UID:
almafu_9959328832002883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 345 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
0470864680
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9780470864685
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0470013362
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9780470013366
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0471497231
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9780471497233
Series Statement:
Wiley series in child protection and policy
Content:
The delivery of effective family support is a key global child welfare issue, yet there is little consensus on what constitutes family support or what the best ways are to evaluate it. Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically offers a full review of the conceptual and operational problems involved in this complex and topical field. Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton have brought together a team of experienced child care policy analysts and evaluators to present the current state of critical thinking alongside detailed international case studies. The chapters offer r.
Note:
PART I. THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON -- Perspective Through International Comparison in the Evaluation of Family Support / John Pinkerton and Ilan Katz -- PART II. UNDERPINNING ISSUES -- Political and Technical Issues Facing Evaluators of Family Support / Jane Tunstill -- Social Exclusion, Family Support and Evaluation / Corinne Wattam, et al. -- The Value of Resilience as a Key Concept in Evaluating Family Support / Robbie Gilligan -- Issues in Evaluating Family Support Services: An American Perspective / Peter Pecora -- Comparative Research as a method evaluating family support / Rachael Hetherington -- PART III. 'CASE STUDIES' FROM AROUND THE WORLD -- National Policy Making and the Need to Evaluate Family Support in the Republic of Ireland / Catherine Hazlett -- A Culturally Relevant Model for Evaluating Family Services in Hong Kong / Monit Cheung -- Lessons from the Evaluation of Family Support in New Zealand / Jackie Sanders and Robyn Munford -- An Evaluation of Family-Support Services Provided by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the United Kingdom / Ruth Gardner -- Empowering Parents: A Two-Generation Intervention in a Community Context in Northern Ireland / Nuala Quiery, et al. -- The Indicators Study: An Cross Site Implementation Evaluation of the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Initiative in America / Stephen Budde -- Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Support on the West Coast of Ireland / John Canavan and Pat Dolan -- The Resourceful Adolescent Project: A Universal Approach to Preventing Adolescent Depression Through Promoting Resilience and Family Well Being in Australia / Ian Schochet and David Ham -- Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden / Gunvor Anderson -- PART IV. TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL AGENDA -- International Convergence, and Divergence: Towards an Open System Model in the Evaluation of Family Support / Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Evaluating family support. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, ©2003 ISBN 0471497231
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Case studies.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470013362
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470013362
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470013362
