As a counselor, you have been asked to facilitate a group of students who are on academic probation. Your supervisor states that the purpose of this group is to increase student retention and that the...

As a counselor, you have been asked to facilitate a group of students who are on academic probation. Your supervisor states that the purpose of this group is to increase student retention and that the group will meet weekly for one semester. You decide to conduct a needs assignment to gain information that will help in designing your program for the group.

1. What are some questions that you would want to ask to aid in planning the group?

2. What are some sources you might use to gain this information?

3. How might your group plan be affected if you were to discover that most of the students who would be in your group were first-generation college students? Transfer students? Minority students?