Writing Goals: Empowering Clients and Sustaining Therapists

Description

*This webinar is scheduled for 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT

Writing therapy goals should feel like a compass, not a chore. This practical webinar helps practitioners craft SMART, client-centered goals that improve outcomes, reduce documentation fatigue, and bring meaning back to your work. Across acute care, outpatient, skilled nursing, and home health settings, goal writing looks different but the principles that make it effective don't change. You'll leave with real-world tools and evidence-based strategies to write goals that are measurable, individualized, and built to guide care rather than just satisfy a checkbox. Just as importantly, you'll explore how thoughtful goal writing can serve as a protective factor against burnout and emotional exhaustion, helping you stay engaged, effective, and sustainable in your practice for the long haul.

Instructor

Learning Objectives

• Identify functional goals and the critical elements that make them effective.
• Define the clinical value of SMART goals and how they apply across practice settings.
• Build functional and measurable goals that align with client priorities.
• Highlight the relationship between efficient goal development and documentation practices and their impact on sustained, high-quality client care

Agenda

All times in Eastern Time.

7:00pm–7:15pm

Why Goals Matter

7:15pm–7:30pm

Mastering SMART Goals

7:30pm–7:45pm

Writing Functional Goals

7:45pm–8:00pm

Goals, Documentation, and Burnout

8:00pm–8:05pm

Break

8:05pm–8:20pm

Q&A

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