OTS 145: Crafting Your Goal Bank for School-based OT

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Welcome to the show notes for Episode 145 of the OT Schoolhouse Podcast.

Have you thought that optimizing your practice with efficient goal banking strategies might be helpful? 

In this episode, we explore a range of goal banking options, from simple PDFs to advanced spreadsheets, to help you streamline your process. 

Join us as Jayson shares his journey and a practical six-step plan to create and utilize your personalized goals. Jayson also introduces the concept of templating goals and even offers a glimpse into the AI-powered solutions for creating reusable, searchable goals.

Don't miss out on this insightful episode to help you in your daily school-based practice!

Listen now to learn the following objectives:

  • Learners will identify the purpose and benefits of creating and using a goal bank for school-based OT
     

  • Learners will understand the process of templatizing goals and customizing criteria and accommodations

  • Learners will be able to apply strategies for organizing and categorizing goals to create their own goal templates.

Guest Bio

In 2017, Jayson founded the OT Schoolhouse website and now supports school-based OT practitioners via courses, conferences, and the OTS Collaborative community.

With experience as both a contracted therapist and an "in-house" employee for two distinctly different districts, Jayson has had the opportunity to appreciate the differences between both small-rural and large-suburban districts.

For over five years, he has been helping therapists implement proactive tiered interventions, support IEP teams with goals and services, and feel more satisfied with the job they are doing as school-based OT practitioners. 

Quotes

"I want to help you either, overcome that stopping point of yourself creating a gold bank that you can actually use and/ or help you find a gold bank that you can use." 

-Jayson Davies, MA, OTR/L

"I also wanted the goals to be ready to plug and play. AKA, I wanted them to be a template, easy to copy those goals really quickly." 

-Jayson Davies, MA, OTR/L

"if you're looking for a reason to become familiar with using artificial intelligence, AI, this may be the perfect opportunity." 

 -Jayson Davies, MA, OTR/L

“Using that filter button can definitely make your life much easier, once it actually comes time to use this goal bank. 

-Jayson Davies, MA, OTR/L

“After building and beginning to use your goal bank, you may find that some goals lend themselves to other factors that you commonly use.”

-Jayson Davies, MA, OTR/L

Resources

👉 OTS Collab- Goal Bank
 

👉 ChatGPT- AI
 

👉 TeachersPayTeachers

Episode Transcript

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