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

[Ginny Duff]

Kaiti - Do you have any time between sessions?   If so , you might want to make some quick notes to jog your memory later on.    If not , then you just have to rely on your memory.   

Ginny



Dr. V. Duff 
Clinical Director
West End Assertive Community Treatment Team 
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
Psychiatrist,
Extended Forensic Out-patient Services 
Centre For Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Lecturer, University of Toronto

> On Dec 11, 2016, at 6:12 PM, Christina Moore via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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