Reference no: EM132771742
Assignment: 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:
1. 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)?
2. 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?
3. 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?