Michael J. Smith
has specialized in social work research throughout
his career. He is the author of a best-selling
text Program Evaluation in the Human Services
which he is currently revising for the Springer Publishing
Company. He teaches research in the Masters and
the Doctoral Program at the Hunter College School
of Social Work. He also teaches a course in program
evaluation in the Health Advocacy Program at Sarah
Lawrence College.
Dr.
Smith has published in the areas of program evaluation,
family care of the developmentally disabled, mental
health, child welfare and youth programs, single-parent
family, and family care of the elderly. He has
been employed as a researcher at the Community Service
Society of New York and the Child Welfare League of
America. He has been a research consultant to many
social welfare agencies in New York City.
RECENT
PUBLICATIONS
Michael
J. Smith Program Evaluation in the Human Services.
Springer Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1990
(Currently being revised).
Michael
J. Smith “Program Evaluation for Social
Workers: A Step-by-Step Guide,” in Social Workers’
Desk Reference. Albert R. Roberts, Editor, Oxford
University Press, New York, N Y, 2001.
Michael
J. Smith “Evaluation of Youth Violence
Intervention and Prevention Programs in New York City,”
March, 2001. Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York
City, New York, NY.
Michael
J. Smith “The Role of Home Care Service
in Family Care of Developmentally Disabled Children,”
Home Health Care Services Quarterly Volume 9, Number
1, January-February, 1990.
Michael
J. Smith (editor) Families of Children with Developmentally
Disabilities. Human Sciences Press, New York, NY 1989.
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