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- catalog abstract "Social Programs That Work provides an in-depth look at some of the nation's best interventions over the past few decades and considers their potential for national expansion. The authors examine programs designed to improve children's reading skills, curb juvenile delinquency and substance abuse, and move people off welfare into the workforce. Each contributor discusses the design and implementation of a particular program and assesses how well particular goals were met. Social Programs That Work represents a landmark attempt to use social science criteria to identify and strengthen the programs most likely to make a real difference in addressing the nation's social ills.".
- catalog contributor b10831512.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "(cont.) The special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children / Barbara Devaney -- Preventing adolescent substance abuse : lessons from the project ALERT program / Phyliss 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 welfae employment programs effective? / Lawrence M. Mead.".
- catalog description "Building on success / Jonathan Crane -- Success for all : achievment 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 School 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 ... [et al.] --".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Social Programs That Work provides an in-depth look at some of the nation's best interventions over the past few decades and considers their potential for national expansion. The authors examine programs designed to improve children's reading skills, curb juvenile delinquency and substance abuse, and move people off welfare into the workforce. Each contributor discusses the design and implementation of a particular program and assesses how well particular goals were met. Social Programs That Work represents a landmark attempt to use social science criteria to identify and strengthen the programs most likely to make a real difference in addressing the nation's social ills.".
- catalog extent "x, 324 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0871541734 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Russell Sage Foundation,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "362.5/8/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Evaluation research (Social action programs) United States.".
- catalog subject "HV91 .S615 1998".
- catalog subject "People with social disabilities Services for United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "People with social disabilities Services for United States Evaluation.".
- catalog subject "Social work with people with social disabilities United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Social work with people with social disabilities United States Evaluation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "(cont.) The special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children / Barbara Devaney -- Preventing adolescent substance abuse : lessons from the project ALERT program / Phyliss 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 welfae employment programs effective? / Lawrence M. Mead.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Building on success / Jonathan Crane -- Success for all : achievment 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 School 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 ... [et al.] --".
- catalog title "Social programs that work / Jonathan Crane, editor.".
- catalog type "text".