Evaluating Family Programs (Modern Applications of Social Work) - Softcover

Weiss, Heather B.; Jacobs, Francine H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0202360482 ISBN 13: 9780202360485

Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter, 1988

About this title

About the Author

Francine H. Jacobs is associate professor in the department of child development and associate professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University. She is the author of Evaluating Family Preservation Services: A Guide for State Administrators (with J. Kapuscik).

Review

“Evaluating Family Programs, addresses the gap in evaluative research that results when research models do not accurately meet the contextual presuppositions on which programs and services are based... For anyone planning evaluative research on family- and context-oriented programs, the book is important reading.”

—Robert T. Constable, Social Work in Education

“Evaluating Family Programs, is tightly organized... The authors should be commended for their honest, carefully balanced discussion of decision making, the trade-offs that characterize their evaluation of family programs, and the resultant gains and losses. This book will be a useful tool for students, researchers, and policy planners.”

—Suzanne K. Steinmetz, Contemporary Sociology

“Evaluating Family Programs, edited by Heather Weiss and Francine Jacobs, comprises 22 chapters written by 27 authors (including three social workers)... The presentations come from researchers, evaluators, and program directors. Practical suggestions about selecting outcome measures and sources of advice and information are included.”

—Benjamin Schlesinger, Social Work

Edition details

• Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0202360482
• ISBN 13: 9780202360485
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 556