Program Evaluation

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

Program Evaluation

Evaluation of programs (e.g., workshops, long-term programs) is critical in order to continually focus on program improvement. This is a fundamental part of ensuring that programs are of high quality and are of benefit to clients. Arbor conducts evaluations for these purposes. Examples of Arbor evaluation projects include:

  • Evaluation of “Jessie's Hope” Men's Health Group for Men with Disordered Eating
  • Implementation Evaluation of the “Seeds of Empathy” Program
  • Evaluation of the BC Cancer Agency’s “Stop Smoking Before Surgery” material
  • Evaluation of "Respectful Relationships": A School-Based Violence Prevention Program

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Recent Publications

Promoting Social Justice Through Building Healthy Relationships: Evaluation of SWOVA's "Respectful Relationships" program (Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, November, 2010)

The Power of Connection (Verlag Press, 2009)

Words to Ponder

"If we think about it, save for the vagaries of birth, errant biology, class and status, or simply circumstance, we are all but a half step away from the ‘other’ families we describe as in need of service or ‘at risk.’ In the final analysis, it is not ‘us’ and ‘them.’ It is all of us. Together"

Irish economist, T. K. Whittaker (1997)