Michael J. Smith, DSW, is Professor at the Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City. He has specialized in social work research throughout his career. He teaches research in the Masters and the Doctoral Program at the Hunter College School of Social Work. He also teaches a course in program evaluation in the Health Advocacy Program at Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. Smith has published in the areas of program evaluation, family care of the developmentally disabled, mental health, child welfare and youth programs, single-parent family, and family care of the elderly. He has been employ...