 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT PRACTICE PLANNERS® PROGRESS NOTES Progress notes are not only the primary source for documenting the therapeutic process, but also one of the main factors in determining the client's eligibility for reimbursable treatment. The purpose of the Progress Notes Planner series is to assist the practitioner in easily and quickly constructing progress notes that are thoroughly unified with the client's treatment plan. Each Progress Notes Planner: Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork. Offers the freedom to develop customized progress notes. Features over 1,000 prewritten progress notes summarizing patient presentation and treatment delivered. Provides an array of treatment approaches that correspond with the behavioral problems and DSM-IV diagnostic categories in the corresponding companion Treatment Planner. Offers sample progress notes that conform to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies, including The Joint Commission (TJC), the Council on Accredi tation (COA), the Commission Accreditation of Rehabitation Facilities (CARF), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). HOW TO USE THIS PROGRESS NOTES PLANN ER This Progress Notes Planner provides a menu of sentences that can be selected for constructing progress notes based on the behavioral definitions (or client's symptom presentation) and therapeutic interventions from its companion Treatment Planner. All progress notes must be tied to the patient's treatment plan. Session notes should ela borate on the problems, symptoms, and interventions contained in the plan. Each chapter title is a reflection of the client's potential presenting problem. The first section of the chapter, “Client Presentation,” provides a detailed menu of statements tha t may describe how that presenting problem manifested itself in behavioral signs and symptoms. The numbers in parentheses within the Client Presentation section correspond to the numbers of the Behavioral Definitions from the Treatment Planner. The secon d section of each chapter, “Interventions Implemented,” provides a menu of statements related to the action that was taken within the session to assist the client in making pro-gress. The numbering of the items in the Interventions Implemented section foll ows exactly the numbering of Therapeutic Intervention items in the corresponding Treatment Planner. All item lists begin with a few keywords. These words are meant to convey the theme or content of the sentences that are contained in that listing. The cl inician may peruse the list of keywords to find content that matches the client's presentation and the clinician's intervention. It is expected that the clinician may modify the prewritten statements contained in this book to fit the exact circumstances o f the client's presentation and treatment. To maintain complete client records, in addition to progress note statements that may be selected and individualized from this 