This worksheet is from the Peer Professional Employer Toolkit.
Instructions: Print this worksheet. Following feedback, collaboratively create with the peer professional a specific, measurable, and time-limited OARS+I skill goal. It is important that goals are measurable in terms of practice standards so progress can be celebrated and specific areas can be improved. Regularly revisit this plan and update goals following each round of practice sample review. Planning is an ongoing, iterative process based on practice sample reviews, feedback, and goal revision.
Skill goal:
How will you achieve this goal? Consider identifying deliberate practice strategies from the deliberate practice strategy options.
Deliberate practice strategies1
- Live supervision during session followed by feedback and discussion
- Review recorded practice sample with structured observation (with supervisor)
- Review recorded practice sample with structured observation (with peers)
- Review recorded practice sample with structured observation (alone)
- View peer support video demonstrations with discussion
- Read participant examples (examples: narratives, transcripts) with discussion
- Attend skill-based training or workshop
- Consultation with focus on application of skills (with supervisor)
- Consultation with focus on application of skills (with peers)
- Mentally running through and reflecting on past sessions
- Mentally running through and reflecting on what to do in future sessions
- Create written plan for future sessions
- Self-care strategies outside of supervision
1 Chow, D. L., Miller, S. D., Seidel, J. A., Kane, R. T., Thornton, J. A., & Andrews, W. P. (2015, p. 340). The role of deliberate practice in the development of highly effective psychotherapists. Psychotherapy, 52(3), 337-345. Accessed from https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2015-38583-005.pdf (PDF)
