Feders' the art and science of evaluation in the arts therapies : how do you know what's working [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Purposes of evaluation -- Psychotherapeutic bias in evaluation -- What to look for in evaluation procedures -- Traps, quirks, and fallacies in evaluation -- The magic of numbers: basic statistical concepts -- Objective tests -- Projective approaches in assessment -- Behavioral assessment -- Clinical assessment -- Issues in arts therapies evaluation -- Art therapy assessment and evaluation / Donna Betts -- Evaluation and assessment in dance/movement therapy / Robyn Flaum Cruz -- Music therapy assessment / Barbara Wheeler.

This second edition follows the tradition of the first edition as both an introductory text and a handbook in evaluation and assessment in the creative arts therapies. It was written to be useful both for graduate students in the arts therapies training programs, doctoral programs, and for practitioners in the field who want guidelines for developing and implementing evaluation programs. The first section deals with fundamentals and principles that apply to all evaluation, qualitative as well as quantitative. This general treatment is followed by chapters that deal with specific approaches to.

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