Set Objectives Then Plan

On our workshop day, I got to mentally picture a client with LBP and plan a relaxation exercise on her. Having written objectives through the activities on Module 6, I easily got to write my own objectives for the client. I guess it’s because my case was relatively easier than others’ that I got to finish earlier than most of my classmates. It was a good birthday gift: Ma’am Mia and Ma’am Eli easily approving my design.

As I have always wanted to be an I.D.—an interior designer, not an instructional design-er, I realized that the two are nearly analogous. We got to plan our own lessons that looked more like interventions than actual teaching topics; however, I see that just like in an interior design, no objective like spaces at home are ever beautiful without good content and good strategy. Objectives need intricate designs to actually be achieved.

Setting objectives for a client requires that we know about the client, first and foremost. I guess it would’ve been more appropriate if the client were with me while I was planning. Regardless, I understood that objectives are a big deal because around them is where I would make my intervention revolve.

Having set the objectives, planning the content and the strategy went by smoothly. I knew then what I wanted the patient to achieve so ideas on how I would do them simply shoot up in my head. The ideas however were filtered as these contents and strategies need be appropriate not only for the objectives, but most importantly for the skills of the patient. It’s always about the patient.

Lastly, I realized that evaluation are really, really important. There will never be an objective reached unless there had been an evaluation. Evaluations, as I have learned, have to be highly in line with the strategies made.

In the near future, I would clearly focus on writing the objective first prior to thinking about the strategies. The objectives must outweigh the strategies. They should be the ones dictating the flow of the activities and not the set strategies.