Test 2

Question 1

Program Evaluation:

Answer 1

A systematic method for collecting, analyzing, and using information to answer questions about projects, policies and programs, particularly about their effectiveness and efficiency.

Question 2

Formative Evaluation:

Answer 2

Any evaluation that takes place before or during a programs implementation with the aim of improving the program’s design and performance.

Question 3

Summative Evaluation:

Answer 3

Any evaluation that takes place after a program’s implementation with the focus on the outcome of a program.

Question 4

Do you need to record attendance/punctuation/financial information or anything else that may be used in your program evaluation?

Answer 4

Attendance sheet, #’s of participants or time each person participated in an activity, budget, session feedback/ evaluation.

Question 5

Do you need to record any information at the beginning of the program that you may want to use later on within your program?

Answer 5

Participation contract, reflection journal to record answers to questions prior to or during participation, any pre/post test measure.

Question 6

Benefits of documentation:

Answer 6

• If you have many participants, you will not always remember individual details
• Risk management and safety: on an outing, an attendance sheet is a good visual for a reference check
• Supports performance measurement of program if built in
• Accountability: records information for program evaluation

Question 7

Benefits of evaluation:

Answer 7

• Improve programs, events, and services
• Seek out and eliminate detrimental elements
• Risk management and safety
• Determine if programs meets the goals and objectives
• Improve decision making
• Enhances professional practice
• Comply with internal and external standards
• Increase participant satisfaction
• Explain and learn from success and failure

Question 8

Strengths are?

Answer 8

Factors that have encouraged exceptional program performance (Ex. Use of technology and good equipment, well written SPP, Highly trained staff, Quality and standardization in services)

Question 9

Weaknesses are?

Answer 9

Factors that affect program quality or increase program costs (Ex. Outdated eqip. and facilities, lack of financial resources, poor use of participation information, insufficient volunteer training)

Question 10

Opportunities are?

Answer 10

New ideas and initiatives that are “smart business sense” (Ex. Collaborations with different sources, development of new programs, creative ways to use supplies/ eqip. to reduce costs)

Question 11

Threats are?

Answer 11

Factors that can harm the performance of programs (Ex. participant boredom, budget deficits, increased pressure for programming costs)

Question 12

Participant Feedback

Answer 12

Formative and Summative are important (Ex. Observation, verbal questioning, comment cards, attendance, goal progress)

Question 13

Importance of documentation and evaluation?

Answer 13

• Best practice standards
• Timeline
• Report
• Ethics
• Interprofessional Team

Question 14

Assessment, Intervention Plan, Program Plan

Answer 14

“Where are you now?”, “How will you get there?”, “What are we going to do?”

Question 15

Rational for collaborative planning

Answer 15

• • Empowers and inspires the client
• Focus on the client as an individual
• Provide systematic approach to helping
• Support an interprofessional approach to care
• Goals and objective aligned with each other
• Increase success of intervention
• Meet standards of practice

Question 16

What is an intervention plan?

Answer 16

The roadmap that a client will follow on his/her journey through treatment

• Focuses on behaviour, skills, attitudes and knowledge
• Designed in advance for effective delivery
• Produce targeted and desired client outcomes
• Produce evaluation data
• Ultimate outcome: Behavioural change

Question 17

Content of the intervention plan:

Answer 17

1. Background/demographic data
2. Precautions and contradictions
3. Referral
4. Assessment results
5. Goals
6. Objectives
7. Action plan/ strategies for participant involvement
8. Frequency and duration of participation
9. Interaction styles and approaches
10. Staff and participant responsibilities
11. Evaluation plan
12. Signatures and dates

Question 18

Background/demographic data

Answer 18

• Brief summary (ex. name, gender, age, diagnosis, occupation)

Question 19

Precautions and contradictions

Answer 19

• Special considerations

- Important points related to health (Ex. medications, secondary conditions, allergies, “triggers”)

Question 20

Referral

Answer 20

• From whom, when, and why the referral to T.R. services came

Question 21

Assessment results

Answer 21

• Brief summary
• Include strengths as well as needs/ concerns/ areas for development
• Rest contained in file

Question 22

Goals

Answer 22

• Participant centered
• Describe outcomes in general terms
• Number and nature will vary (short term/long term)
• Goals set a foundation for our objectives
• Tells us what our clients want to learn, develop, overcome

Question 23

Objectives

Answer 23

• Derived from goals
• In TR, often called “behavioural objectives”
• More specific, measurable description of participant outcomes will be
• Should be SMART
• Contain 3 elements (Condition, behaviour, and criteria)

Question 24

Overt vs. Covert

Answer 24

Overt: Performance that can be observed directly (concise and specific)
Covert: Performance that can not be observed directly (open to interpretation)

Question 25

Action plan/ strategies for participant involvement

Answer 25

• Major focus of intervention plan
• Specification of programs/interventions in which participant will be involved
• Must be logically linked to strengths and interests, resolving the ‘needs’ and reaching goals and objectives

Question 26

Frequency and duration of participation

Answer 26

• Specification of how long and how frequently participant will be involved in each specific program/intervention
• Considerations?

Question 27

Interaction styles and approaches

Answer 27

• Suggested “therapeutic hints” for most effectively helping participant achieve goals
• Communication techniques
• Motivation techniques

Question 28

Staff and participant responsibilities

Answer 28

Staff responsibilities: 
- Contact with community agencies
- Setting 1:1 time 
- Making referral to other disciplines 
- Providing schedule of recreation participation programs 
Participant responsibilities: 
- Completing worksheets outside program time
- Locating community resources 
- Contacting friends/family 
- Maintaining person program

Question 29

Evaluation plan

Answer 29

• How/when intervention plan will be evaluated
• May include: determining participant satisfaction with the plan, specifying frequency of documentation, indicating when plan will be revised, specifying/developing methods of assessing attainment of goals/objectives

Question 30

Signatures and dates

Answer 30

• Signed and dated by the TR staff who created plan

- Many agencies include participant signatures also

Question 31

goals and objectives:

Answer 31

• Goals and objectives through out the process of skill development, learning, and growing
• As clients needs change so will the goals and objectives

Question 32

Supporting the client

Answer 32

• Create an environment where clients strengths, preferences, interests and abilities are highlighted
• Refer the client to the clients resources (lack of)
• Identify the actions, strategies, and approaches that work for the client
• Refer and revisit timeline set

Question 33

Determining the right approach

Answer 33

Step 1: Conduct initial assessments
Step 2: Determine the overall intent of the programs
Step 3: Decide whether you programs are interventions or diversions

Question 34

Principles of intervention planning

Answer 34

1. Quality 2. Client- outcome oriented

Question 35

In TR we follow what process?

Answer 35

APIE

Question 36

What is iterative process?

Answer 36

Process of connecting goals and objectives to action