Client-Centered Evaluation: New Models for Helping Professionals Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition

Martin Bloom has been developing ideas about, and methods for, single-system designs for many years. He has a Ph.D. in social psychology (University of Michigan) and a Certificate in Social Study [social work] (University of Edinburgh, Scotland), and has taught in several schools of social work in the United States, and lectured abroad on evaluation and primary prevention in Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, and England. He has retired recently, only to continue research and writing in evaluation and primary prevention, while also becoming an exhibiting artist. He is married (for 52 years) and has two sons and three grandchildren.

Preston A. Britner is an Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, and he holds joint appointments in Educational Psychology and the Ph.D. program in Public Health. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Virginia. Prof. Britner is Co-Chair of UConn's Public Engagement Forum, which coordinates the University's service, outreach, and engagement efforts. He is a Teaching Fellow, the highest teaching distinction at UConn. He is Editor Emeritus for The Journal of Primary Prevention and serves on a variety of editorial boards and university, state, and national boards and committees. He has published in the areas of child-parent relationships, mentoring, child maltreatment prevention, and social policy affecting families. Prof. Britner is currently serving on the American Psychological Association's Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and is a Fellow of APA. He is married (for fewer than 52 years) and has a daughter and two sons.