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RESULTS BASED ACCOUNTABILITY (RBA)

Outcomes Report

September 2015

RBA REPORT | MEDIUM-TERM & SHORT TERM OUTCOMES | September 2015

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About us

Uplifting Australia was founded in May 2011. We are a not-for-profit harm prevention charity. Wellbeing and resilience are a powerful force in a child’s development and learning. Our programs build self-esteem, mindfulness, self-regulation and resilience in children. We work with child and parent together in our programs, increasing parent-child connections and establishing healthy emotional patterns that set children up for life and learning. We are focused on building relationship skills and strong family environments rather than fixing chronic problems. Our programs are for all families in all demographics. We understand that early intervention and prevention is the key to creating a culture where family stands for the formulation of positive values, ethics, attitudes and behaviours. Our programs are evidence-based and evaluated using our results based accountability framework.

• CampOut with Kids’ medium-term outcomes are evaluated independently • CampOut with Kids is recommended by Kids Matters. • CampOut with Kids Teacher Training is a BOSTES Quality Teaching Council endorsed program

(July 2015).

Expert endorsement

"A major part of the program is the parent education strategies that are taught to the parents who participant in the program… I think the strategies that are outlined in the program and in the booklet are fantastic… These strategies provide an easy to implement approach for parents in effective parenting.”

– Peter Chown, Psychologist Consultant, NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health

Honorary Consultant – Department of Adolescent Medicine at Westmead Children’s Hospital, Specialist Consultant in Adolescent Health to the World Health Organisation (WHO),

UNFPA & World Population Foundation.



Uplifting Australia has been achieving outstanding results for our programs (CampOut with Kids, CampOut Teacher Training & HangOut with Kids). We are meeting all our results based accountability program outcomes as summarised below.

CAMPOUT WITH KIDS

Short-‐term Outcomes

Our short-term outcomes are measured through parents completing an Evaluation Form at the end of each CampOut with Kids program. This data represents the evaluations from 870 evaluations.

Child development

Almost all parents ‘strongly agreed’ or ‘agreed’ that they increased their child development knowledge and skills:

• 95% increased their knowledge of their child’s development needs (27% strongly agree & 68% agree). • 97% increased their skills in supporting their child’s development. (29% strongly agree & 68% agree).

As a result of this camp I have increased my knowledge of my child's development needs.

As a result of this camp I have increased my skills in supporting my child's development needs.

Emotional Connection

Most parents (97%) agreed or strongly agreed that they experienced strong emotional connection with their child during CampOut.

On CampOut I experienced feelings of strong emotional connection to my child



8 Parenting Strategies

As a result of attending the Parent Education Session in CampOut (Q. 5 below), averaged over all 8 Strategies:

• 73% of parents indicated that it was a priority (high or med) to support their child’s development using the 8 Parenting Strategies, and

• 24% were already using these strategies to support their child. • Only 2% of parents indicated that using these strategies was a low priority, indicating that the

Parenting Strategies were well received, and the participants intent to implement them in their families.

As a result of attending CampOut I intend to support my child's development by:

Feedback from Parents

• 100% of parents would recommend CampOut with Kids to other families. Parents are very complimentary about the program at the end of each CampOut with Kids. The most common responses to ‘the best thing about CampOut’ question are:

• spending one-on-one time with their child, • the emotional connection they experienced, and • learning about the 8 Parenting Strategies. • connecting with other parents about parenting.



Below is a selection of recent responses from parents.

The best thing about CampOut was…

…the learning, emotional connection, fun I had with my child and everyone else.

…spending one-on-one high quality time with my son away from distractions

…the opportunity to observe interaction between all participants and learn new skills to cope with my child’s development

…getting to spend time with my child while doing something fun like camping (we never have done this before!)

…the insight how to better know, and deal with our kids. To guide them to be a better person.

…spending quality time with my daughter

…sense of bonding and sharing experiences with other parents

…the insight how to better know, and deal with our kids. To guide them to be a better person.

…the Parenting Strategies session.

… being able to stop my hectic life and focus on my child

… spending one on one time with my child. I like the 8 point strategy and will look to implement.



Medium-‐term Outcomes (6-‐12 months after CampOut)

We evaluated 20% of a random selection of 100 participants who had attended CampOut with Kids 6 to 12 months prior.

