The document summarizes a program evaluation of a counseling therapy group for adults suffering from depression. It provides data from pre-and post-tests of participants using the Beck Depression Inventory, as well as demographic data and text responses to open-ended questions. The evaluation aims to determine if the therapy group helped reduce depressive symptoms. Data sources include scores from the Beck Depression Inventory testing nominal, ordinal, and interval data, as well as text responses about the benefits of the group. The document outlines the statistical analyses that could be run on the quantitative data and themes that could be examined from the text responses to evaluate the therapy program's effectiveness.

1. COU 600 Week Seven Group Worksheet
Prompt:Use the planning session area of this worksheet to
record the questions assigned to each group member. Decide on
a date when each of you will upload your individual part of this
assignment, which Bongo terms a milestone. Group members
should assign milestones to keep the project on course: In the
group activity page, click “New Milestone.” A window will
open to create and assign a milestone, including a due date for
the task.
Communication and Collaboration: Note that, as adults, you
may have different work habits and expectations of yourselves.
If you find yourself having difficulty with the group, first begin
by communicating with each other. If necessary, bring your
instructor into the communication. Be proactive—think about
your group members as you plan your timeline for this
assignment. If you find yourself on the last day needing to
submit your work without a group member, do so. Do not hold
your work because one group member’s work is not available.
Instead, comment in the reflection about the missing elements
and submit your work in a timely manner.
Planning Session: Be sure to complete this section during the
planning session, as it counts toward the grade for this
assignment.
Student Name
Questions Assigned
Contact (Email)
Time Zone/Availability
Date Agreed for Upload

2. Stephanie Badio
5-6
[email protected]
Eastern time
sunday
Olivia
3-4
[email protected]
Eastern time
Sunday
Kimberly
1-2
[email protected]
Eastern time
Sunday
All of us
7 and 8 (together)
Planning Session Notes: Complete this section as a group during
your planning session. You may place any notes here.
Collaboration: During the planning session, work to begin
answering the questions below using the case study. Then,
decide who will be assigned each question for polishing into a
final answer. Once your question(s) have been polished, share
your version of the document with the group. In your final
submission, all areas of this worksheet should be completed, so
you will compile the other group members’ responses below as
well.
1. Who are the stakeholders for the program evaluation?
In the program evaluation the stakeholders are the individuals
participated such as mastered level professional incensed
counselors and the mental health community center according to

3. the case study.
2. What is the goal of the evaluation?
The goal for this evaluation is to determine by using the
information given if the therapy group taken place is given an
accurate understanding that if the symptoms one feel is that
suffer from depression is actually working if used. Also, with
the help of college students and geriatric patients the goal is to
evaluate the measuring of depression. “self-report rating
inventory that measures characteristic attitudes and symptoms
of depression” (Beck, et al., 1961).
3. How would you assess the evaluation design?
To assess the evaluation design, I would first take a look at the
case study and looking at the methods, data collected and by
who to assess counselor should do a pretest and posttest for
randomly assigned. The assess evaluation is to determine the
program effectiveness by looking at both graph
4. What information can you determine from the data you have
been provided?
I can determine the numerical that are collected, patterns, and
also how well and the changes in the data from the participants.
Minimal range score 0-13, mild range score 14-19, moderate
score 20-28, severe range score 29-63. (back depression
inventory,2011). In group one the answers are more challenging
compared to group 2 where they are starting to make more sense
of life. For example, one participant answer was, “ my life is
not lonely anymore”
5. How many data sources (and what types of data) are you
working with (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, text, photo,
etc.)?
Working with text data, demographic data, and nominal data,
6. Based on what you know, is the assessment instrument valid
and reliable?
The assessment is valid according to the information given
because the information is accurate, but not reliable because
there was no consistent of participants scores provided
7. What statistical computations would you run on the

4. quantitative data?
A. Conduct the following three analyses on the test scores and
the descriptive data:
1. Mean
2. Median
3. Mode
B. Identify two other potential analyses you would be interested
in conducting on the quantitative data.
A: mean g1 pre-test=31 g1 post-test 24 G2 post-test=33
G2pre-test=32.
Median G1 pretest =28. G2 pretest =33 g1 post-test =23 g2post
test=30.
Mode g1 pretest=0 g2 pretest=33. G1posttest=23. G2
posttest=30
B: questionnaires,
survey collected or statistical data, number of times particular
value is observed
8. What information can you derive from the answers that group
members provided to the open-ended questions?
A. Do you notice any trends in the data?
B. Is any of the text data incongruent with the numeric data?
A: From the information given the seem to be a pattern,
participants in group 2 answers are show that they are more
hopeful compared to group 1 a lot of negative self-thoughts in
group 1. A lot of short answers in both groups.
B: a lot of participants in the survey answers were different
some felt fine and others were not. In the post test many were
scoring higher than others and some had none. It was a different
age group
Reflection:Complete this section individually. Include it in your

