LEADER 04485nam 22006974a 450 001 9910143510403321 005 20170815113616.0 010 $a1-280-27195-7 010 $a9786610271955 010 $a0-470-66785-0 010 $a0-470-86468-0 010 $a0-470-01336-2 035 $a(CKB)111087027141104 035 $a(EBL)159634 035 $a(OCoLC)52790237 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000150730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160690 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10281462 035 $a(PQKB)10963686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC159634 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027141104 100 $a20021011d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEvaluating family support$b[electronic resource] $ethinking internationally, thinking critically /$fedited by Ilan Katz, John Pinkerton 210 $aChichester, West Sussex, England $cJ. Wiley$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 225 1 $aWiley series in child protection and policy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-471-49723-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEVALUATING 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 327 $a5 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 327 $a11 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 327 $a16 International Convergence and Divergence: Towards an Open System Model in the Evaluation of Family SupportIndex 330 $aThe delivery of effective family support is a key global child welfare issue, yet there is little consensus on what constitutes family support or what the best ways are to evaluate it. Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically offers a full review of the conceptual and operational problems involved in this complex and topical field. Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton have brought together a team of experienced child care policy analysts and evaluators to present the current state of critical thinking alongside detailed international case studies. The chapter 410 0$aWiley series in child protection and policy. 606 $aFamily services$xEvaluation 606 $aFamily services$xEvaluation$vCase studies 606 $aFamily policy$xEvaluation 606 $aFamily policy$xEvaluation$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFamily services$xEvaluation. 615 0$aFamily services$xEvaluation 615 0$aFamily policy$xEvaluation. 615 0$aFamily policy$xEvaluation 676 $a306.85 676 $a362.7 701 $aKatz$b Ilan$0856089 701 $aPinkerton$b John$f1953-$0856090 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143510403321 996 $aEvaluating family support$91911299 997 $aUNINA