A Person-Centered Approach to Progress Reports and Team Meetings 💻

​Facilitating another dull support team meeting? Writing another dry progress report? Are you bored by yet another task that must be done for compliance purposes? Writing reports and facilitating meetings don't need to be this way, in fact they shouldn’t be this way! Providers should take each opportunity available to bring in the positive and uniqueness of each person! Yes, paperwork and meetings must be done and compliance must be met, but how we do that as providers is up to us! Be creative and have fun in writing these reports and conducting the meetings!

Course objectives:

• Learn how to change a boring, uninviting, and intimidating support team meeting into a fun gathering to support the person
• Recognize the "what, when, where, why, and how" of person-centered team meetings
• Discover ways to focus on strengths to create outcomes and move forward in service provision
• Learn different, creative, and fun ways to report on progress or status of a person's life
• Identify what is required at an annual meeting for intensive providers and an annual review for basic providers

Don't get stuck in the mindset of "This is how we do it" or "This is the way we have always done it!" The heart of person-centered approaches is looking for different, positive ways of meeting a person's needs and wants. No one wants to be involved in a boring or negative meeting or report. Take time to brainstorm ways to change how you facilitate meetings and write reports (and other documents too)!

CEU Contact Hours: 1.2 for Nurses, 1 for Social Workers