5. final submission.
What were your contributions to this assignment?
Completed 2 questions and we did the last two together. I
helped come up with the accurate answers and worked together
as a team to come up with the best time that works for all party
involved
What challenges did your group experience?
I think the challenge we experienced as a group was
understanding the project in general. It was very blurry to us
and the expectations in what to past in and the steps to take
toward completing the worksheet
How might the insights you gained while working with this
small group help you in your work as a counselor?
Although this is not my first time working in a group, I think it
just helps my communication skills, and understanding that
everyone has different learning skills. It will be helpful in
counseling because as a counselor we have to adjust and
understand not all clients will be the same some will be more
challenging than others.
Describe how your understanding of the role of a program
evaluation in clinical practice changed, as well as the change in
your own preparedness to evaluate the effectiveness of your
clinical work.
It changed because at first, I thought were going to conduct
meso skill counseling skill. I think one of the things I can do
better prepared is to read the work over and over prior to
starting my session and come in early
For each group member, indicate their contribution to the group
in the rows below. Consider their team involvement, time
management, and communication:
See below
Group Member Name: Kimberly
Comments: attentive give great ideas on ways to communicate
complete 2 questions
Group Member Name: Stephanie
Comments: punctual and came up with time management and set

6. group text to communicate with members
Group Member Name: Olivia
Comments: great leadership skills, went over questions together
prior to passing it in submitted bongo video and made bongo
and set up bongo video schedule
Group Member Name: NA
Comments:
COU 600 Program Evaluation Case Study
Setting: Community Mental Health Center
Service: Counseling Group for Adults Suffering from
Depression
Service Providers: Masters-level Licensed Professional
Counselor
Data:
1. Beck Depression Inventory
Description of Measure: The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
is a 21-item, self-report rating inventory that measures
characteristic attitudes and symptoms of depression (Beck, et
al., 1961). The BDI has been developed in different forms,
including several computerized forms, a card form, the 13-item
short form, and the more recent BDI-11 by Beck and Brown
(May, Urquhart, & Tarran, 1969, cited in Groth-Marnat, 1990;
see Steer, Rissmiller, & Beck, 2000, for information on the

7. clinical utility of the BDI-11.) The BDI takes approximately 10
minutes to complete, although clients require a fifth- to sixth-
grade reading level to adequately understand the questions
(Groth-Marnat, 1990). Internal consistency for the BDI ranges
from .73 to .92, with a mean of .86 (Beck, Steer, & Garbin,
1988). Similar reliabilities have been found for the 13-item
short form (Groth-Marnat, 1990). The BDI demonstrates high
internal consistency, with alpha coefficients of .86 and .81 for
psychiatric and nonpsychiatric populations, respectively (Beck
et al., 1988).
Beck Depression Inventory – II
Score
Range
0–13
Minimal
14–19
Mild
20–28
Moderate
29–63
Severe
2. Demographic data on age and gender
Group 1
21
M
Group 1
22
Age
45
Pre
25
M
Post

8. 21
36
34
M
37
34
13
F
10
43
26
M
23
24
23
F
23
38
61
F
19

9. 45
20
F
26
34
31
M
15
36
37
F
47
37
29
M
19
29
50
F
29

10. 40
Group 2
20
Gender
M
Group 2
14
Age
33
Pre
25
M
Post
21
25
33
M
32
36
33
F
33
33

11. 10
F
10
42
60
M
32
41
29
F
31
30
34
M
31
29
21
F

12. 26
28
39
M
29
46
47
F
19
28
33
F
36
30
3. Text data
Answers to the following open-ended question were gathered
from group participants.
What do you perceive as the benefits of participating in the
Counseling Therapy Group?

13. Group 1
1. I feel better
2. It’s good to have others that understand
3. Nothing
4. Life doesn’t seem so lonely
5. I feel more hopeful
6. I can get out of the house on Wednesday
7. I have learned new ways to cope
8. The topics help me
9. I like the snacks
10. I feel so much better
11. I think I am better
12. My family says I am less mad all the time
Group 2
1. I don’t want to die anymore
2. I’m not sure
3. I have something to live for
4. My wife doesn’t want to divorce me now
5. I can’t think of anything
6. I have made new friends
7. There are people that understand me
8. Nothing. This is stupid.
9. I have learned how to calm myself down
10. I don’t cry as much
11. I think I am handling things much better
12. I can imagine the future instead of thinking that life is over
References
Beck, A.T., Ward, C. H., Mendelson, M., Mock, J., & Erbaugh,
J. (1961). An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of
General Psychiatry, 4, 561–571.

14. Beck, A. T., Steer, R.A., & Garbin, M.G. (1988). Psychometric
properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years
of evaluation. Clinical Psychology Review, 8(1), 77–100.
Groth-Marnat, G. (1990). The handbook of psychological
assessment (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Hojat, M., Shapurian, R., & Mehrya, A.H. (1986). Psychometric
properties of a Persian version of the short form of the Beck
Depression Inventory for Iranian college students,
Psychological Reports, 59(1), 331–338.
Steer, R. A., Rissmiller, D. J., & Beck, A.T. (2000). Use of the
Beck Depression Inventory with depressed geriatric patients.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38(3), 311–318.