When planning counseling programs, a needs assessment helps professional counselors understand the needs of the various subpopulations in a community with a stake in the success of the program. Data-driven needs assessment can involve all of the following except:

A. Comparing clients' average pre- and post-treatment scores on a clinical assessment.

B. Surveying community members or clients to determine what they feel is most important to be addressed.

C. Comparing groups' average raw scores on a clinical assessment.

D. Using disaggregated means so that scores of different groups (for example, gender, age, or race/ethnicity) can be compared.

Option B surveying community members to or client to know what they feel is most important to be addressed.

Explanation: Good assessment needs in-depth sudy. Most times we do know what others, community e.t.c wants or need but we don't really know their greatest need at that moment or what they really crave for. To make good assessment and decisions, one must make enquiries by asking the person or community involved what they really think they need. This will really go a long way in your decision making process.

Assessment in counseling usually involves the way or methods counselor usually used in getting and gathering information from the client so as to give their own view on what the client needs or is passing through.

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