[humanser] Making client notes and back-to-back sessions

[Christina Moore]

Hey Kaiti,

I am not sure if this will help because I do not know what resources you have access to however would it help you to take notes during the sessions. Nothing lengthy just short notes?
Hopefully other people can give you more relevant responses.
Thanks.
Christina
> On Dec 11, 2016, at 17:44, Kaiti Shelton via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Nex semester will be my last for music therapy practicum before my
> internship.  My professors have done a great job in finding a
> placement for me that will give me some practice in logistical matters
> such as transportation before internship, and also in placing me
> according to my strengths and my expressed preferences for population
> (children with disabilities).  I will be working under a music
> therapist who owns her own private practice, and will need to travel
> to the space she is renting for sessions each week.  I will be working
> with two clients individually, first a 5 y/o girl with mild-moderate
> Autism, and then a 7 y/o girl with down syndrome and some additional
> cognitive and physical delays due to a brain tumor she had removed as
> an infant.  Both girls are very different and have unique abilities,
> preferences, and musical skills, and I'm really looking forward to our
> sessions together.
> 
> I'm wondering how those of you who see clients back-to-back chart
> progress.  The first child I'll be working with has 45 minute
> sessions, which are paced rather quickly with a lot of different
> musical interventions used to keep her focused (she's a really sharp
> thinker, so she's always asking questions/checking things out/moving
> about the room when she isn't engaged.  A professor and I observed her
> in a session, and my future supervisor probably used about 20
> experiences with her in that time.  Some of those songs were sung
> transitions or directives, but a lot was going on in the session.  The
> next client has sessions for an hour and 15 minutes, which I have not
> yet had an opportunity to observe.  I've never had back-to-back
> sessions before, and found that charting was easier if I did it
> immediately after practicum sessions.  I will have some time after the
> sessions to journal and evaluate on the bus ride home, but I'm
> concerned that especially information about the first session might be
> lost.  (It's also noteworthy that practicums even at this stage rarely
> exceed 90 minutes in length, and mine will be 120 minutes a week).
> Are there any tricks or strategies I could quickly employ in the brief
> time between the departure of my first client and the arrival of my
> second?  Thanks in advance for ideas.
> 
> -- 
> Kaiti Shelton
> 
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