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Through Their Eyes: An Evaluation of a School Based Mental Health Program
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| Marion Platt, Loyola University, Chicago, marionplatt1@aol.com
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| David Ensminger, Loyola University, Chicago, densmin@luc.edu
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| Abstract:
This evaluation employed a Responsive Evaluation (Stake, 2004) approach in order to determine the programs outcomes, as well as the perceived values of the stakeholder (i.e. students, parents, and staff) most intimately involved with a school based mental health (SBMH) program. The results of the evaluation not only provided insights into the programs outcomes and value, but also helped to define the processes by which the program achieved these outcomes. Additionally, the evaluation allowed for the construction of a logic model that represented the stakeholder's perceptions of how the program operated to address the needs of stakeholders, and matched with a humanistic theory of the program. This evaluation approach differed from the more traditional experimental approaches used in science to service studies of SBMH research and evaluation. By using a case study method, stakeholders' views of the program became the foundation for determining the program's impact and value.
Stake, R.E. (2004). Standards- based and responsive evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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An Outcome Evaluation of a Family Drug Court Model Aimed at Improving Child Well-Being and Permanency Outcomes for Children and Families Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse
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| Sonja Rizzolo, University of Northern Colorado, sonja.rizzolo@unco.edu
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| Helen Holmquist-Johnson, Colorado State University, helen.holmquist-johnson@colostate.edu
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The purpose of this program evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of integrated substance abuse, mental health, and community services to children and families in two neighboring Colorado counties. The Regional Meth Partnership, funded by the federal Children's Bureau, provided intensive services through a family treatment drug court model. The study explored outcome differences between families participating in family treatment drug count and families who did not participate in this model. Program goals included increasing the safety, well-being, and permanency of at-risk children by providing a continuum of integrated services to those children, their parents and caregivers, and their families' support system. Variables included demographics, child welfare, treatment, and family outcomes. Results of outcome data will be presented including comparisons on the occurrence of child maltreatment, average length of stay in foster care, re-entries into foster care, timeliness of reunification, access to treatment, and retention in substance abuse treatment.
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