PCN 605 UF Assessments Practices and Approaches in Counseling Discussion

1. Describe the steps and practices involved in conducting needs and resources assessments. What problems might arise if programs are planned without conducting such assessments?2. Identify some of the practices commonly used by counselors. How are these practices used in the specific context of community counseling?3. Social welfare/community change can be approached using the residual approach, the institutional approach, and/or the developmental approach. Which of these is most consistent with counseling practices and why?