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From: Craig Coleman
Date: 14 Oct 2005
Time: 11:27:45 -0500
Remote Name: 151.195.14.151
Hi Tiffany, Good question. The general goals of the child and family should be take into consideration and compared with your goals. For example, if your goal is improved fluency with a greater emphasis on increased communication skills, and the child's or family's only goal is elimination of stuttering, that's not a good match, and it will need to be resolved. Having said that, I think it is important for the SLP to continue taking the lead in identifying and establishing goals. The child or family don't have enough of a background in speech/language/fluency to set specific objectives and criteria. They can and should be heavily involved in carrying out the goals and providing feedback on the objectives.