Core E: Monitor and Evaluate Outcomes

Monitor and Evaluate the Outcome Steps

Review all tasks on Action Plan/SMART goal on a set pre-determined schedule: Don’t wait until the end date. 

• Are there any changes you have noticed so far (especially small or short-term differences!)?

Think:

• Satisfaction with efforts

• Impact on mood, behavior, functioning, relationships, etc.

Reframe “failures” as difficulties and opportunities to learn more.

• What exactly happened when you tried to implement the plan?

• What did you learn that you didn’t know before?

• Is the goal realistic? Should it be clearer?

• Have new obstacles come up?

• Are the steps difficult? Why?

When not reached, it is usually an unclearly defined problem/goal, not truly relevant or within your control, or too large: Redefine and simplify

Redefine the problem, modify the goal, simplify the action steps or choose a new problem/goal to implement.