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Evaluation. Ability to demonstrate the need for and the effectiveness of services provided. Program evaluation effective & efficient Practice evaluation How do we know we are doing what we think we are doing? How do we know what we are doing has a demonsratable effect?.
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Evaluation • Ability to demonstrate the need for and the effectiveness of services provided. • Program evaluation • effective & efficient • Practice evaluation • How do we know we are doing what we think we are doing? • How do we know what we are doing has a demonsratable effect?
Evaluability Assessment • Is it possible to clarify program goals? • Is it possible to specify the content of the program? • Is it possible to measure the impact of the program? • Is there evidence of resource commitment & stakeholder buy-in?
Advocacy • NASW- http://www.socialworkers.org/ • SSWAA- http://www.sswaa.org/ • SSWAM- http://www.sswam.org/ Get Involved….
Maintenance of Self • If you don’t like what you are doing- do something else. • "Two rules for stress management: "Rule one: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule two: It's all small stuff"
Stress? Finding a Healthy Balance • Allan Press, Ph.D • http://www.kuce.org/isc/previews/sw/weblink2.html
Techniques that make you feel better and make the load easier to carry • Relax your muscles • Meditating • Doing Mantra • Exercise regularly • Eating for good health • Expand your awareness • Using imagery
Techniques that help you change your life and reduce your load. • Look at the world differently • Put yourself in someone else's shoes • Give up being right • Learn to deal with criticism • Needing less approval from others • Managing time wisely • Being nice to yourself
What is Your Philosophy? • Kids are worth it. • I will not treat a child in a way I myself would not want to be treated. • If it works and leaves a child’s and my own dignity intact, do it.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather…I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized. Haim Ginott
Thank you! • If you ever have questions feel free to contact me: • Home: 816-891-7756 • Work: 816-891-8660 Union Chapel 816-880-2100 Hawthorn • E-mail: kdisanto@kc.rr.com