Description
Book SynopsisIncrease 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 programming modelthat people’s behaviors cannot be separated from their settingsthis book provides examples that clarify how ecological applications in programs increase their effectiveness. With tables, figures, assessment tools, and studies of programs currently using ecological or similar approaches, this book will show you how to change the individual’s environment to prevent further ruinous behavior.
This book will help you find the answers to such questions as:
- what is an ecological social program?
- what are the components of ecological programming?
- what do real programs t
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
