Needs Assessments
What should a needs assessment include?
Who is the priority population? What are the needs of the priority population? Which subgroups within the priority population have the greatest need?
What type of impact will developing the area have on the resource itself as well as the areas adjacent to the resource.
Environmental Impact
What should an accident report not include?
Location, Personal addresses, Testimony of witnesses describing who was at fault, Contact information of witnesses
Testimony of witnesses describing who was at fault.
Accessibility or Accommodation?
is proactive and strives to remove barriers during the design stage of an event, program, or service.
Accessibility
This level does not constitute an immediate and or apparent threat to their safety of others or their property.
Level 1 Violation
Why do you need a needs assessment?
Capacity
The agency that encourages agencies to implement procedures to reduce the amount of waste requiring disposal through waste prevention, recycling and composting.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Primary benefit of developing policies and procedures for the maintenance of a facility?
To enhance user safety.
Accessibility or Accommodation? Is reactive and strives to remove barriers caused by inaccessible design. This ensures people with disabilities have the same access as people without disabilities.
Accommodation
The first step in the enforcement of code of conduct rules to facility users.
The communication of conduct expectations.
What are some of the most common types of needs assessments.
The most common formats include surveys, interviews, focus groups, or key informant interviews. A needs assessment might utilize one or more data collection formats.
What is the first step in helping a park and recreation agency promote equitable access to their services within the community?
Identification of service disparities
Which of the following is the best reason for conducting routine facility inspections?
Decrease Vandalism, Support Patron Safety, Prevent Theft, Reduce liability risk
Support Patron Safety
Requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for the disabled and prohibits discrimination against the disabled in employment undertaken after 1992
Americans with Disabilities Act
Creates an immediate threat to their safety of others or their property.
Level 2 Violation
What is the impact called that developing the area will have on the resource itself as well as areas adjacent to the resource?
Enviornmental Impact
What agency mandates outlines and specific criteria and standards for protecting employees from work-related injuries and or illness?
Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970
What should a two way communication plan include?
A opportunity for customer feedback and a formalized response plan to this feedback by the agency.
What is the difference between the inclusive and accessibility approaches when providing services for customers?
The primary task of accessible design is to provide solutions that won't discriminate against people with disabilities. Meanwhile, inclusive design aims to provide a user-friendly
What should you collect regarding accidents and incidents?
Support Documentation
What are community needs assessments?
Community needs assessments are surveys — their results can give you a sense of how your community currently engages with your agency, provide data on residents’ satisfaction with park and recreation agency offerings and identify community needs and priorities. This combination of a satisfaction survey plus a laying-out of priorities makes needs assessments uniquely powerful feedback mechanisms.
One of the most effective cost-control programs to ensure the agency is maintaining a safe working environment and has updated records of occupational injuries and illnesses.
Safety Audits
Upon arrival to open the facility, the recreation professional finds that the door is open. What should be done first?
Lock Door, 911, search building, wait for other staff to arrive
Call local law enforcement
Accessibility or Accommodation?
is reactive and strives to remove barriers caused by inaccessible design.
Accommodation
The two types of customer service?
Internal and External