Today was a good day. We worked for almost 12 hours. There was a little time saved to go to the bank and grocery store. Needed the essentials of coffee, cat food, and cereal.
We started the morning being on track. Hehehe ... this is a new idea! We spent time calming down a DSP who was going to have her first annual meeting with us. We assured her of her part in the play. She seemed almost over ready.
Next, was to use the next couple of hours pulling together the last moment things. We wrote an agenda, summary, retyped a preference interview, pulled forms, and made copies ... that sort of thing. It's putting together all the individual pieces. The DSP was apparently still nervous, because she and the client came to our office early to start the meeting before people got there! *Giggle*
The individual's sister and father came as did our administrator. The meeting was professional and the agenda upheld. Everyone was happy and had time to say what was on their mind. And, Sr. T. was happy because it lasted the proper one hour. The best part of the meeting was that we'd changed the format so the individual being served gets much more time to be "up front." He was able to tell us what he wanted, talk about his goals, and again listen to his rights. At the end, he was very honored to be signing papers. The groups practice their signing skills for proud moments like this.
After the meeting, I spent a few moments corresponding to Gentle Brook, then we had lunch and got back to work. We had to do some research on what exactly a fact-based decision making process was. It turned out to be our ability to resolve problems/opportunities with critical thinking skills. We made a new chart, then upgraded the last seven charts in color. Yep, it was a Good day!
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