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Needs Assessment
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used to identify gaps in services by exploring consumer perceptions of problems and goals and to determine whether or not needs are currently being met by existing programs and interventions.
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Historical Data
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can provide relevant information about the agency the community, and other related services, as well as gaps in services. Helpers can find this info by reviewing records and reports from earlier needs assessments.
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Focus Groups
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bring together groups of 10 to 15 people with similar concerns and situations to discuss shared interests and concerns, and in this case, to discuss needs.
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When are hiring consultants recommended?
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when the organization has no expertise in the area of needs assessment, the organization's prior attempts to meet their clients' needs were unsuccessful, organizational leaders want an objective perspective, outside funding sources request that the organization bring in a consultant, or the agency wants a consultant to lend credibility to a decisions that has already been made.
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What are the steps for the basic model for program planning? (Know the steps in order)
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pg 115-116
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What are examples of curriculum based interventions?
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Tech Prep and School-Based Enterprises
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What is CareerOneStop?
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One of the most recognized Internet career intervention programs. It is a collection of electronic tools for prospective job seekers, employers, and the workforce community.
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What is the estimated number of career related internet sites?
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100,000
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What is GEAR UP?
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Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. It is a formal and comprehensive outreach program that was implemented to provide academic support and info to low-income students and their parents in order to empower and encourage more young people to pursue postsecondary education.
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Determining needed resources is one of the tasks human service professionals carry out when...
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designing a career intervention program
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What are the 4 P’s of marketing?
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Product, Price, Place, and Promotion
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What are the reasons to evaluate a career intervention program?
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Clarify the purpose of the intervention, Chart the progress of the program, and assess the effectiveness of the program in meeting goals and objectives, assist in making stategic decisions, aid in reassessing the direction of the program, help to determine if the program's outcomes can be attributed to the program itself or to other factors, facilitate program improvement through design modifications, and provide info that can help outside decision makers
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What is an impact evaluation?
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used to determine if a program has positively affected the overall severity of the problem being addressed
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What is an anecdotal record form?
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used to record critical events that take place during the development and the implementation of the career intervention program
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What are the evaluation tools described in your book?
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anecdotal record forms, expert review checklists, focus group protocols, process review logs, implementation logs, interview protocols, and questionnaires
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What are the first 3 steps of the interview protocol? (eval. tool)
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1) Organizing the survey team, 2) determining the goal of the survey, and 3) Selecting a representative sample
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What are the guidelines to follow when designing and wording questionnaires?
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1) Consider the average reading level of the survey group, 2) make sure that the words used in the questionnaire have the same meaning for everyone, 3) only intent include a single idea in each question, 4) design questions to minimize the number of words in questions and answers, 5) ask questions as they appear in other studies if the intent is to compare results with another program, 6) Be specific when asking questions about frequency or quantity, 7) do not bias questions-state questions neutrally, 8) do not use unfamiliar abbreviations, initials, or double negatives, 9) do not use general terms such as "many", "usually", "often", or "unhappy"
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