Understanding Ecological Programming: Merging Theory, Research, and Practice

by Susan Scherffiu Jakes, Craig Brookins

Overview

Increase the effectiveness of prevention programs by altering community and social settings!

Understanding Ecological Programming: Merging Theory, Research, and Practice contains vital information to help you become a better community-based program designer using ecological programming. Focused on the basic concept of the ecological progra

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040189610
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	07/12/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	93
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Susan Scherffiu Jakes, Craig Brookins

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Understanding Ecological Programming: Merging Theory, Research, and Practice (Susan Scherffius Jakes and Craig C. Brookins)
  
• Understanding Ecological Programming: Evaluating Program Structure Through a Comprehensive Assessment Tool (Susan Scherffius Jakes)
  
• The Adolescent Diversion Project: 25 Years of Research on an Ecological Model of Intervention (Emilie Phillips Smith, Angela M. Wolf, Dan M. Cantillon, Oseela Thomas, and William S. Davidson)
  
• A Multidimensional Ecological Examination of a Youth Development Program for Military Dependent Youth (Daniel F. Perkins and Lynne M. Borden)
  
• Cultivating Capacity: Outcomes of a Statewide Support System for Prevention Coalitions (Roger E. Mitchell, Brenda Stone-Wiggins, John F. Stevenson, and Paul Florin)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

What People are Saying About This

Joel M. Hektner

IMMENSELY USEFUL for advancing the theory and practical application of ecologically sound prevention programs. . . . Clarifies the often used but rarely defined adjective 'ecological' as applied to prevention programming. Researchers interested in designing and implementing ecological programs will find here a tool to test and insure that ecological principles are followed, as well as real-world examples of programs that vary in adherence to those principles.
—PhD, Assistant Professor, Child Development and Family Science, North Dakota State University