Conducting Needs Assessments: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Paperback

by Fernando I. Soriano (Author)

This book demystifies the process of planning a community intervention. This book takes needs assessment down to a very basic level and speaks in very basic terminology that students understand.

New to this edition:

• Updated case examples reflect current issues
• New section dealing with HIPPA regulations
• New section covering the importance of evidence based practice
• Increased sensitivity to multicultural issues

• Brief, simple how-to guide
• Written with the practitioner and student in mind
• Best-seller in previous edition
• Demystifies a process that can be intimidating to students

Author Biography

Fernando Soriano is currently Associate Professor and Director at the Human Development Program at Cal State San Marco and formerly Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He also served as visiting Professor of Psychology and Education at Stanford University. He is an applied researcher and academician who has written numerous publications focusing on such problems as gang membership, youth violence, delinquency, substance abuse and AIDS. He has been involved in community program development and evaluation for almost two decades.