Our Day at Work

Yesterday was a very good day at work.  We did four Qnotes, started the Annual meetings, and even did CARF flowcharting.  We still aren't real efficient, but we're on the right track!  We were able to reformat the meeting in a positive manner.

The Qnotes we wrote were for the individual who was having the actual meeting.  A good Q has objective Qnotes with quantifiable goals and substantiated summaries.  We also like focussing on progress. 

The meeting is a pretty big deal and time for everyone to come together.  The Q facilitates the meeting, but everyone centers on the individual, his or her preferences, and the goals past and future.  Usually the parents/guardians, the Direct Support Person (DSP), and the Administrator of the center, are also at the meeting. 

At the present time, we have 23 people on our caseload, so there are quite a few Annuals set up.  We like to schedule the meetings over the whole year's time, and right now for the next 12 weeks before Christmas we hold a Tuesday, 10 am meeting every week.  The individuals usually get pretty excited when it is their turn.  We've been sick for so long that the other Q was doing some of the meetings.  This is something the individuals on my Caseload were noticing.  We're like a favorite person to most of them!  Yesterday they were like, "When is it my turn?  When is it my turn?"    

After a very impressive meeting (the individual was happy), there were papers to organize, signatures to gather, an copies made and distributed, but after that ... we didn't sit on our laurels.  We jumped into the next task!  The CARF work seemed very quiet and welcoming.  It gives us 94 problems (like math word problems).  We have a self imposed deadline to finish by Saturday the third section on processing business information.  The question we're on is a three parter.  We've figured out it would be more professional to make computerized flowcharts for all of the Center's systems, then follow that up with documentation.  Tough, but challenging!