Assignment 2

Introduction

This program is intended to help children who have been diagnosed with a severe or profound disability. A teacher will develop a plan, containing goals and objectives that are based on individual student need. There are a number of requirements that the in-home visits must include. The students may participate in an in-home or center-based program or use a combination of the two.

An evaluation of this program should answer a number of questions: 1. Did the in-home visits meet the necessary requirements? 2. Did the students meet the set goals and objectives set by their teacher? 3. Were there any advantages for students who participated in either the in-home or center-based program?

Question One: Did the In-Home Visits Meet the Necessary Requirements?

These questions can be answered with the use of the Stake-Countenance model. This would be the most straightforward and effective means of studying the program. There are a number of standards that the program description has outlined. The descriptive nature of this model would be an adequate means of determining whether the program is successful in maintaining these standards. Descriptive data can be collected from the division folders/special education forms. This would tell us if the in-home visits were adhering to the outlined requirements. The parent/guardian could also be interviewed about the in-home visits. This would provide additional descriptive information about the nature of these visits.

Question Two: Did Students Meet the Set Goals and Objectives?

The Stake-Countenance model is also generally used to examine whether a program in question was able to create the outcomes it had intended. This program intends to help children with disabilities reach various goals after spending productive learning time with their teachers. This evaluation would focus on whether these intentions were successful. The teachers can complete surveys at the beginning of the program regarding the goals and objectives they had developed for the students. Another survey can be administered at the end of the program that would investigate whether they were met. This would give us valuable insight into the effectiveness of the program.

Question Three: Advantages For Students Who Participated in Either In-Home or Center-Based Program?

Finally, this evaluation would investigate whether there is any relationship between the variables. The current program has one significant variable; whether students participated from home or in a center. It would be interesting to analyze whether students’ were more successful in fulfilling their goals when they were primarily studying at home, when compared to students were studying in a center, or vice-versa. If there were significant differences, this might suggest that one method may be more favorable than the other for future programs.