LCSW Licensure Exam – Program Development and Evaluation –
study guide and practice questions for clinical social work
5 Steps of Program Development - correct answer ✔✔1. Conduct a Needs
Assessment: Explore the problem and gather information
2. Establish the planning team/Create a task force
3. Define goals and objectives of the program based on results of needs
assessment
4. Develop an action plan and timeline for implementation
5. Implement the action plan/logic model
5 Steps of Conducting a Community Needs Assessment - correct answer
✔✔1. define scope: what issue?
2. collaborate: partner with existing groups
3. collect data: use surveys, focus groups, interviews
4. determine key findings
5. share findings
Before a Needs Assessment - correct answer ✔✔If it is a new population, you
may have to identify and meet with experts around this population/issue or
complete a literature review to determine what works/doesn't work with
similar issues/populations
literature review - correct answer ✔✔the process of gathering relevant
information from multiple sources - a critical in-depth evaluation of previous
research on a specified topic
program evaluation - correct answer ✔✔used to evaluate the effectiveness of
a program
