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Needs Assessment Worksheet Name of Student: Brittany Hill Names of Group Members: N/A Read the following case study, review the data set, and answer the subsequent questions: Case Study : Laurie is a professional counselor who works for a community mental health center in a rural area. In consultation with her colleagues, Laurie has identified 14 adolescents who currently participate in outpatient individual services who could potentially benefit from services specific to sexual abuse. Laurie would like to develop a psychotherapy counseling group to meet the needs of teens who have been sexually assaulted as an alternative or enhancement to individual therapy. In an effort to establish services that will best meet the needs of the clients, Laurie has conducted a Needs Assessment. She will present her findings to the mental health center administrators as evidence to support her group counseling proposal. Analyze the following data and determine whether enough evidence exists to support the development of the psychotherapy counseling group. Survey After securing parental permission, adolescents were asked to answer the following questions. Results for each question are included. 1. Age 2. Gender 3. Interest in group counseling 4. Topics of interest for a psychotherapy counseling group Participant # Age of Child Gender Interest in Group Counseling 1 15 F Yes 2 10 M Yes 3 13 F Yes 4 12 F Yes 5 10 F Yes 6 14 F Yes 7 17 M No 8 16 M No 9 12 M Yes

10 11 F No 11 15 M No 12 9 F Yes 13 11 F No 14 16 M No 4. Rank the TOP THREE issues that you feel would be most important to you in a psychotherapy counseling group 1. Anger Management 2. Stress Reduction 3. Coping Skills 4. Assertiveness Training 5. Alcohol and Drug Prevention 6. Peer Pressure 7. Grief 8. Self Esteem 9. Recovery from Sexual Abuse/Assault 10. Communication Skills Participant # 1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice 1 9 2 3 2 3 8 9 3 7 8 9 4 5 9 3 5 6 9 10 6 9 7 8 7 9 3 2 8 2 9 8 9 8 6 9 10 3 9 8 11 9 8 3 12 4 6 10 13 8 2 9 14 10 9 3 What is the purpose of Laurie's Needs Assessment? (Remember to consider the initial reason Laurie is considering a psychotherapy counseling group.) Laurie would like to develop a group for teens that have been sexually assaulted. The purpose of the needs assessment was to determine the needs of the clients in that population to be able to

I believe Laurie did get the information that she would need to support creating a psychotherapy counseling group. Laurie was able to determine if the adolescents would be interested in attending a group as well as specific topics they would be interested in discussing during the group. I believe this would give a good starting point to forming a psychotherapy group proposal.