A needs assessment can be useful for parenting education and the article I got to read talked about an outline that could help identify a need and then work to implement and fill that need.
It is true that a plan like the one I learned about often requires a team of people to implement.
One personal example that comes to my head was in grade school, when my brother got his first IEP. The preasssemsent was my brothers teachers and Mom realizing there was a performance issue when compared to other students our age.
The assessment looked like him first getting diagnosed with ADD from a licensed professional. They were able to pinpoint sone of the primary issues that needed to be fixed there and from their data, diagnose and give my brother the first essential assessment.
The recommended primary tasks were made by the people who knew his learning style the best, his teachers, my mother, and the counselor who was in charge of IEPs at our school. One of the things this team noticed was that my brother did not have enough time to finish his tests and one thing he admitted to was getting distracted. The team then, was able to assess, from the information they had gathered what had worked for students like my brother in the past before.
The post-assessment then, was extended time on tests and a separate testing rooms to eliminate distraction. As time went on, the IEP changed and my brother needed less and less accommodations. But, because of the schools willingness to help my brother and even bring my Mom into helping his learning, he was able to live up to his full potential as a student, which unfortunately as his twin, means he was able to prove he was smarter than me.
