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Evaluation: Options and Pitfalls

Evaluation: Options and Pitfalls. Cache Steinberg, Ph.D., LCSW. Evaluation answers questions. Did we provide the service the way we said we would? Did people change? Did the intervention influence/cause the change? Did the change last?. Useful evaluation. Begins with program design.

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Evaluation: Options and Pitfalls

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  1. Evaluation:Options and Pitfalls Cache Steinberg, Ph.D., LCSW

  2. Evaluation answers questions • Did we provide the service the way we said we would? • Did people change? • Did the intervention influence/cause the change? • Did the change last?

  3. Useful evaluation • Begins with program design. • Includes input from program staff. • Answers important questions about the program. • Is used to improve the program!!!!

  4. Logic Model

  5. Influencing factors

  6. Advantages • Grant writer, evaluator, and program staff have the same, clear understanding of process and expected outcomes. • Objectives can be stated easily.

  7. Types of evaluation • Process • Outcome • Efficiency • Comprehensive

  8. Elements of an outcome evaluation plan • Describe the design. • Identify what will be measured. • Describe data collection plan: type of data, source, collecting procedures, & timetable. • Sampling plan. • Analysis techniques. • Protection of human subjects.

  9. Pitfall #1: Too many objectives • Pick your objectives thoughtfully. • Key processes • Key immediate and intermediate outcomes

  10. Pitfall #2: Vague/slapdash objectives • Wording dictates the design of the outcome evaluation. • Measurable. • One outcome or process per objective.

  11. Pitfall #3: Unreliable measurement • Don’t make up your own instruments unless absolutely necessary. • Pick instruments that have high reliability and validity. • Pick instruments that have a strong link to what your program proposes to change.

  12. Pitfall #4: Unrealistic benchmarks If you must set numerical benchmarks, base these on fact : • Historical data from your agency. • Reports in the literature.

  13. Pitfall #5: Evaluation burden Measurement: • Use information you already gather (school grades, arrests, GAF score, etc.). • Integrate measurement into the therapeutic process.

  14. Contact Information Cache Steinberg, Ph.D., LCSW Office of Community Projects Graduate School of Social Work, U. of H. 713-743-8142 csteinberg@uh.edu

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