DELPHI ONLINE ROUND 3

DELPHI ONLINE ROUND 3, INSTRUCTIONS

YOUR PERSONAL CODE IS

Thank-you for your prompt responses to Round 2. This is the third and final round. We sincerely appreciate the dedication you have given to this study. Round 3 will be an attempt to reach consensus among panelists on their previous ratings for Present and Future use of computer-related technology (CRT) to accomplish tasks that Counselors and Counselor Educators perform in their work. Please read all directions carefully before answering the questions. We suggest that you print this page of instructions for ease of reference throughout this Round of questions.

Following each task is a number in the first column (yellow) that represents your previous rating for that task. The number in the next column (fuchsia) represents the median, or mid-range response, of all panelists for that task. Please give consideration to the median rating of all panelists.

If you disagree with the median result for the group or do no feel it is reasonable, click on the same number you rated before. Please express your reason for not changing your response in the space provided below the task (200 character limit). If you feel the median vote is as acceptable as your original vote, please change your vote to that value. If your previous rating is more acceptable to you than the group median, keep your original vote by clicking on the same number as your previous rating.

For example, if the group median rating for a particular task is 3 for Current Use of a task , and your previous rating is 1, click on 1 to maintain your previous response. Then, you may type in your reason for not changing to the median response in the space below the scale. If the Future Use median rating for that same item is 3, and you wish to change your previous response of 1 to the median response, click 3 to indicate a final rating of 3 for Future Use of CRT by most Counselors for that item. In this example, your screen would look like this:

CURRENT USE OF TECHNOLOGY

BLOCK 1: 5 = Essential; 4 = Very useful; 3 = Helpful; 2 = Not used, but would like to; 1 = Not used, and no need to. BLOCK 2: E=efficiency; Q=quality; O=opportunity. BLOCK 3: O = Other, please write in; T = lack of training to use; C = costs of soft/hard ware; S = lack of available software; I = CRT is inappropriate to task.

TASK

YOUR ORIG

Panl
MED

Therapeutic Strategies

Other (specify below)

I did not change my response to the median response because . . . (200 char limit)

--- OR ----

click on 1 to indicate non-consensus, and write your reason for maintaining

your previous response in the space provided below the task. In this event,

your response for that same task may look like this:

FUTURE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

BLOCK 1: 5 = Essential; 4 = Very useful; 3 = Helpful; 2 = Not used, but would like to; 1 = Not used, and no need to. BLOCK 2: E=efficiency; Q=quality; O=opportunity. BLOCK 3: O = Other, please write in; T = lack of training to use; C = costs of soft/hard ware; S = lack of available software; I = CRT is inappropriate to task.

TASK

YOUR ORIG

Panl
MED

Therapeutic Strategies

Other (specify below)

I did not change my response to the median response because . . .

I did not change my response because important aspects of therapeutic intervention rely heavily on non-verbal cues

Next, for those tasks that you rated as 5, 4, or 3, please indicate how CRT helps accomplish the task NOW and will help IN THE YEAR 2008. Choose as many as apply from the following scale:

E = Efficiency means able to produce more with less effort

Q = Quality means able to produce a superior product or service; can do the job

better than it was previously done

O = Opportunity means able to do things that may not have been previously

possible

For example, if in the In-session Intervention/Therapy/Counseling, Therapeutic strategies category, you rated the task, Affective as 5, 4, or 3 to indicate that using computer-related technology will be Essential, Very useful, or Helpful for accomplishing this task IN THE YEAR 2008, you might use the following parameters for deciding how CRT will help:

E = Efficiency if computer-related technology will enable Counselors who use cognitive therapeutic interventions to help their clients in ways that are less costly, more accessible, or easier to implement.

Q = Quality if CRT will allow Counselors to use cognitive therapeutic interventions to increase the effectiveness of therapy or service delivery

O = Opportunity If using CRT will help Counselors who use cognitive therapy do so in ways that were previously not possible

Finally, for those tasks that you rated as 1 or 2, please indicate reason(s) CRT has not helped accomplish the task in the PRESENT and will not help accomplish it IN THE YEAR 2008. Choose as many as apply from the following scale:

O = Other, please write in

T = lack of Training to use

C = Costs of soft/ hardware

S = no available Software

I = CRT is Inappropriate to task

For example, if in the In-session Intervention / Therapy / Counseling, Therapeutic strategies category, you rated the task, Affective as 2 to indicate that using computer-driven technology is Not used, but could be for accomplishing this task in the PRESENT, you might use the following parameters in choosing reason(s) CRT does NOT help:

O = Other, if a reason is not listed

T = Training, if Counselors do not have adequate training to use CRT to help with this task

C = Costs, if the costs of CRT are too high to allow its use to help with this task

S = Software, if software for CRT is unavailable to help with this task

I = Inappropriate, if CRT is inappropriate for use with this task

Summary for Delphi—Round 3 directions

For CURRENT/FUTURE use of CRT to accomplish tasks:

Observe your previous rating for the task in the first column.

Observe panelists’ median response in the second (fuchsia) column.

Rate the task again by changing to the median response, or keep your previous rating by choosing the same rating as you chose before.

For each final rating of 5, 4, or 3, choose E, Q, and/or O to tell us HOW CRT helps accomplish the task. Choose all that apply.

For each final rating of 1 or 2, choose O, T, C, S, or I to tell us why CRT is NOT helpful for the task. Choose all that apply.

YOUR PERSONAL CODE IS

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