Learning how to accept myself for who I am Independent perfection is not always good. I can t do everything myself. I m not the only person who does NOT have a clear picture of job goals. Found the word group was threatening to some consumers who associated it with mental health counseling and support groups. Our concept of Peer Supported Rehabilitation Planning Groups is now described to consumers as a Career Exploration Mini-Course.
Counselors now run only one group a day, typically in the morning.
Made changes to curriculum based on consumer and counselor feedback . Some activities proved to be too complicated for the consumers to execute as homework. Those have either been incorporated into work handled in the group or have been revised or dropped. Organizationally some changes were made to make it easier for consumers to keep track of their assignments, e.g. using different colored paper for homework assignments, using symbols to indicate related activities. Counselors were initially denied access to the consumer case file until the group series was completed.