Science is everywhere

I know what you are thinking (Srav), Saturday AND Sunday? Seriously? This girl is on a roll!!!

I just wanted to comment about how I am writing fieldnotes in my grad program. Cool, right? Kinda. It's cool only because I have an idea of what I need to do already. Granted they aren't called fieldnotes, but they are essentially the same concept.

We know that if you consider yourself to be working in a "science," then that implies the scientific method. It's everywhere, guys! First we will interview with the client, get an idea of their history, why they are seeking our services, blahblah. Make some early hypotheses. (FAST FORWARD through diagnostic evaluation) If therapy is appropriate, we set goals/objectives we would like to accomplish through therapy. We meet with them, observe, take notes on those observations (fieldnotes = SOAP notes), and based on those observations (of everything from mood to performance data) we will plan for the next session. More fieldnotes, more practice, more performance assessment, more planning....

Thus the scientific method. Though, the progress is based on the performance on standardized tests (kinda... at least the diagnostic is). Which is lame. But as I was telling Katie, who is also quite opposed to these things, we will graduate and re-philosophize our field and become the best we can be and the best there ever was! Kids will love us because we are so different from the common SLP.