Basic Design, Systems, Elements, Applications

Coleman, Floyd W.

Richardson, John Adkins

Smith, Michael J.

Arts & Photography

Pearson College Div

Evaluation is crucial for determining the effectiveness of social programs and interventions. In this nuts and bolts handbook, social work and health care professionals are shown how evaluations should be done, taking the intimidation and guesswork out of this essential task. Current perspectives in social work and health practice, such as the strengths perspective, consumer empowerment, empowerment evaluation, and evidence-based practice, are linked to evaluation concepts throughout the book to emphasize their importance. This book makes evaluation come alive with comprehensive examples of each different type of evaluation, such as a strengths-based needs assessment in a local community, a needs assessment for Child Health Plus programs, comprehensive program descriptions of HIV services and community services for the aged, a model for goals and objectives in programs for people with mental illness, a monitoring study of private practice social work, and process evaluations of a Medicare advocacy program and a health advocacy program to explain advance directives. Equal emphasis is given to both quantitative and qualitative data analysis with real examples that make statistics and concepts in qualitative analysis un-intimidating. By integrating both evaluation and research methods and assuming no previous knowledge of research, this book makes an excellent reference for professionals working in social work and health settings who are now being called upon to conduct or supervise program evaluation and may need a refresher on research methods. With a pragmatic approach that includes survey design, data collection methods, sampling, analysis, and report writing, it is also an excellent text or classroom resource for students new to the field of program evaluation.

Handbook of Program Evaluation for Social Work and Health Professionals

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

Realist thought from Weber to Kissinger (Political traditions in foreign policy series)

Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger (Political Traditions in Foreign Policy Series)

Philosophy

Louisiana State Univ Pr

"It is...a rare occurrence to read an introductory text written by an accomplished practitioner in which the essentials are identified and addressed and the temptations to pursue the subject in depth appropriately avoided....The resulting product is enlightening to the sophisticater as well as to the novice."--Harold Smith, Dean, Hunter College School of Social Work

Program Evaluation in the Human Services (Springer Series on Social Work)

Springer Pub. Co

Black Men/White Men: A Gay Anthology

LGBTQ+ Books

Literature & Fiction

Gay Sunshine Press

The controversial Netflix series The Crown covers the tumultuous period from the Queen’s accession in 1952 to the present day, and so does this book, which explores the rise, decline and—to some—unexpected rebound of the historic UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand alliance. While a post-Brexit and post-Elizabethan Britain seeks a new role in today’s volatile world, its traditional partner countries also recognise the logic of reinvigorating their relationship, based on a multitude of still-strong cultural, economic, political, and military ties, including the monarchy as a uniquely shared global, and not merely British, institution. 
But this wasn’t always the case. Although in the 1950s commentators spoke of a new "Elizabethan Age" with much postwar hope across the Commonwealth, that optimism quickly faded. By the 1970s, many thought Britain washed up and that Crown and Commonwealth ties and allegiance were becoming obsolete. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the four countries increasingly went their separate ways. So, a groggy time-traveller from that period appearing in London, Toronto, Sydney, or Auckland today would be taken by surprise by the durability of the Crown, even as it has passed to King Charles, and the growing reconvergence of the four "CANZUK" realms in terms of trade, defence, foreign policy coordination, freedom of movement, mutual recognition of professional qualifications, and other new or revived links. 
This book evocatively tells the whole story of where we are, what’s possible for the future, and not least how we got here. In today’s age of global instability and raw power politics, this renewed Anglosphere Crown Commonwealth alliance is more important and relevant than ever.

The Enduring Crown Commonwealth: The Past, Present, and Future of the UK-Canada-ANZ Alliance and Why It Matters

Klimczuk-Massion, Stephen

Politics & Government

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This book is intended for use in professional courses of study and workshops in fields such as education administration, public administration, sports administration, law enforcement, allied health and social work, human resource management, and other fields in which groups from diverse backgrounds participate as employees, students, or clients. The book is an introduction to a vast and complex subject. Among the possible objectives that can be pursued with the aid of this book are the following: * To understand the nature and causes of intergroup conflict including the useful functions it performs for communities and members of identity groups. * To understand the importance of a historical perspective in the study of intergroup conflict and the danger of adopting ahistorical solutions. * To learn how group membership influences interactions between and among groups under conditions of stress. * To understand the causes and persistence of ethnocentric thought and how individuals can minimize or prevent the demonizing effects that may arise from it. * To become familiar with basic principles of conflict resolution, mediation, and arbitration. * To become aware of how the seemingly harmless and benign beliefs and actions of one group may have negative effects on others who do not belong to the same group. * To explore approaches to dealing with intergroup conflict and the conditions under which these approaches are either useful or inappropriate.

You don’t choose heroism—it chooses you. "Saving Euridice" plunges you into desperate times. In the midst of Germany’s post-WWII collapse, Pvt. Winston Drake, a U.S. Army clerk, meets Stetti, a fine cellist and committed Marxist. Trying to save this beautiful but enigmatic woman, Drake falls for her and lands in emotional quicksand—is she in love or just using him? After Stetti vanishes, Drake searches Germany’s Soviet sector for her. Fingered as an American spy, he goes on the lam. The odds he’ll slip through the Soviets’ clutches are slim until he meets another fugitive. Ordinary and plain, Hilde is an open book—the opposite of Stetti. During their perilous dash, they become each other’s savior.

Saving Euridice

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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