Needs Assessments and Research

Research Snippets

What qualities do resilient people have?

  • prosocial orientation
  • stong interpersonal skills
  • committment to school or work

Across studies of resiliency, what is the most common finding that differentiates resilient children and youth from those who are struggling?

  • a relationship with a supportive adult

Past Projects

The following needs assessments were conducted by Arbor:

2012

Risk and Resilience in the Lives of LGBTQ Youth: A Review of the Literature and Recent B.C. Findings

Health Canada
 

2011

Best Practices in Youth Substance Use Prevention: Literature Review

Health Canada
 

Youth Needs in the District of West Vancouver: A Community Needs Assesssment

The District of West Vancouver
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Communities of Practice for Service Providers Working with the GLBT2SQ Community in the Area of Addictions: A Needs Assessment

Vancouver Coastal Health

 

2009-2010

Hard to Reach Families: Gaps and Needs in Services from Parents' Perspectives

North Shore Resource and Referral

Best Practices in Mentoring Girls: Literature Review

Arbor Educational & Clinical Consulting Inc.

Substance Use Among LGBTQ Youth: Literature Review

Arbor Educational & Clinical Consulting Inc


 

2009-2010

Colon Check Program Needs Among Diverse Ethnic Groups in British Columbia: Needs Asssessment

B.C Cancer Agency: Screening Programs
 

2009

Hard to Reach Families: Strategies to Identify and Engage Families: A Gray Literature Review

North Shore Resource and Referral

2008-2009

Adolescent Beliefs about Cancer Prevention: Needs Assessment

B.C. Cancer Agency: Prevention Programs

2008-2009

Adolescent Understanding in Relation to Cancer Prevention Education: Needs Assessment

B.C. Cancer Agency: Prevention Programs

2008-2009

Community-Based Cancer Prevention/Health Promotion Efforts: Knowledge and Gaps From the Literature

B.C. Cancer Agency: Prevention Programs

2008-2009

Whistler Child Care Needs Assessment

The Resort Municipality of Whistler

2007-2009

School-Aged Child Care in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia: An Environmental Scan and Analysis of Lower Mainland Neighbourhoods in Need

YMCA of Greater Vancouver and The United Way of the Lower Mainland

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2007

North Shore Child Care Needs Assessment

Districts of North and West Vancouver, City of North Vancouver and the North Shore Resource and Referral.

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2007

The Early Childhood Population Databases: A Review of Public Policies for ECD

UBC HELP (Human Early Learning Partnership)

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Recent Publications

Words to Ponder

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Confucius