Client-centered evaluation : new models for helping professionals /
Bloom, Martin,1934-
Britner, Preston A.
Boston : Allyn & Bacon,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of client-centered evaluation of practice (C-CEP) and single-system designs (SSD) -- Introduction to client-centered evaluation of practice : a new approach to evaluating practice -- Conceptualization : naming what we see in the client situation -- Measurement : attaching number to what we see in the client situation -- The issues : measurement theory; validity; reliability; error messages; sustainability -- Graphing : the basics : exceptions to the rules -- Information retrieval : finding general evidence-based practice information -- Individualized rating scales (IRS) and structured logs -- Behavioral observations -- Standardized rating scales -- Qualitative data in single-system designs : self-monitoring -- Measurement cautions -- Evaluation basics : baselines, designs, analyses, and decision making -- Baselining and the beginning of evaluated practice -- AB*M** design -- Advanced designs.
Social service
Evaluation research (Social action programs)