Free Worksheet
“Improve strength” is not a goal. Here is the check that fixes it.
Function is what makes a goal defensible. The F.O.C.U.S.™ Goal Check runs any pediatric PT goal through five letters before it goes in the document, in any setting. Enter your email and it downloads right here.
What is inside
The five-letter quick check
Functional, Observable, Contextual, Understandable, Setting-aligned. A tick box for each, with what it means and the way goals usually fail it.
A before-and-after rewrite box
Write the goal as it stands, name the letter it fails, and rewrite it. The letter it fails is almost always the reason the goal has felt soft.
Goal examples for every setting
Early intervention, school-based, outpatient, home health, inpatient, NICU, pediatric oncology, and the consultative school model, each with its primary focus.
Where it comes from
The worksheet is drawn from Chapter 43 of the Pediatric PT Playbook, which covers goal writing across every pediatric setting. If you want the thinking behind it first, the full article is free to read.
Take one goal you already wrote
Run the five letters at it. Two pages, printable, free the moment you subscribe.