Reviewing Juan's First Semester
12/18/98

Juan - Hi, Jack.

Jack - Hello, Juan. Merry Christmas.

Juan - Merry Christmas to you, too.

Jack - Are you staying here for Christmas, or visiting your family?

Juan - I'm staying here. One of my brothers might come up to visit for New Year's.

Jack - That'll be nice. So, how did finals go for you?

Juan - OK, I think. The Math final was pretty hard. But I had some guys from the class that I could study with, so that helped. That teacher wasn't very good at explaining some of the things, but I think I figured most of it out.

Jack - Yeah. Math was what sunk me. I never could get beyond College Algebra, and that was why I quit Nuclear Engineering.

Juan - Yeah. I have to take that next.

Jack - Next semester?

Juan - Yeah. I figured, if I wait until summer, I'll probably forget most of what I've learned and it'll be that much harder. So I'm going to go ahead and take it.

Jack - That sounds like a good idea. So, let's take a look at your paperwork. You have finished the semester… And as soon as you get your grades, I'll need a copy so we can document that for the file. When you called in last time, you said you thought you were passing everything. Was there any change in that?

Juan - No. I think I did OK. I probably got a B in the Psychology, and an A in Spanish. Math… I don't know, probably a B. It might be a C. There were some word problems on the final I wasn't sure about.

Jack - That's fine. Even with a C, those are passing grades. So now we can start writing a new IWRP. I wrote the last one to cover just this one semester while we saw how that worked out. Now we'll write a longer one to cover the rest of the school year - spring and summer. It won't start officially until we get a copy of your grades, but we can write it today. Then, in the Fall, we'll write one to cover that entire next year.

Juan - I see.

Jack - So, do you want to continue on at 9 hours, or move up to 12?

Juan - I think I'll stay at 9. If I wasn't working at the Center, too, I'd probably do 12, since that's what other folks are doing. But 9 is working pretty well.

Jack - How are things at the Independent Living Center?

Juan - Good. Things are fine. I'm working right now with a woman who just transferred over from the hospital. We're getting the paperwork together for her to get an apartment and such.

Jack - How many people do they have you helping now?

Juan - Right now? Three. During the semester I would try to get in a couple of visits before my first classes, which were about 10:30 or 11:00, depending on the day. Then I'd be back in the office in the afternoons. It seemed to work pretty well.

Jack - So you are OK with keeping the schedule that way?

Juan - Sure.

Jack - All right, then I'll write the IWRP for continuing you full time at 9 hours, while you work part-time. And your finances are working out all right? Your expenses are getting covered with the amount we gave you before?

Juan - Yes. That worked fine.

Jack - Good. Then I'll get your forms going here and we should be able to take care of you today.

Juan - Good.

Name of Client: Juan Martinez
Address: Essex Towers, MO
Contact made: [_] Home [X] Office [_] Phone [_] Other
Date: 12/18/98
Contact with: Juan

ACTION TAKEN:

Juan reported that he has successfully completed his first semester in school. He does not know his grades yet, but thinks he passed all three subjects. He will send me his grades as soon as he gets them. We laid out the next Training IWRP, which will cover spring and summer semesters. Once the grades come in, I will close out the 1st one and activate the new one.

NEXT ACTION:

Wait for grades from client.

Signed: Jack Greene  

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