Draft of Sociocultural Evaluation and Draft of Program Evaluation

Draft of Sociocultural Evaluation and Draft of Program Evaluation

PSY 632 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric (Draft of Sociocultural Evaluation and Draft of Program Evaluation)

For Milestone Three, you will submit a draft of your sociocultural evaluation (Section IV of your final project) and a draft of your program evaluation (Section V of your final project), including all critical elements as listed below. The draft of your sociocultural evaluation (Section IV) requires you to examine the selected program’s ability to be utilized across a diverse population. This should include an examination of the original population utilized to develop the program. This submission should include any additional research you’ve conducted to demonstrate or support the program’s effectiveness with diverse populations, and a general analysis of any strengths and weaknesses across the program’s foundational theory as it pertains to sociocultural effectiveness. In the draft of your program evaluation (Section V), you will evaluate the program you selected in Milestone Two in four critical areas: core developmental psychology themes; use of contemporary theories of development; impact of sociocultural influences on the communities and organizations using the program; and the program’s ability to address typical or atypical development in children and adolescents across the physical, cognitive, and affective and social domains. In this section, you will also consider program effectiveness in regard to prevention, assessment, and intervention strategies based on the type of program, as well as contributions the program makes to future research and treatment. Please keep in mind that Milestone Three will function as a rough draft for these sections of your final project. The goal is to collect information, present your findings, and receive feedback on how to improve each section for your final submission. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed in your milestone submission:

IV. Sociocultural Evaluation: Critique current assessment and intervention strategies utilized by the selected program for their applicability across

diverse populations for improving clinical sensitivity to the individual client context. A. Identify the population that was originally utilized for program development in terms of cultural, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic indicators.

i. Was the program developed to address a specific population or group with respect to cultural, ethnic, gender, and/or socioeconomic indicators?