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Evaluating family support : thinking internationally, thinking critically / edited by Ilan Katz, John Pinkerton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley series in child protection and policy | Wiley series in child protection and policyPublication details: Chichester : J. Wiley, c2003.Description: xviii, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780471497233 :
  • 0471497231 (Paper : alk. paper)
  • 9780471497233 (Paper : alk. paper)
  • 9781280271953 (MyiLibrary)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.7
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Summary: 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 revealing glimpses into the nature of family support across the world, as well as an overview of the challenges facing both practitioners and researchers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspective through International Comparison in the Evaluation of Family Support -- Political and Technical Issues Facing Evaluators of Family Support -- Social Exclusion, Family Support and Evaluation -- The Value of Resilience as a Key Concept in Evaluating Family Support -- Issues in Evaluating Family Support Services: An American Perspective -- Comparative Research as a Method of Evaluating Systems -- National Policy Making and the Need to Evaluate Family Support in the Republic of Ireland -- A Culturally Relevant Model for Evaluating Family Services in Hong Kong -- Lessons from the Evaluation of Family Support in New Zealand -- A National Evaluation of Family Support Services: An Evaluation of Services Provided by the NSPCC in the United Kingdom -- Empowering Parents: A Two-Generation Intervention in a Community Context in Northern Ireland -- The Indicators Study: An Cross-Site Implementation Evaluation of the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Initiative in America -- Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Support on the West Coast of Ireland -- The Resourceful Adolescent Project: A Universal Approach to Preventing Adolescent Depression through Promoting Resilience and Family-Well Being in Australia -- Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden -- International Convergence and Divergence: Towards an Open System Model in the Evaluation of Family Support.

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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 revealing glimpses into the nature of family support across the world, as well as an overview of the challenges facing both practitioners and researchers.

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