Program Evaluation for Social Workers: Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs - Softcover

Grinnell Jr, Richard; Gabor, Peter; Unrau, Yvonne

 
9780190227302: Program Evaluation for Social Workers: Foundations of Evidence-Based Programs
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0190227303 ISBN 13: 9780190227302
Publisher: OUP USA, 2015

Synopsis

First published in 1994, this text is designed to be used by graduate-level social work students in courses on evaluation and program design. Over the course of 20 years and 6 editions, the goals of the book have remained the same: to prepare students to participate in evaluative activities within their organizations; to prepare students to become critical producers and consumers of professional evaluative literature; and to prepare students for more advanced evaluation courses and texts. Grinnell, Gabor, and Unrau aim to meet these objectives by presenting a unique approach that is realistic, practical, applied, and user-friendly. While a majority of textbooks focus on program-level evaluation, some recent books present case-level evaluation methods but rely on inferentially powerful ― but difficult-to-implement ― experimental baseline designs. This text assumes that neither of these approaches adequately reflects the realities of the field or the needs of students and beginning practitioners. Instead, Program Evaluation for Social Workers offers a blend of the two that demonstrates how they can complement one another. The integration of case-level and program-level approaches provides an accessible, adaptable, and realistic framework for students to more easily grasp and implement in the real-world.

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About the Author

Richard M. Grinnell, Jr. is Professor and holds the Clair and Clarice Platt Jones/Helen Frays Endowed Chair of Social Work Research at the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Peter A. Gabor is a Professor at the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Yvonne A. Unrau is Professor at the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University.

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0190227303
ISBN 13 
9780190227302
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
552