

staff advice.

3. Consumer does good in school.

• Consumer has experienced an increase in tolerance. When not using

Consumer experiences withdrawal symptoms including shaking,

nausea, and sweats. Loss of control of use and experiencing negative

consequences including job and relationship loss.

• Consumer completes homework assignments on time, receives A’s and B’s on report cards, and has received an award for not missing any days of school in 2 years.

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LONG TERM GOAL…

ACTIVITY

• Physical Health• Financial• Housing• Education• Employment

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Find a partner.

Complete a short assessment by determining needs in each area listed:

Identify 1 LTG you would like to work on.

One person is the interviewee and one the interviewer.

Switch roles and repeat.

Step 4

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Short Term Goal/Objective…

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ACTIVITYStep 1 Step 2

Work with the

same partner.

Switch roles and

repeat.

Use the LTG

identified in the

1st activity and

break it down to

STG’s.

Step 3

One person is the

interviewee and

one the

interviewer

SMART GOALS

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SMART GOALS: S for SPECIFIC

ANSWER 5 W’S:

WHO

WHAT

WHERE

WHICH

WHY

Your goal should be clear and specific, otherwise it is difficult to focus

your efforts or feel motivated to achieve the goal

Meyers, Paul

SMART GOALS: M for MEASURABLE

Establish concrete AND quantitative criteria for measuring and tracking progress toward the achievement of each goal

Meyers, Paul

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Identifying goals that are reachable, important, meaningful,

inspiring, challenging, and you can see yourself conquering

SMART GOALS: A for ATTAINABLE

Meyers, Paul

Ensure that your goal matters to you, and that it also aligns with other relevant goals

Make sure your goal is realistic and you have the needed resources and time

SMART GOALS: R for RELEVANT

Meyers, Paul

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Every goal should have a target date so that you have a deadline to focus on and something to work toward

SMART GOALS: T for TIME BASED

Meyers, Paul

SAMPLE SMART GOALS

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SMART LTG examples:

A.“I am going to be able to communicate without yelling. This is

important to me because I don’t want my kids to grow up with all the

yelling that I did. I need to get it under control by the end of this year.”

B. “I am going to quit drinking by 10/01/2018 because it is causing me a

lot of issues in my life.”

C. “I am going to quit smoking pot from now until I am off my JJ order on

12/05/2018. I don’t want to chance extending my order by testing

dirty on a UA.”

LARGE GROUP ACTIVITY

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ACTIVITY

Work with your partner and rewrite your

LTG’s and STG’s in SMART format

Tasks/Steps…

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ACTIVITYStep 1 Step 2

Work with

the same

partner.

Switch roles

and repeat.

Develop a list

of steps/tasks

to help you

meet the STG

Step 3

One person is

the interviewee

and one the

interviewer

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FAMOUS FAILURES

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ACTIVITY

Correct the SMART goals

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