These four steps in the planning phase allow recreational therapy to determine the patient's needs, goals and actions. This will help the patient move on to the next step in the treatment plan. The overall goal or objective is the outcome related to the patient's behavior. The stated objective is for the patient to have a clear sense of accomplishment when they have achieved it. The specific goal is one where the patient has the ability to improve their behavior on their own rather than resorting to recreational therapy to let their patient know that they have made a lot of improvement in treatment. The individualized recreational therapy intervention plan will help the patient qualify for TR. /professional RT (CTRS) based on the result of their assessment of the strength, needs, purpose, objectives and outcome of the intervention. Recreational therapy will write an intervention plan for the patient on what they intend to accomplish in the treatment. The common element that would likely be found in the individualized intervention plan would be listing the problem's needs and the patient's needs, formulating a list of strengths, a set of goals, a specific goal for each goal, a plan and an evaluation. They need a list to lead to the development and setting of goals that meet the patient's needs. The list of strengths will be the decision-making process of an active plan