Yesterday it was time for Jillian's PT goal review. Once every few months we sit down with her therapist and look at Jillian's current goals to see if she has accomplished them or if she still has a ways to go. Last time we did a goal review Jillian had stagnated in her skills so we were not able to add any new goals because she had not completed any of her current goals.
This time Jillian had met several of her goals!!!! We had a few goals that we modified for how her skills changed and we were able to add a new goal. Jillian really wants to be able to jump and her current jump is just her bending her knees. Her new long term goal is to learn how to jump, with short term goals of all the skills she needs to be able to jump. I am excited for her for this because it is something she wants so bad and is really determined at. We also still have a stairs goal and a getting on and off of things safely goal, as well as endurance.
I really appreciate her therapists. They don't only take into consideration what is appropriate for her skills but also what she wants to do. Jumping is not the next "logical" thing with where her skills are but she want to jump so bad that we are going to work on what skills she needs to jump and help strengthen other things while we are at it. I love that they are flexible in their thinking.
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