Hypothetical Needs Assessment
Submit a 2-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the following:
· Abstract
- The resources needed to operate this service
- The program activities
- The desired outcomes
- A plan for gathering information about the population served
- Justifications for your plans and decisions
- A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the implementation stage of the program evaluation.
Background:
To prepare for this Assignment, review the needs assessment plans that you and your classmates generated for this week’s Discussion. Also, review the logic models that you created in Week 7 and any literature on needs of caregivers that you used to generate them. Consider the following to stimulate your thinking:
- Getting information about the needs of the target population:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use (interview, focus group, questionnaire)? - Finding potential clients:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use? - Interacting with the target population:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use?