Chapter 11 is a very important chapter for community counselors, as it provides much information regarding the logistics of planning and assessing community counseling programs within the community. On page 270, the processes involved in a needs assessment are discussed. A needs assessment is used whenever planning the startup of a new program for the community in order to find out what the needs are and how to best serve clients.
For this discussion:
List some of the tools a community counselor might consider in order to undertake a needs assessment
Describe three of these tools and discuss why you would use them to assess the need for a new program.
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