speech language pathology

1. DOCUMENTATION OF
PRETHERAPY AND
LESSON PLAN
SUSI PRIYA
SFD19022

2. DOCUMENTATION
 Documentation is a critical vehicle for conveying essential clinical information
about each patient’s
diagnosis
treatment
outcomes
for communication between clinicians and payers
 Documenting pre-therapy and lesson plan are necessary so that we select the
appropriate goal as a target and view the progress of achieving the target.

3. PRE THERAPY
 The pre therapy or plan of care including an evaluation ,should document
necessity for a course of therapy through objective findings. Documentation of pre
therapy should list the conditions and complexities and where it is not obvious ,
describe the impact of the condition and complexities on the prognosis and or the
paln of treatment so that it is clear to a reviewer that the services planned are
appropriate for the individual.
 Pre therapy assessment includes
informal rapport (observation)
case history
oral peripheral mechanism examination
standardised assessment tools for the specified disorder
functional assessment
speech assessment

4.  The pre therapy should be documented and this documentation contain at
minimum the following information
diagnosis
long term treatment goals
type , amount duration and frequency of
therapy services

5. LESSON PLAN
 Lesson plan can be an outlet of how we communicate our services to other
professional or parents.
 It keeps us organised and on track as we set goals for services.
 We set what short term goal can be taken , the approach , the technique to
elicit the target goal , and the reinforcement used to elicit and motivate the
client are documented in lesson plan
 It validates that we provide quality care and service to the client for each
session.
 Lesson plan gives out the clear idea in what manner the clinician approaching
the client to elicit the target.

6. Reference
ASHA
Bilinguistics website
Articles

7. THANK YOU