Assessment Of Need And Capacity: Schoolhouse Preparatory: Case Study

Assessment of Need and Capacity: Schoolhouse Preparatory Schoolhouse Preparatory is a private school located in Miami, Florida that prepares individuals with learning disabilities to acquire critical life skills for transitioning into adulthood. They offer a safe, enriched, and nurturing educational environment while striving to achieve academic excellence. While fostering the development of character, self-esteem and respect for self and others, individualized guidance and support is additionally provided to every student and his/her family during their high school education as well as through their transition to world of work (“Schoolhouse Preparatory,” n.d.) Instructional, emotional and social services however are not the only varieties

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to take control over their health while also improving it (Heller et al. 2010). A health promotion programs should comprise of health education activities, creative outreach efforts, and preventative health interventions. Understanding and evaluating an organization’s heath promotion plan can be beneficial in many ways. For example, in order to authenticate and upsurge the effect of services and programs, service providers must entirely understand what their clients and employees need. Moreover, they need to be fully aware of what their clients perceive to be current weaknesses and strengths of the organization. According to Heller et al. (2010), another benefit of the Health Matters Assessments is for organizational leaders to expand delivery mechanisms to be more resourceful and less

According to Heller et al. (2010), the Assessment of Capacity was developed to assess perceptions of resources, skills, knowledge, and commitment of employees across all levels of the organization. Schoolhouse Preparatory has strong indication of organizational resources to support health promotion services. For example, they have fitness-related supplies and equipment, financial resources, adequate staffing, training sessions, and support from other staff members. Secondly, Dr. Gigi is best known for being part of the local community and using its resources to support efforts in providing health promotion. The students of Schoolhouse Preparatory perform volunteer work and/or partake in leisure activities at community parks, churches, charity events, and recreation centers throughout the year. They are required to engage in social activities in the community such as spending the day at a hospital with cancer patients or attend local charity events. This is their way of engaging with and utilizing community