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Free Training Needs Survey Template

Free continuing-education needs survey for counselors — rank skill gaps, formats and realistic time so the training calendar matches real needs.

~6 min
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Free continuing-education needs survey for counselors — rank skill gaps, formats and realistic time so the training calendar matches real needs.

Disclaimer: this survey supports professional development planning. It does not assess clinical competence; performance concerns belong in supervision and formal review processes.

Content note: competency domains are illustrative — align them with your service and regulatory context.

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About this template

Professional development budgets die on guesswork — which topics, which formats, how much real capacity. This CE needs survey has clinicians rate confidence across clinical skill domains, rank their top-two gaps, state format preferences and realistic time, and cross-check board mandates. Annual planning from a six-minute survey instead of loudest-request wins.

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Fillable sample survey preview (live once the app is published).

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Fill it in to see how responses flow.
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What's Included

The topics, skill gaps and scheduling questions it asks.

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Competency gap grid

Confidence ratings across real skill domains.

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Format reality check

What people will actually attend.

3

Time audit

Honest capacity, not wishful.

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Mandatories cross-check

Board-required topics surfaced.

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How It Works

From copy to a prioritized training plan in four steps.

1

Copy the template

Import the survey into your workspace — free.

2

Set your domains

Competencies your service actually needs.

3

Send the team round

Six minutes per clinician, anonymous option.

4

Plan from the map

Build the calendar from ranked gaps.

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Who Is This For

Who runs it — L&D leads or clinical directors planning development.

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Clinical directors

A training budget aimed at real gaps.

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CE program managers

Demand evidence before scheduling.

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Supervision leads

Individual development plans start here.

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Key Features

What makes this training-needs survey decision-ready.

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Sample Questions Inside

A preview of the real items — adapt domains to your team.

  1. Rate your current confidence in: crisis assessment (1-5)
  2. ...in: trauma-focused approaches (1-5)
  3. ...in: working with adolescents (1-5)
  4. Which two skills do you most want training on? (open)
  5. Preferred format for your learning (select)
  6. Realistic weekly time for development (select)
  7. Topics required by your board coming up? (select)
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Frequently Asked Questions

What domains should a counselor training-needs survey cover?
Core clinical skills (risk, trauma, modalities), population specialties, documentation and ethics, plus supervision and self-care capacity — gaps cluster differently per domain.
Should responses be anonymous?
Anonymous usually raises honest gap reporting; if results feed individual plans, offer an identified optional second section.
Is it free to use?
Yes — copy it into your FormLM workspace and set your competency domains.
How do I stop it becoming a wish-list?
Force ranking of the top two and cross-check against board mandates; ranked gaps budget-plan far better than open ratings.
How often should this run?
Annually for planning, plus after incidents that expose skill gaps.
What is a good response rate?
Under ten minutes with leadership doing it first typically clears 70 percent in clinical teams.

Plan training from real gaps

A six-minute CE needs survey your clinicians will actually finish — free.