895 Central Avenue, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Counseling Program
Grant Application:
We are seeking support for
our Greater Cincinnati counseling services for children and adolescents. Here,
we strive to identify specific problems limiting their overall independence;
help them learn appropriate coping and problem solving skills; and take
significant steps toward their goals related to independence. We educate
children and their parents about epilepsy, their specific seizure type(s), and
related information such as appropriate first aid interventions. Our counseling
services are offered free of charge, since it would not be cost effective to
collect fees from the relative few who could pay. This program is available to
residents of every county served by the Dater Foundation.
Goals/objectives:
Our original goals for the grant are as follows: 1) Increase client's knowledge about epilepsy and related issues such as first aid and medication side effects; 2) Help clients learn appropriate coping and problem solving skills; 3) Help clients take steps toward goals related to independence and contributing more to the community.
To measure these goals, we use two standard tests. One is a standardized test called the Quality of Life Inventory for Epilepsy (QOLIE) with success being 75% of clients will score higher on their post-test than on their pre-test. The other is a satisfaction survey with 75% rating our services favorably on at least 5 of the 6 survey questions.
Grant Evaluation report:
Our counseling program continues to be successful and meets a critical need in our community. Our program continues to be unduplicated in our area and is the only counseling program geared specifically towards epilepsy and the unique issues our clients face. We continue to provide in-person counseling, telephone, zoom, and support groups for people living with epilepsy and their families. Last year, we provided counseling to 1,072 individuals in our community. We are proud of how successful our counseling program continues to be.
The actual results of our goals show we have succeeded our benchmark on the QOLIE with with over 88% of our clients scoring higher on their post-test than on their pre-test for their personal counseling goals. We have also succeeded our satisfaction survey benchmark with 92% of our clients rating our counseling services favorably on at least 5 of the 6 survey questions.