The art and science of evaluation in the arts therapies : how do you know what's working? / by Bernard Feder and Elaine Feder.

Title from PDF title page (viewed June 5, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

HALF TITLE: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EVALUATION IN THE ARTS THERAPIES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; TITLE PAGE: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EVALUATION IN THE ARTS THERAPIES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: PURPOSES OF EVALUATION; Chapter 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE: PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC BIAS IN EVALUATION; Chapter 3: WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN EVALUATION PROCEDURES; Chapter 4: TRAPS, QUIRKS AND FALLACIESIN EVALUATION; Chapter 5: THE MAGIC OF NUMBERS: BASIC STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; Chapter 6: OBJECTIVE PERSONALITY TESTING; Chapter 7: PROJECTIVE APPROACHES IN ASSESSMENT; Chapter 8: BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT.

This book is designed as both an introductory text and a handbook in evaluation and assessment in the emerging arts therapies. It will be useful both for students in arts therapies training programs and for practitioners in the field who want guidelines for developing and implementing evaluation programs. At present, there is a paucity of materials that correlate the theory and practice of the arts therapies with generally accepted procedures in evaluation. The first section of the work deals with those fundamentals and principles that apply to all evaluation, qualitative as well as quantitati.

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