Richard W Nutter

Biographic Data

ID5941307
NAMERichard W Nutter
GIVEN NAMESRichard W
FAMILY NAMENutter
SIGNATURENUTTER R W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Calgary
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX2

  • A Survey of Social Work Research Centers

    Open AccessRichard W Nutter, Joe HudsonARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice1997Cited by: 1

    A survey of Social Work Research Centers (SWRCs) in North America produced results from 8 Canadian and 37 U.S. SWRCs. The number of SWRCs and the proportion directed by women has increased since Estes's survey. Most SWRCs have small budgets and staff complements. The most reported purpose was to improve social work practice by applying and transferring knowledge. Center membership was largely social work faculty and students. SWRC policy and admi…

  • Treatment foster care programs: A review of evaluation research and suggested directions

    Joe Hudson, Richard W Nutter et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research1994

    Since 1970 treatment foster care (TFC) programs have been developing as a service for children and youths in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Findings of 11 evaluation studies from these countries show that TFC programs successfully served youths experiencing serious problems in living. Youths experienced positive in-program changes; most family care placements were completed as planned. Youths who were discharged from TFC care …

  • A Comparative Survey of Specialist Fostering in the Uk and North America

    Open AccessMalcolm Hill, Richard Nutter et al.ARTICLEAdoption & Fostering1993Cited by: 2References: 2

    The development of specialist fostering in Britain was one of the childcare success stories of the 1980s. Malcolm Hill, Richard Nutter, Donal Giltinan, Joe Hudson and Burt Galaway report here the main findings of a comparative survey of specialist fostering undertaken in 1992, which provides an up-to-date picture of current trends

  • A Survey of North American Specialist Foster Family Care Programs

    Joe Hudson, Richard Nutter et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review1992Cited by: 3

    Over the past 10 years, specialist foster family care services have emerged as a distinct child welfare service. Snowballing sampling techniques were used to identify over 1,200 possible North American specialist foster family care programs; 293 met six criteria established as defining a specialist foster family care program. Data on the programs, ranging from size, number of clients, foster parent training, size of caseload, length of stay, and …

  • Effectiveness: Reporting and Auditing in the Public Sector” — a Step Forward, Backward, or Sideways

    Richard W NutterARTICLECanadian Journal of Program…1988

    Effectiveness Reporting and Auditing in the Public Sector proposes that managers in the public sector should be responsible for providing effectiveness information in much the same way they are now responsible for providing financial information which is then subject to audit. These “management representations of effectiveness” would then be subjected to attest audits that would provide assurance that the information met accepted standards of acc…