Kapp and Anderson identify 2 additional mechanisms that are effective ways to communicate evaluation findings. Describe each and provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
Alternative mechanisms for communicating evaluation findings include: (1) Briefing: presentations customized to specific purposes—can be useful. Hendricks (1982) describes this method as an important vehicle in the repertoire of evaluators. These types of presentations are designed with a specific audience in mind. In one case, a program team was given data about their clients with specific changes in mind. This briefing included a program manager, the treatment team, an outside consultant, and the evaluator. The issue of aftercare was the topic. The program manager gave some background on the challenges of implementation. The types of family contacts for the previous 6 months were presented by location (in the agency, in the family home, and in the community). The team then discussed the implications of the findings and possible solutions. (2) Report cards are sometimes used to report multiple areas of performance on an ongoing basis. This mechanism can be used to monitor overall performance across a number of different areas. The data could be focused on a single agency or make comparisons across multiple agencies. It can also be framed from an agency point of view, as in Figure 13.3, or can be put together from the perspective of consumers to reflect their point of view. A consumer report card could report options related to health care or education.
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In structural family theory, enduring family structures which are resistant to change
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