Evaluating Practice Guidelines for the Accountable Professional

Name: Evaluating Practice Guidelines for the Accountable Professional
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ISBN: 9780205612017

ISBN-10: 0205612016

ISBN-13: 9780205612017

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: Martin J. Bloom, Joel Fischer, John G. Orme

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Evaluating Practice Sixth Edition continues to be the most comprehensive practice evaluation text available. Focusing on single-system designs,Evaluating Practice,6/epresents clear guidelines on conceptualizing and measuring problems, developing practice-oriented evaluation designs, understanding and analyzing data, and ethical guidelines for practice evaluation. It is specifically written for students and practitioners in all the human services, including social work, psychology, counseling, nursing and psychiatry. Unsurpassed among human service evaluation texts for bringing clarity to evaluation procedures,Evaluating Practicecomes with a free CD-ROM featuring numerous programs, including…

Book details

List price: $213.32
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/24/2008
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 640
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Preface


Prologue



What Are You Getting Into?



Integrating Evaluation and Practice


Introduction to Single-System Designs


What Are Single-System Designs?


Evidence-Based Practice Single-System Designs and Classical Research


The Knowledge-Building Context


Single-System Evaluation, Qualitative Research, and Quantitative Research


Advantages of Using Single-System Designs in Practice


A Walk through the Evaluation Process


Summary



Conceptualizing and Measuring Targets and Objectives/Goals



Basic Principles of Conceptualization and Measurement


Introduction


What Is Conceptualization?


What Is Measurement?


Definition as a First Step in Measurement


Can Everything Be Measured?


Key Characteristics of All Measures


Summary



Specifying Problems and Goals


Introduction: From General Problems to Specific Targets of Intervention


Specifying Client Concerns: Identifying and Clarifying Problems and Potentials


Specifying Goals and Objectives Using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) to Establish Goals


Setting Goals in Groups


Problems and Issues in Setting Goals


Summary



Developing a Measurement and Recording Plan


Introduction


Steps in Developing a Recording Plan


Charting: Putting Your Information on Graphs


Problem-Oriented Records (POR) Use of Computers in Evaluation and Practice


Summary


Computer Assisted Social Services (CASS): A Userrsquo;s Guide


Appendix: Installing CASS



Behavioral Observation


Introduction


General Guidelines for Behavioral Observation