Program Evaluation

Program Evaluation

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Program Evaluation Program Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING]

LAURA HADDOCK: Regardless of the setting that any counselor works in there is an ethical responsibility to periodically evaluate the effectiveness of services. Activities that support a counselor's role include program development, program evaluation, and needs assessment. And counselors will conduct planned, systematic evaluations of counseling programs on an ongoing basis to determine the relevance and effectiveness of the program.

The evaluation should include a description of the client competencies or outcomes that were intended-- how you intend to collect data and the rationale for a chosen data collection. You want to know whether the therapist accomplished what they set out to accomplish and whether the clients took away what the therapist wanted them to take away. The information that you gather will help the therapist in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the service delivery and make sure that the counseling program goals are aligned to the individual goals of the client.

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