COUN6626 Week 9 Assignment Latest 2021 April

Assignment: Program Evaluation

In this case study, the counselor, Steven, has collected data from his clients after participation in a psychoeducation therapy group. Steven wants to know whether his program effectively met the needs of the clients. He is interested in learning whether the clients met their program outcomes and whether the program evaluation data supports his desire to expand the program.

For this Assignment, you will review the data and determine whether the service contributed to client success.

To Prepare

•             Review the Program Evaluation audio recording and the Program Evaluation Worksheet found in the Learning Resources and consider the requirements for this Assignment.

•             You may work independently or form small groups of no more than three people. If you choose to work in small groups, you may use the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra “Live Meetings” tool found in the left-hand navigation of the classroom to collaborate with your group in a synchronous way. Once you access the “Live Meetings” tool, use the “Sessions Help” feature in the top right-hand corner to guide you through setting up your session with your group if you choose to do so.

•             Review the Program Evaluation Worksheet and consider the requirements for this Assignment. Specifically:

o             Review the case study.

o             Analyze the Program Evaluation dataset to determine whether the counseling intervention worked or did not work.

o             Consider a recommendation you might make regarding the future of the program and why.

Assignment

Imagine you are a task force or part of a task force charged with evaluating the effectiveness of a new counseling program. Your job is to complete a Program Evaluation Worksheet that will help you determine the effectiveness of the program.

•             Complete the Program Evaluation Worksheet.

Submit your Program Evaluation Worksheet Assignment.

Case Study

Steven is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works for a community mental health center providing a psychoeducation group on stress management and anxiety reduction. The goals of the program are for members to increase coping strategies for daily life stressors and reduce their current level of anxiety.Steven holds weekly psychotherapy group meetingson Wednesdays at noon in a conference room at the mental health center. The therapy group is a closed group that runs continuously in 8-week intervals.Clients are referred to the group by therapists, physicians, and clergy.Inclusion criteria to participate in the group include formal referral and a Beck Anxiety Inventory Score of 22 or higher.

In an effort to determine whether the services are meeting the needs of the clients, Stevenhas conducted a Program Evaluation and collected pre- and post-test program data from three sets of group participants. His findings will be used to determine renewal of his program. Analyze the following quantitative and qualitative data and determine whether enough evidence exists to rule the program as effective and make one recommendation regarding the future of the program.

Pre-Test Data

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Pre-Intervention Scores

        Group 1   Group 2      Group 3

1              25           22           31

2              24           24           30

3              22           24           30

4              22           27           29

5              27           22           28

6              28           33           24

7              25           36           24

8              25           33           22

9              29           32           27

10           24           27           28

 

Post-Test Data

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Post Intervention Scores

            Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

1              25           21           30

2              16           20           20

3              21           22           19

4              20           18           24

5              21           20           22

6              19           23           21

7              22           34           21

8              24           33           20

9              28           30           20

10           24           22           18

 

Post-Intervention Qualitative Survey Responses

Question: Do you feel that participating in this group helped you feel better prepared to cope with daily life stressors?

          Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

1              Y              Y              Y

2              N             N             Y

3              Y              Y              Y

4              Y              Y              Y

5              Y              Y              Y

6              N             Y              N

7              N             Y              Y

8              Y              Y              N

9              Y              N             N

10           Y              Y              Y

What is the purpose of Steven's Program Evaluation?
What is the population of interest and who are the stakeholders for this Program Evaluation?
Compute the mean BAI scores pre- and post-intervention.
What is the median BAI score pre- and post-intervention?
	G1
	25

 

 

 

Quantitative: According to the scoring criteria for the BAI, a score of 21 or below indicates very low anxiety. What percentage of each group’s scores falls below that clinical cutoff?     Qualitative: Based on the qualitative responses, what percentage of the participants articulated a feeling of improvement?
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	0%
What trends to you observe when you compare the quantitative data with the qualitative data?
Based on the information provided, was the intervention effective for reducing anxiety? Why or why not?What was the most critical data that informed your decision?
Describe one recommendation that you would make for the assessing program effectiveness going forward and explain your rationale. (An improvement for the evaluation, not the program.)
Based on your data analysis, describe one recommendation that you would make for the design of the intervention program going forward and explain your rationale. (An improvement for the therapy group, not the program.)