Evaluating family support [[electronic resource] ] : thinking internationally, thinking critically / / edited by Ilan Katz, John Pinkerton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829840703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, England, : J. Wiley, c2003
• ISBN: 1-280-27195-7; 9786610271955; 0-470-66785-0; 0-470-86468-0; 0-470-01336-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series in child protection and policy
• Altri autori (Persone): KatzIlan; PinkertonJohn <1953->
• Disciplina: 306.85; 362.7
• Soggetti: Family services - Evaluation; Family policy - Evaluation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: EVALUATING FAMILY SUPPORT Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Foreword by Heather B. Weiss; Acknowledgements; Part I: The Need for International Comparison; 1 Perspective through International Comparison in the Evaluation of Family Support; Part II: Underpinning Issues; 2 Political and Technical Issues Facing Evaluators of Family Support; 3 Social Exclusion, Family Support and Evaluation; 4 The Value of Resilience as a Key Concept in Evaluating Family Support; 5 Issues in Evaluating Family Support Services: An American Perspective6 Comparative Research as a Method of Evaluating Systems; Part III: 'Case Studies' from Around the World; 7 National Policy Making and the Need to Evaluate Family Support in the Republic of Ireland; 8 A Culturally Relevant Model for Evaluating Family Services in Hong Kong; 9 Lessons from the Evaluation of Family Support in New Zealand; 10 A National Evaluation of Family Support Services: An Evaluation of Services Provided by the NSPCC in the United Kingdom; 11 Empowering Parents: A Two-Generation Intervention in a Community Context in Northern Ireland12 The Indicators Study: A Cross-Site Implementation Evaluation of the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Initiative in America; 13 Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Support on the West Coast of Ireland; 14 The Resourceful Adolescent Project: A Universal Approach to Preventing Adolescent Depression through Promoting Resilience and Family Well-Being in Australia; 15 Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden; Part IV: Towards an International Agenda; 16 International Convergence and Divergence: Towards an Open System Model in the Evaluation of Family SupportIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 chapter