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A Practical Guide to Social Service Evaluation - Softcover

Brun, Carl F.

 
9780925065827: A Practical Guide to Social Service Evaluation

Synopsis

This book is an easy to follow guide to evaluation that seeks to "demystify" the evaluation process. This straight-forward book encourages social service workers to become active participants in the evaluation process, helping them to recognize the risks associated with it, as well as the rewards that can be the result. To make evaluation processes run more smoothly, Professor Brun encourages the people involved to patiently clarify their goals and resources. The importance of program evaluation to agencies’ funding and survival often adds to the pressure of a potentially daunting task. This book recognizes that program evaluation can be intimidating, so it gives the social service worker tools to make the process more approachable. The book includes a glossary, references, and appendices.

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About the Author

Carl Brun is an associate professor at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He received his MA from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Professor Brun is the author of several articles, one book, and co-author of several research reports. In the past, in addition to teaching at Wright State, he has been an evaluator for a range of social service evaluations from small, private agencies to working on implementation for large, public agencies. He has also worked as a social worker for child welfare and mental health agencies.

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