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  Goals with a future

  Setting and pursuing your own goals

  
  • Bilateral, leg-predominantBoth legs affected
  • HemiparesisOne side of the body affected
  • Unilateral, leg-predominantOne leg affected
  • Whole body affectedWhole body affected
  • People with CPPeople with CP

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  Easy-to-read summary

  In this Power-up you learn to set your own goals that really matter in your everyday life: not better test scores, but things you want to do yourself. Using the 6 F-words model (Function, Family, Fitness, Fun, Friends, Future), you find out what is important to you. The example of Cindy shows you what this looks like in practice. This helps you have more say in your therapies and share your goals with the people who support you. Includes a worksheet to fill in and take with you.

  This Power-up helps you find your own goals. Using the 6 F-words.

  Goals are important

  Therapy should make a difference.
  It should help you in everyday life.
  That is why every therapy needs goals.

  Goals come from everyday life

  A good goal fits into your everyday life.
  For example: I feed the chickens.
  Or: I get dressed by myself.
  A better score on a measurement is not a goal.

  An example: Cindy

  Cindy is 9 years old.
  Cindy has cerebral palsy.
  Cindy mostly uses a wheelchair.
  Sometimes she walks with a walker.
  Cindy has a friend.
  The friend has chickens.
  Cindy wants to feed the chickens.
  For this, Cindy wants to walk longer with the walker.
  That is a good goal.

  Your goals count

  What is important to you?
  Your goals count.
  Not only the goals of the experts.
  You can have a say in your therapy.

  The 6 F-words help you

  There are 6 important words.
  They are called the 6 F-words.
  The words are:

  • Function
  • Family
  • Fitness
  • Fun
  • Friends
  • Future

  The 6 words show all the important areas of life.

  Talk about your goals

  Write your goals down.
  There is a worksheet you can download for this.
  Take your goals to your next appointment.
  Talk about them with the therapy team.

  Tell other people about your goals too.
  For example your family or your friends.
  Then they can help you.

  Check later: Has the goal been reached?
  Goals can change over time.