Innovation and Evaluation in Youth Justice: Advice and Resources

What is this resource?

Chapter slide packsChapter slide packs Supporting materials document

Supporting materials document

Chapter 1 tools

Chapter 1 tools

Chapter 3 tools

Chapter 3 tools

Chapter 2 tools

Chapter 2 tools

Chapter 4 tools

Chapter 4 tools

This is essentially a resource about change – how to achieve it and how to measure it. Taken as a whole, the materials in this pack provide advice and information about some of the key principles behind effective programme design, delivery and evaluation.

Navigate through the materials per chapter,

providing ideas for individual or group-based activities.

Navigate through the materials per chapter,

providing ideas for individual or group-based activities.

Provides detailed background information for use when completing the

suggested activities.

Provides detailed background information for use when completing the

suggested activities.

Contain tools and templates for applying the information in practice, plus further reading and sources of information to provide context to each chapter.

Contain tools and templates for applying the information in practice, plus further reading and sources of information to provide context to each chapter.

Chapter outline

Activity title Chapter Slide ref. Page ref.

1. Defining key terms Introduction 8 4

2. The importance of the practitioner Skills and Competencies 3 5

3. Working with evidence Skills and Competencies 5 6

4. Practicing a range of approaches Skills and Competencies 7 7

5. A reflective practitioner Skills and Competencies 9 8

6. Developing the programme theory 1: focus Development and Innovation 6 10

7. Developing the programme theory 2: outcomes Development and Innovation 9 12

8. Multi-modal programmes Development and Innovation 10 14

9. Developmental issues Development and Innovation 13 14

10. Promoting engagement Development and Innovation 15 15

11. Promoting positive behaviours Development and Innovation 16 16

12. Getting the intensity right Development and Innovation 17 17

13. Programme relevance Development and Innovation 19 18

14. Introduction to monitoring and evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation (part 1) 4 21

15. Identifying monitoring indicators Monitoring and Evaluation (part 1) 6 23

16. Evaluation in context Monitoring and Evaluation (part 1) 9 25

17. ‘When’ and ‘who’ Monitoring and Evaluation (part 1) 12 28

Table of activities

Activity 1: Defining key terms

• What is ‘effective practice’?

• What are ‘effective programmes’?

• How are they linked?

Proposed workshop 1:Convene a group of practitioners and ask them to consider the questions above. Use the supporting materials for Activity 1 to inform the discussion and record the key points on the workshop recording sheets (page 48 of the Supporting Materials document).