This book is written to help human service program administrators either in terpret or conduct program evaluations. Our intended audience includes admin istrators and those students being trained for careers in human services administration. Our focus is on persons interested in assessing programs in which people work with people to improve their condition. The book's title, Program Evaluation: A Field Guide for Administrators, describes how we hope you use this book-as a tool. In writing the book, we have attempted to meet the needs of persons who have to conduct program evaluations as well as those who must use those evaluations. Hence, we have attempted to make the book "user friendly. " You will find, for example, numer ous guidelines, cautions, and specific suggestions. Use the book actively. Our primary motive is to help administrators make better decisions. In fact, the primary reason for program evaluation is to help program administrators make good decisions. These decisions often must balance the goals of equity (or fairness in the distribution of goods and services among people in the economy), efficiency (obtaining the most output for the least resources), and political feasi bility. Take, for example, the administrator who must decide between a new program favored by some of the program's constituents, and maintaining the status quo, which is favored by other constituents.

Program Evaluation: A Field Guide for Administrators

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Robert L. Schalock

Craig V.D. Thornton

Psychology & Counseling

Springer

This book is the product of 30 years of experience with program evalua tion. During this time, both service recipients and educational and social programs have experienced major cultural and political shifts in service delivery philosophy, including a focus on quality, mainstreaming, deinsti tutionalization, community inclusion, and an emphasis on measurable outcomes. Recently stakeholders of these programs have demanded more than just the provision of service, forcing program administrators to evalu ate their programs' effectiveness and efficiency. The "era of accoun tability" is here, and my major goal in writing this book is to help current and future program administrators understand that they need to look beyond simply the provision of service. Indeed, they need to be competent in outcome-based evaluation, which I define as a type of program evaluation that uses valued and objective person-referenced outcomes to analyze a program's effectiveness, impact or benefit-cost. By design, this book can be read from the perspective of a consumer or producer of outcome-based evaluation. As a consumer, the reader will be introduced to the various techniques used in outcome-based evaluation and how to interpret data from outcome-based evaluation analyses. As a producer, the reader will be instructed in how to do outcome-based evalu ation analyses, along with how to use and act on their results. For both the consumer and producer, two questions should guide the use of outcome based evaluation.

Outcome-Based Evaluation

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This 64-page companion workbook to the 10th edition of the AAIDD definition manual contains practical examples, questions for consideration, definitions of key terms, and an extended case study.
This is a complete reference on understanding what mental retardation is, diagnosing the condition, and planning a customized, supports needs profile for an individual. Mental Retardation is the only definition and classification system based entirely on the concept of supports, which views intellectual disability as a condition that can be enhanced with the provision of appropriate support strategies. Developed over 10 years by an international panel of experts, Mental Retardation is the most progressive disability diagnostic system available for persons with intellectual disabilities. 
 FEATURES AND BENEFITS
 -Discusses five key assumptions on which the new definition is built -Addresses the role of intelligence in mental retardation diagnosis -Defines adaptive behavior by conceptual, social, and practical components -Expands discussion of critical issues in clinical judgment -Integrates DSM-IV and ICD-9 diagnoses and addresses relationship with other classification systems -Assesses strengths and limitations in critical life areas -Describes the optimal environment for independent functioning -Helps develop a profile of needed supports -Recommends activities to improve functioning in key dimensions -Monitors progress and evaluate personal outcomes 
Also available:
Mental Retardation: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports - ISBN 0940898810 State of the States in Developmental Disabilities - ISBN 1935304003
Since 1876, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has been providing worldwide leadership in the field of disabilities. AAIDD is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization of professionals and citizens concerned about intellectual and developmental disabilities.
AAIDD publishes books for professionals in developmental disability in the areas of:
-Supported living -Definition of intellectual disability -Disability funding -Positive behavior support -Palliative care -Quality of life -Health

Workbook: Mental Retardation (10th Edition)

Sharon A. Borthwick-Duffy

David L. Coulter

Ruth A. Luckasson

Luckasson, Ruth A.

Ruth Luckasson

Deborah M. Spitalnik

Scott Spreat

Marc Tasse

Martha E. Snell

Medical Books

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This volume, the companion workbook, and forms, contain everything needed to incorporate the AAIDD definition system into existing programs.This is a complete reference on understanding what mental retardation is, diagnosing the condition, and planning a customized, supports needs profile for an individual. Mental Retardation is the only definition and classification system based entirely on the concept of supports, which views intellectual disability as a condition that can be enhanced with the provision of appropriate support strategies. Developed over 10 years by an international panel of experts, Mental Retardation is the most progressive disability diagnostic system available for persons with intellectual disabilities.  FEATURES AND BENEFITS -Discusses five key assumptions on which the new-definition is built-Addresses the role of intelligence in mental retardation diagnosis-Defines adaptive behavior by conceptual, social, and practical components-Expands discussion of critical issues in clinical judgment-Integrates DSM-IV and ICD-9 diagnoses and addresses relationship with other classification systems-Assesses strengths and limitations in critical life areas-Describes the optimal environment for independent functioning-Helps develop a profile of needed supports-Recommends activities to improve functioning in key dimensions-Monitors progress and evaluate personal outcomes Also available:State of the States in Developmental Disabilities - ISBN 1935304003Quality of Life: Applications for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - ISBN 0940898969 Since 1876, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has been providing worldwide leadership in the field of disabilities. AAIDD is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization of professionals and citizens concerned about intellectual and developmental disabilities.AAIDD publishes books for professionals in developmental disability in the areas of:-Supported living -Definition of intellectual disability -Disability funding -Positive behavior support -Palliative care -Quality of life -Health

Book, Workbook, and Forms Set: Mental Retardation: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports

Wil H.E. Buntinx

Alison Alya Reeve

Ellis M. Craig

Allied Health Professions

The second edition of this popular book reflects many of the changes in the field of IDD in the first 15 years of this century, including an increased understanding of the quality-of-life (QOL) concept and the influence it has had on the field. This edition represents the work of 34 contributors, representing 14 countries, who capture the significant role the QOL concept has played in personal involvement and empowerment, self-advocacy, family-related QOL, supports planning, outcomes evaluation, continuous quality improvement, organization transformation, and systems-level change. The sample of cultures in this edition represents a somewhat different sample than that found in the first edition and is amplified by an extensive reference list that presents a broader, more complete view of international QOL work. Chapters from the developing world are included, recognizing the significant challenges faced by many countries. The contributors to this edition include those whose work is familiar and widely published, as well as self-advocates who speak from their own experiences and insights. The chapters in this edition are grouped into the following sections: the culture of QOL, QOL at the microsystem level, QOL at the mesosystem level, QOL at the macrosystem level, and the cross-cultural QOL agenda.

Cross-Cultural Quality of Life: Enhancing the Lives of People With Intellectual Disability (Second Edition)

Kenneth D. Keith

Diseases & Physical Ailments

A Systematic Approach to Personal Support Plans

james-r-thompson

Marc J. Tassé

Intellectual Disability: Definition, Diagnosis, Classification, and Systems of Supports, 12th Edition ISBN : 9780998398365

AMERASSO

Clinical Judgment Second edition

Medicine

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