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Improving Outcomes for Children and Families : Finding and Using International Evidence.
Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential. This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2010.
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| Colección: | Child Welfare Outcomes.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Improving Outcomes for Children and Families: Finding and Using International Evidence; Foreword; Part I: Evaluating Outcomes for Children and Families: Improving the Evidence Base; Chapter 1: Improving the Evidence Base; Chapter 2: Demystifying Evidence in Child Welfare; Chapter 3: Unlocking the Mysteries of Program Evaluation: Lessons from a Comprehensive Evaluation of an InnovativeProgram to Reunify Families; Part II: Methods for Finding and Using Evidence; Chapter 4: Evaluating Complexity in Community-Based Programs.
- Chapter 5: Approaches to Evaluation in Services for Families and ChildrenChapter 6: Understanding the Nature, Structure and Context of Services in Family Support Centers; Chapter 7: In Their Own Words: Alumni of Foster Care Talk about Preparation for Independent Living; Chapter 8: The Challenge of Using Administrative Data in Cross-National Evaluations of Services for Children in Out-of-Home Care; Part III: Evaluating Outcomes in the Real World International Evidence from Community-Based Practice.
- Chapter 9:Taking Standardised Programmes to Diff erent Cultural Contexts An Example from ScotlandChapter 10: Child Physical Abuse and Neglect Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Early Prevention Programmes; Chapter 11: Identifying Outcomes at the Sunshine Family Centre in Outer London; Chapter 12: The Important Place of Professional Relationship A Case Study of an Israeli Family; Chapter 13: Evaluation of Sensitised Practice in a Community Centre in Aotearoa, New Zealand; Chapter 14: Assessing Practice in a Child and Family Centre in Australia; Afterword: Cross-National Perspectives and Ideas.