Social programs that work / Jonathan Crane, editor.

Other author Crane, Jonathan, 1959-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1998.
Descriptionx, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
People with social disabilities--Services for. --United States. --Case studies.
People with social disabilities--Services for. --United States. --Evaluation.
Social work with people with social disabilities--United States. --Case studies.
Social work with people with social disabilities--United States. --Evaluation.
Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.

Contents Building on success / Jonathan Crane -- Success for all : achievement outcomes of a schoolwide reform model / Robert E. Slavin ... [et al.] -- Reading one-to-one : an intensive program serving a great many students while still achieving large effects / George Farkas -- The Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program : a study of extended early childhood intervention / Arthur J. Reynolds -- High/Scope Perry Preschool Program effects at age twenty-seven / Lawrence J. Schweinhart and David P. Weikart -- Enhancing the life course for high-risk children : results from the Abecedarian Project / Craig T. Ramey, Frances A. Campbell, and Clancy Blair -- The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children / Barbara Devaney -- Preventing adolescent substance abuse : lessons from the Project ALERT program / Phyllis L. Ellickson -- Preventing adolescent drug abuse through life skills training : theory, methods, and effectiveness / Gilbert J. Botvin -- Models of community treatment for serious juvenile offenders / Patricia Chamberlain and Kevin Moore -- Are welfare employment programs effective? / Lawrence M. Mead.
Local noteLittle-336335--305131044720U
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97044908
ISBN0871541734 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV91 .S615 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold