My Soapbox Saturday this month has been focused on my goal pet peeves. Sometimes these are goals that I’ve inherited; sometimes these are goals that I’ve written without thinking things through. Ultimately, poorly written goals end up taking up more of my valuable time in treatment planning and documenting progress. I work in both outpatient […]
What’s up with all this Gratitude stuff?
I’ve had friends who have done gratitude journals and I’ve always been interested in the idea of it. I purchased a gratitude journal on a girlfriends weekend and even a gratitude app but I’ve never managed to complete more than a week of it. I decided to do a personal gratitude challenge this November for several […]
Saturday Soapbox: Just because they got it wrong on the test doesn’t mean it needs to be a goal!
Last week I started talking about some of my pet peeves regarding goal and objective writing. You can read about how I HATE it when goals are trying to measure too many things by clicking here. A second pet peeve of mine is when people write goals that teach to the test. Some tests do seem […]
Mama-on-Days: Halloween Hijinks
I want my holidays to be filled with family traditions. I spent a lot of time planning and creating Halloween events for my family while working hard to monitor my own expectations. Sometimes I can get a little out of control with my planning and the way I think the event will go in […]
Saturday Soapbox: Your objectives don’t have to measure 200 things.
Does anyone else have goal pet peeves? It’s difficult when you are taking over a new caseload and working off of someone else’s goals. Most of the goals are fantastic but sometimes they fall into my GOAL PENALTY BOX. Here are some of the goals I find impossible to work on-and some suggestions for making […]
Mama-on-days: The Halloween Meal
I’m obsessed with creating Family traditions. I want to there to be magical moments in my son’s childhood. Last weekend, my husband and I went away on a romantic getaway that was marred by the fact that my brother in law needed to bunk with us. Ixnay on the omanceray. My mom was picking me […]
Mama-on-Days: Stepping WAY outside of my comfort zone.
Have you ever done something so crazy (to you, anyhow) that you can’t believe you did it? Sometime last Spring, I wrote about how I was signing my mother and I up for a Girlfriend Mystery Tour. We showed up at the meeting place on Saturday morning not knowing what we would do for […]
Saturday Soapbox: Can we make a difference together?
“Unlike your clinic, we complete a full assessment of each child’s needs. We treat the child until they are in school and then will refer if needed.”-Early Childhood coordinator “Of course she gets speech therapy in the schools, but we were so excited to get a real therapist to work with our child. -Parent “We […]
Mama-On-Days: The Renaissance Festival
I have a tendency to romanticize things-like family outings-in my head. I picture this “perfect” family moment and when it inevitably becomes a “regular, real life family moment” I get disappointed. Having realized this about myself, I’ve been using some social stories on myself to help me prepare for our latest family trip. You are […]
Soapbox Saturday: Confusing Shipping Charges Drive Me Crazy
I recently placed an order at a certain company known for their assessments. I needed to stock up on Protocols as well as order 2 assessments. The cost of the order was around 1700.00 which is ALOT of money to spend on assessments. The shipping charge was 85.00. I got pretty mad. 85.00 would buy […]
