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Counseling Software Evaluations:
Keep Your Cool
reviewed by: Beatriz Cohen (RSCC); Diana Hall (SCC); Jeannie Wyatt (SCC)

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

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

2. Please describe specific strengths, weaknesses, and/or limitations of the program.
Excellent teaching tool. A weakness is that students are unable to store or print results from the lessons.
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?

|X| Courses:Eliminating self-defeating behaviors; Personal development; Assertiveness Training; Stress Management Conflict Resolution.
| | The Learning Lab:
|X| 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. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
2. Students can easily use the software independently.
User is well guided.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
3. The purposes of the program are clearly communicated.
Purposes are communicated in the introduction.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
4. The program content is accurate.
Very good approach to teaching ABC theory.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
5. The content is appropriately sequenced.
The learn and applied format is good.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
6. The program content is up-to-date. |X| | | | | | | | | | |
7. The information provided in the feedback is helpful.
No opportunity for students to get a print out.		 | | |X| | | | | | | | |
8. The tone and style of the program are appropriate for community college students.
Young and older adutls will benefit from it.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
9. The program's visual presentation is appropriate for community college students.
Colorful and creative.		 |X| | | | | | | | | | |
10. The program represents the diversity of our student population.
All groups represented.		 |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)

Small group activity: Assign this program so that every student has to go through it. Each group can present a component and lead a discussion in class.

I would find it hard to use this program in a classroom setting.

  1. Introduce the concept in class and then ask students to work through the lesson. Discuss reactions in the class. Write a description of an incident that happened to them. Role play applying these new techniques.
  2. Supplementary to class activities - not assigned.
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)

I would aks my client to go through each exercise and discuss it with me. I would probably elaborate a quesionaire.

I find that your example is appropriate. For a client who is having trouble with a situation, I would have him/her go through a particular lesson. Using the exercises as a basis for discussion, I would ask questions.