How long after the first Rickter Scale® interview should I wait to do a follow up?
It really depends on the length of your involvement with the client and the intensity of that involvement. Some organisations only see clients once, so there is no opportunity for a follow-up session. Where practitioners see clients over a period of time, there will be scope for review or follow-up sessions. How soon this takes place after the initial interview is a matter for professional judgement and the needs of both client and the organisation. For example, if you have a client with you for 2 months, it would make sense to conduct Rickter Scale® interviews at the beginning and the end. This would enable you to measure the movement the client has made and to capture the soft outcomes – both in qualitative and quantitative terms.
