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Intervention Research: Developing Social Programs. Pocket Guide to Social Work Research Methods
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Fraser, Mark W.; Richman, Jack M.; Galinsky, Maeda J.; Day, Steven H. – Oxford University Press, 2009
When social workers draw on experience, theory, or data in order to develop new strategies or enhance existing ones, they are conducting intervention research. This relatively new field involves program design, implementation, and evaluation and requires a theory-based, systematic approach. "Intervention Research" presents such a…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Program Design, Intervention
Doorways II: Community Counselor Reference Materials. On School-Related Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response
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US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). This booklet, "Doorways II: Community Counselor Reference Materials on…
Descriptors: Referral, Sexual Abuse, Interpersonal Relationship, Counselor Training
Parenting Matters: What Works in Parenting Education?
Lloyd, Eva, Ed. – 1999
Because the expansion of parenting education is likely to continue, it is important to ensure that methods involved in parenting education are effective. This report summarizes research on the effectiveness of parenting education and provides information to help practitioners develop methods of working with parents that are based on sound research…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship
Learning from Sure Start: Working with Young Children and Their Families
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Weinberger, Jo, Ed.; Pickstone, Caroline, Ed.; Hannon, Peter, Ed. – Open University Press, 2005
The book comes out of a University research project that has worked closely with one local programme over five years from its beginning. Sure Start is a national government initiative that targets families with children aged up to the age of four in areas of social and economic disadvantage, to promote development so children are ready to thrive…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Child Care, Child Welfare, Child Safety
Child Welfare Outcome Research in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Maluccio, Anthony N.; Ainsworth, Frank; Thoburn, June – 2000
Ideally, there is a close interaction between research and practice in human services, and program planning is based on such interaction, particularly the findings of outcome research. This book reviews the bodies of outcome research about child welfare programs from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, particularly outcomes in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
What Works in Child Welfare.
Kluger, Miriam P., Ed.; Alexander, Gina, Ed.; Curtis, Patrick A., Ed. – 2000
Noting the importance of identifying the effectiveness of child welfare programs for future policy planning, this book examines features of successful programs. The book is presented in six sections: family preservation and family support services, child protective services, out-of-home care, adoption, child care, and adolescent services. Each…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Poor Children and Welfare Reform.
Golden, Olivia – 1992
This book analyzes how welfare reform can improve the lives of children, based on a study of successful programs that provide services to needy children and their families. The study looked at programs that operated in conjunction with the welfare department before the enactment of the Family Support Act and that operated successfully. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Child Welfare, Children