Practical Approaches to Applied Research and Program Evaluation for Helping P...

Name: Practical Approaches to Applied Research and Program Evaluation for Helping P...
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Practical Approaches to Applied Research and Program Evaluation for Helping ProfessionalsAuthor(s): A. Stephen Lenz, Casey A. Barrio Minton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138070387, 978-1138070387\nSynopsis\nPractical Approaches to Applied Research and Program Evaluation for Helping Professionals is a comprehensive textbook that presents masters-level counseling students with the skills and knowledge they need to successfully evaluate the effectiveness of mental health services and programs. \n\nEach chapter, aligned with 2016 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards, guides counseling students through study design and evaluation fundamentals that will help them understand existing research and develop studies to best assess their own applied research questions. Readers will learn the basics of research concepts as applied to evaluative tasks, the art of matchi.