Children’s emotional wellbeing

As a result of attending CampOut:

• More than half of parents noticed a positive change in their child’s emotional wellbeing (52%) • More than half of parents noticed a positive change in their child’s resilience (52%)

Parenting skills

As a result of attending CampOut:

• An average of 62% of parents use the 8 Parenting Strategies frequently or often, • An average of 88% of parents considered the Parenting Strategies very useful or useful • 67% of parents find it easier to interact with their child/ren • 81% of parents said that interacting with their children is more productive / beneficial / produces

better results (see chart below) • 90% of parents said that CampOut supported them with their parenting • 81% of parents said that CampOut has improved their relationship with their children.

Overall, as a result of attending the CampOut with Kids, what if any positive changes or benefits have you noticed in yourself, such as:

Is it easier to interact with your child/children? Yes 67%

Is interacting with your child/children is more productive/beneficial/produces better results? Yes 81%

Has the CampOut experience supported you with your parenting? Yes 90%

Has CampOut improved your relationship with your child/children? Yes 81%

The results of the short-term and medium-term outcomes measurement show that CampOut with Kids is meeting its program outcomes in all areas.



HANGOUT WITH KIDS

Short-‐term outcomes

Our short-term outcomes are measured through parents completing an Evaluation Form at the end of each HangOut with Kids program. This data represents responses from 67 evaluations.

Child development

Almost all parents ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ that they increase their child development knowledge and skills:

• 96% increased their knowledge of their child’s development needs, and • 96% increased their skills in supporting their child’s development.

During HangOut I increased my knowledge of my child's development needs.

During HangOut I have increased my skills in supporting my child/ren’s development needs

Emotional Connection

Most parents (96%) ‘strongly agreed’ or ‘agreed’ that they experienced strong emotional connection with their child during HangOut.



8 Parenting Strategies

As a result of attending the Parents Session in HangOut with Kids, parents indicated that they intend to support their child’s development by (averaged over all 8 Strategies):

• 79% of parents indicated that it was a priority (high 60% or med 19%) to support their child’s development using the 8 Parenting Strategies, and

• 19% were already using these strategies to support their child. • Only 2% of parents indicated that using these strategies was a low priority,

These result indicate that the Parenting Strategies were very well received, and that the parents intend to implement them in their families.

The following table has the results for all 8 strategies.

As a result of attending HangOut I intend to support my child's development by:

Feedback from Parents

• 100% of parents recommend HangOut with Kids for other families

The best thing about HangOut with Kids was…

…acknowledging the qualities of my child.

…telling our kids what we love about them.

…one-on-one time with my child

…spending time with my child and engaging with other dads

…spending quality time with my child and understanding how they are feeling

…sharing special time with my child as well as feeling inspired by videoclip about how to approach conflict.

…telling my child how I felt about him. Listening to my child. Talking in the group.



CAMPOUT WITH KIDS TEACHER TRAINING

CampOut Teacher Training | Short-‐term outcomes

Teachers attend a one-day training that includes the use of strength-based approaches, 8 strategies for improving emotional wellbeing in children and how to run CampOut with Kids at their school. Participants complete an evaluation at the end of the training day. This data represents the data from 31 evaluations that teachers completed at the end of the Teacher Training day.

• 100% of teachers learnt strategies and techniques to strengthen the classroom environment (69% strongly agree, 31% agree, 0% disagree, 0% strongly disagree).

• 100% of teachers learnt techniques for strengths-based behaviour management (65% strongly agree, 35% agree, 0% disagree, 0% strongly disagree).

• 100% of teachers learnt strategies that can support them in the classroom (58% strongly agree, 42% agree, 0% disagree, 0% strongly disagree).

• 100% of teachers feel CampOut will benefit their school community (88% strongly agree, 12% agree, 0% disagree, 0% strongly disagree).

• 100% of teachers feel fully equipped to facilitate the CampOut program (73% strongly agree, 27% agree, 0% disagree, 0% strongly disagree)

• 100% of teachers would recommend CampOut teacher training to other schools (100% strongly agree, 0% agree, 0% disagree, 0% strongly disagree)

CampOut with Kids will benefit our school community I learnt strategies and techniques to strengthen the classroom environment

I learnt techniques for strengths-based behaviour management The 8 Parenting Strategies support me in the classroom



CampOut Teacher Training | Medium-‐Term Outcomes

Teachers completed an online evaluation 6-12 months after attending the CampOut Teacher Training. This data represents the data from 25% of the total teachers trained (n=31).

