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.
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.
Foreword. 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 The Open University UK and Wendy Rose The 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 Fordham University USA 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 Holmes Thompson 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 Programmes 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. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
Foreword. 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 The Open University UK and Wendy Rose The 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 Fordham University USA 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 Holmes Thompson 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 Programmes 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. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.
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