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Improving Outcomes for Children and Families

Finding and Using International Evidence
Child Welfare Outcomes

von: Robyn Munford, Anat Zeira, CATHERINE ROLLER ROLLER WHITE, Robin Spath, Patricia McNamara, Barbara Pine, Hans Grietens, Kirk O'Brien, Colleen Reed, Kate Holmes, Jackie Sanders, James K Whittaker, Nina Biehal, Anne Nicoll, Marion Brandon, Arron Fain, Chris Warren-Adamson, Anita Lightburn, Bruce Maden, Peter Pecora, Mark Ezell, Cinzia Canali, Jane Aldgate, Tony Maluccio, June Thoburn, Marianne Berry, Tiziano Vecchiato, Wendy Rose
114,99 €
Verlag:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	15.03.2011
ISBN/EAN:	9780857002488
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	240

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Titelbeschreibung

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-based evaluation of child and family services. With contributions from leading international experts, it introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services; discusses relevant approaches to designing and using evaluation methods; and provides examples of evaluation from the real world of policy and practice. Issues covered include setting appropriate indicators for service effectiveness, cross-cultural evaluation of service interventions, service user involvement in evaluation, and evaluations of family and community-based services. This invaluable book will be essential reading for policy makers, planners, commissioners and managers across child and family welfare services, as well as researchers and other academics in the field.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. It introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services and provides examples of evaluation from policy and practice.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Bridging the science-services gap: the critical role of cross-national perspectives in child and family policy and practice. James K. Whittaker, University of Washington, USA. Part 1. Evaluating outcomes for children and families: Improving the evidence base. 1. Improving the evidence base. Anthony N. Maluccio, University of Connecticut, USA, Cinzia Canali, Fondazione Zancan, Italy, Tiziano Vecchiato, Fondazione Zancan, Italy, Anita Lightburn, Fordham University, USA, Jane Aldgate, Open University, UK and Wendy Rose, Open University, UK. 2. Demystifying evidence in child welfare. Nina Biehal, University of York, UK. 3. Unlocking the mysteries of program evaluation: Lessons from a comprehensive evaluation of an innovative program to reunify families. Barbara A. Pine and Robin Spath, University of Connecticut, USA. Part 2. Methods for finding and using evidence. 4. Evaluating complexity in community-based programs. Anita Lightburn and Chris Warren-Adamson, University of Southampton, UK. 5. Approaches to evaluation in services for families and children. Cinzia Canali, Anthony N. Maluccio and Tiziano Vecchiato. 6. Understanding the nature, structure and context of services in family support centres. Marianne Berry, University of Kansas, USA and Colleen Reed, University of Denver, USA. 7. In their own words: Alumni of foster care in the US talk about preparation for independent living. Anne Nicoll, University of Washington, USA, Kate E. Holmes, Peter J. Pecora, Catherine Roller White, Kirk O'Brien, Casey Family Programs, USA, and Arron K. Fain, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, USA. 8. The challenge of using administrative data in cross-national evaluations of services in out-of-home care. June Thoburn, University of East Anglia, UK. Part 3. Evaluating outcomes in the real world: International evidence from community-based practice. 9. Taking standardised programs to different cultural contexts – an example from Scotland. Jane Aldgate and Wendy Rose. 10. Child physical abuse and neglect: risk assessment and evaluation of early prevention programmes. Hans Grietens, University of Leuven, Belgium. 11. Identifying outcomes at the Sunshine Family Centre in outer London. Marian Brandon, University of East Anglia, UK. 12. The important place of professional relationship: A case study of an Israeli family. Anat Zeira, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 13. Evaluation of sensitised practice in a community centre in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Robyn Munford, Massey University, New Zealand, Jackie Sanders, Massey University, New Zealand and Bruce Maden, Te Aroha Noa Community Services, New Zealand. 14. Assessing practice in a child and family centre in Australia. Patricia M. McNamara, La Trobe University, Australia. Afterword. Cross national perspectives and ideas. Mark Ezell, University of Kansas, USA. References. List of contributors. Index.

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Edited collection offering an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services