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Counseling Software Evaluations:
Depression and Suicide
reviewed by: Beatriz Cohen (RSCC); Diana Hall (SCC); Jeannie Wyatt (SCC)

evaluation summary
1. Overall, how would you rate this program?

| | Excellent       | | Good       |X| Fair       | | Poor

Some information presented is accurate.
2. Please describe specific strengths, weaknesses, and/or limitations of the program.
Weaknessess: First test has some biases and it is not very interactive.
3. Would you recommend this program?

|X| Yes       | | No

4. If you indicated "yes" to Question 3 above, in what settings would you use this program?

| | Courses:
| | The Learning Lab:
| | Client Counseling situations:

Quality of Program Components
Defintely
Yes		 Somewhat Defintely
No
5 4 3 2 1 N/A
1. The program directions are clear.
Directions were insufficient.		 | | |X| | | | | | | | |
2. Students can easily use the software independently. | | |X| | | | | | | | |
3. The purposes of the program are clearly communicated. | | | | |X| | | | | | |
4. The program content is accurate. | | |X| | | | | | | | |
5. The content is appropriately sequenced.
Could be improved by putting the depression module first.		 | | | | |X| | | | | | |
6. The program content is up-to-date.
1992 copyright date. Some statistics maybe outdated and the information in test 1 has some bias.		 | | | | |X| | | | | | |
7. The information provided in the feedback is helpful.
Summarize results at the end of each quiz.		 | | | | |X| | | | | | |
8. The tone and style of the program are appropriate for community college students.
Informative , but not engaging.		 | | | | |X| | | | | | |
9. The program's visual presentation is appropriate for community college students.
It was all text based. 		| | | | | | |X| | | | |
10. The program represents the diversity of our student population. | | | | | | | | | | |X|
Ideas For Uses of the Software
Uses in the classroom:
How would you use this program or a particular part of this program in a classroom lesson? (List and explain the specific steps you would do so that another faculty member could clearly understand how to use this program in the classroom)

Doing it as a small group activity: Go through the program and discuss each of the components.

Uses in the Client Counseling:
How would you use this program in a client counseling situation? (List and explain the specific steps you would do so that another counselor could clearly understand how to use this program in a client setting)

Assignment to students who are parents or who deal with people. Students who are concerned about what to do when someone is depressed.

I would perhaps use after a counseling sesson that indicated a need for further information that would help the student.