STRENGTHS BASED APPROACHES (use in the classroom)

An average of the responses of the use over the 10 strength-based approaches that are covered in the Teacher Training:

• 47% of the teachers’ surveyed ‘increased use’ of the strengths based approaches in the classroom, with 53% of teachers already using them. (No teachers not using them).

8 PARENTING STRATEGIES (use of)

• All of the teachers trained are using all of the 8 Parenting Strategies in the classroom. Averaged over all 8 strategies – since the CampOut Teacher Training:

• 57% of teachers increased use of the 8 Parenting Strategies in the classroom • 2% of teachers began use the 8 Parenting Strategies

It is notable that 41% of teachers used the strategies the same amount as before the training.

POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE CLASSROOM

Since the CampOut Teacher Training: • 100% of teachers noticed a more productive relationship with their students

(14% A lot, 57% Somewhat, 29% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers noticed an improvement in the children’s behaviour in the classroom (14%

A lot, 27% Somewhat, 29% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers noticed an improvement in their students’ communication (14% A lot, 57% Somewhat, 29% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers noticed an improvement in their students’ learning (14% A lot, 43% Somewhat, 43% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers noticed an improvement in their students’ emotional wellbeing (43% A lot,

29% Somewhat, 29% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers noticed an improvement in my students’ emotional resilience (14% A lot, 43% Somewhat, 43% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers feel the students are better off as a result of my attending the CampOut Training (43% A lot, 43% Somewhat, 14% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers improved their relationship with their students since the CampOut Training (29% A lot, 43% Somewhat, 29% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of teachers indicated that the principles and strategies I learnt in the CampOut Teacher Training have supported me to improve my teaching practice (29% A lot, 57% Somewhat, 14% A little, 0% none).

• 100% of schools indicated that they intend to run CampOut with Kids in the future.



TESTIMONIALS

Feedback from teachers after attending the CampOut Teacher Training

“The CampOut with Kids program is an explicit and uplifting program that is strengths based. The power of the program is non-judgemental and allows the participants to go on their own journey. I look forward to delivering the program and endeavour to play a role in making a difference to the lives of children and parents.”

Mark Taylor, Teacher, Bolwarra Public School

“The CampOut with Kids training has me fully prepared to implement the program in the school. The resources are excellent: comprehensive, clear and easy to follow. It is obvious that much thought, research and consideration has gone into preparing such a valuable and well planned program which will make such a positive change in kids, parents and in school culture.”

Ben Cornish, Assistant Principal, Tomaree Public School

“Thank you for such a practical, engaging, worthwhile training day. Having the opportunity to work with parents and students together within the school setting, in such a positive environment, is exciting, while at the same time so important. The simplicity of the program makes it so easy to implement. Thanks.”

Debbie Healey, Assistant Principal, Ashtonfield Public School

“The program was engaging and interesting. I think my school would really enjoy and benefit from this program. I also think a lot of students in my classroom would benefit greatly from this program. Thank you for a great day of new learning experiences I can take back to my school. Thanks.”

Alexzanna Budge, Teacher, Taree West Public

“From the first moment I felt excitement, that grew as the day went on. Excitement about the possibilities for our community when living with and growing up with the 8 parenting strategies and using the strength based principals.”

Alan Sercombe, SLSO Old Bar Public School

“Great day. Very motivating. All topics were covered well. Works hand in hand with post grad study I’m doing and have done (Grad. Certificate in Destructive Behaviours and Emotional Disturbances and a Masters in Special Education). Thanks!”

Seri Challis, Teacher, Old Bar Public School

“I really think CampOut with Kids could help strengthen parent/child/teacher relationships. It gets kids outside in a relaxed environment with people they love and hopefully look up to. Parents get to see their kids in an objective light in an environment the child is more familiar with than they are, giving the kids an advantage and teachers have an opportunity to present a caring face to the school community.”

Meg Leathart, Principal, Warrumbungle EEC

“Wow! Wow! Wow! What an awesome day of training and I can’t wait to implement this program into our school. I love the way that this program focuses on the emotional domain and student wellbeing.”

Julie Gittoes, Principal, Bald Blair Public School

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