title: Planning and evaluating child welfare training projects: working toward a comprehensive conceptual model.
abstract: Training is widely believed to be an important element in promoting good child welfare practice. Scholarly attention to training, however, has been limited. To facilitate further development of child welfare training, in this article, we discuss the importance of conceptualization in the design and evaluation of training projects, offer a conceptual model developed for a national evaluation project, and suggest modifications to the model for further use in other settings.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Maryann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amodeo
authors.forename: Cassandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clay
mesh_terms: D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States