An Introduction to Human Services: Policy and Practice

Betty Reid Mandell,Barbara Schram

Chapter 12 Program Planning - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

There is an old proverb that says, "He has half the deed done, when he has made a beginning." What do you think this proverb is trying to convey? Do you agree with it, or do you think that it is an exaggeration? What does it have to do with planning an event or program in a social agency?

Cody Delk

Numerade Educator

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Problem 2

How much emphasis is placed by your college on volunteer service in your community? How fair is it to require volunteer service as a requirement of graduation, especially for nonhuman service majors. What do you think a chemistry or math major might contribute to a social agency in the community? What do you think they might gain that would help them be a better worker in their particular fields of interest?

Gus Steppen

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Problem 3

What do you see as a major GAP in the services provided for students at your college? What kind of program(s) do you think might fill that GAP? What evidence would you have to gather to convince the person in charge of that area or division that it is a GAP that must be filled with a new program or strategy? Do you see any evidence of cyberbullying on your campus?

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Problem 4

What do you think is meant by the saying, "Life is lived forward but understood backward"? What do you think that saying has to do with the process of program evaluation?

Shanie Holman

Numerade Educator