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The evaluation had two main goals: 1. Formative evaluation: To design a tool for use by the centers (intake questionnaire), to characterize the target population, to examine organizational aspects of implementation of the program, and todesign measures for ongoing evaluation. The goal in this respect was to help to design the program and build tools to be used in the future 2. Summary evaluation: To examine satisfaction with the program and its perceived contribution for family members and the elderly person and for the municipal social service system.

The study goal was to learn from the implementation of the pilot program and gain insights in order to help prepare for more extensive recruitment and training of foreign nursing aides in the future under the terms of bilateral agreements.The study goal was to learn from the implementation of the pilot program and gain insights in order to help prepare for more extensive recruitment and training of foreign nursing aides in the future under the terms of bilateral agreements.

The study was conducted to examine the extent to which the program achieves its goals, and to provide program developers and decision-makers with feedback to redesign it down the road and incorporate it in additional communities.

The goals of the study were to investigate the special needs of aging members of the LGBT community in Israel, to learn how they cope with various aspects of age-related challenges, and to examine the extent of responsiveness of the service system to their needs.

The study goals were to identify factors that contribute to the success of school-based programs to promote safe online behavior and to recommend policy and program development.

The study goals were to identify factors that contribute to the success of school-based programs to promote safe online behavior and to recommend policy and program development.

The study aims to describe the roles and work practices in the foster care services for children with disabilities and to help identify new directions for their development.

The goals of the study were to learn the main characteristics of AO work, to examine their perceptions and perceived needs, and to provide policymakers with the tools to understand the AO role for its continued development.

The goals of the study were to learn the main characteristics of AO work, to examine their perceptions and perceived needs, and to provide policymakers with the tools to understand the AO role for its continued development

The goal of the study was to examine the perceptions of child development institute directors of the role of community pediatricians at the time of writing, and the extent that they could be more involved in this area and contribute to advancing the treatment of children with developmental difficulties

Public Opinion on the Level of Services and Performance of the Healthcare System in 2016

The current study was the first Israeli study to examine the perceptions of Israeli female physicians in senior positions on the question of the factors promoting or inhibiting their advancement towards management.

The study aims to describe the roles and work practices in the foster care services for children with disabilities and to help identify new directions for their development.

The goal of the review is to learn of provision systems around the world in the field of access and provision of assistive technology for people with disabilities, and of the components of the provision process in order to help the Smart Homes Program formulate procedures for optimal implementation.

The Brookdale Child Disability Screening Questionnaire is a unique, innovative and comprehensive tool, developed on the basis of a survey of the many tools in use in the area of children with disabilities.  Moreover, it contains questions relating to a broad range of disabilities and health problems, yet it is easy to understand and to use.

סקירת מדיניות בנושא מענים לילדים עם צרכים מיוחדים ומשפחותיהם במסגרות החינוך בעולם בעת משבר הקורונה.

This report presents a comprehensive review of the relevant literature on the subject of the soft skills needed in the changing world of work. The review examines the varied definitions of soft skills, their contribution to success in the labor market, and the extent to which they can be acquired and/or improved via targeted interventions.

This is the summary report on implementing the program to promote the Bedouin population in the Negev (government resolution 3708).

The goal of the study was to describe the background characteristics of Makam soldiers enlisting in 1993- 2010 and evaluate their integration into military service and subsequently into civilian life.

The purpose of the study is to learn about the implementation of the program in its early years, obstacles to its operation, and its contribution to the target population.

This is the fifth report in a series of evaluation studies on the National Plan to Expand Access of Arab, Druze and Circassian Students to Higher Education in Israel.

The goal of the study was to help the Planning and Budgeting Committee decide if the pilot should be continued and adopted as a program over time at additional institutions of higher learning.

This document presents insights into successful practices that led to improvement in the functioning of professionals and in the situation of the program’s target population – children and youth at risk in the Bedouin society.

This document describes the structured, systematic process of identification, inquiry, and documentation of stories of professional success in the work of the National Program in the Arab population.

The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute was commissioned by the Division for Research, Planning and Training at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Services to conduct an international review in order to examine trends and applied strategies used by inspectorates to involve service users in socialservice regulation tasks. This, with the goal of contributing to the shaping of Ministry policy to improve the quality of the services, in particular regarding regulation policy.

מגפת הקורונה מציבה אתגר בפני גורמי הפיקוח על השירותים החברתיים, כמה אפשר, וכמה כדאי לדרוש מהשירותים החברתיים בשעת משבר? כיצד מוודאים שהשירותים ממשיכים לספק ללקוחות שירות איכותי ובטיחותי, מבלי להעמיס עליהם בתקופה קשה זו? 

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This document describes the process of Learning from Success that was conducted at the Ne’urim Centers. The main goal was to extract successful principles of action that can be applied in all the Ne’urim Centers and in similar programs, and to produce a document for the purpose of learning and implementing best practices at the centers.