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Showing them what you can do: a practical guide for evaluating child life programming.

R H Thompson

    Children'S Health Care : Journal of the Association for the Care of Children'S Health
    |February 5, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    Effective program evaluation is crucial for Child Life professionals to demonstrate accountability and secure hospital funding. This process highlights service value, staff competence, and the need for resources.

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    Area of Science:

    • Healthcare Administration
    • Pediatric Patient Support Services

    Background:

    • Child Life professionals require funding to offer essential services.
    • Demonstrating accountability is key to competing for scarce hospital resources.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To outline the importance of program evaluation for Child Life services.
    • To explain how evaluation can justify service value and resource needs to hospital administration.

    Main Methods:

    • Discussion of guidelines for conducting program evaluations.
    • Explanation of how to submit evaluation findings.
    • Analysis of the link between evaluation and Child Life goal achievement.

    Main Results:

    • Program evaluation assesses goal achievement.

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  • Evaluation educates supervisors on service value and staff competence.
  • Evaluation identifies the need for additional hospital support.

    • Conclusions:

    • Competent program evaluation is essential for Child Life professionals to secure funding.
    • Evaluation serves as a tool to demonstrate the value and impact of Child Life services.
    • Effective evaluation supports the promotion of Child Life goals within hospitals.