Program Development in the 21st Century: An Evidence-Based Approach to Design, Implementation, and Evaluation [Pehme köide]

This book covers the practices, conditions, and legislative issues that affect program development. Using a unique 14-step model, the author guides readers through every stage of the process, from identifying a need, establishing a research basis, and designing the clinical program through implementing, evaluating, and sustaining the program. This valuable work captures the most significant changes that have occurred in human services and mental health program development over the last decade and demonstrates the need for mental health professionals to be well versed in business, management, and research as well as in clinical skills.

Key Features

The importance of evidence-based practices, cultural competence, and social justice is emphasized throughout.

Case illustrations based on real-world experiences in program development introduce readers to a range of issues in mental health and human services, including autism, domestic violence, and substance use.

Practical, comprehensive needs assessment tools (including a Community Demography Assessment, Market Analysis, Problem Analysis, and Asset Map Guide) walk readers through the needs assessment process, providing structure to what is often a challenging endeavor.

Chapter-opening case vignettes use real-life examples to illustrate the negative consequences associated with ineffective program development.

Chapter-ending exercises promote critical thinking, reinforce content, and allow readers to apply the book's concepts to practice.

A web resources compendium provides a list of resources essential to program development efforts.

Intended Audience

This core text is for courses across mental health service disciplines, including counseling, social work, psychology, public health, and nursing. It is popular among students and is a book that individuals planning to work in human service and community counseling agencies will keep and reference because of its highly practical nature.

Offering practical strategies and tools readers can use on the job, this comprehensive book covers the practices, conditions, and legislative issues that affect program development. Using a unique 14-step model, the author guides readers through every stage of the process, from identifying a need, establishing a research basis, and designing the clinical program through implementing, evaluating, and sustaining the program. This valuable work captures the most significant changes that have occurred in human services and mental health program development over the last decade and demonstrates the need for mental health professionals to be well versed in business, management, and research as well as in clinical skills.