Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Mittelfristig (1 bis 5 Jahre)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

improved school attendance and results

Veränderung der schulischen Leistungen und Perspektiven

Problems at school had been a major worry for most parents at referral, and almost two-thirds reported some improvement during the period of YISP intervention. Most parents said that their child was working better at school, had an improved attendance record, was behaving better, and had a better attitude. Improvements at school meant that parents were no longer feeling harassed by teachers. Parents stressed, however, that it was too soon to conclude that some problems would not persist.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

YISP Youth Inclusion and Support Panels
multi-agency planning groups which seek to prevent offending and antisocial behaviour by offering voluntary support services and other complementary interventions for high risk children and their families
Großbritannien
8 to 13 years
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

The study authors wanted to gather information from all the YISPs about each new referral in a given time period (February 2003 to October 2005). A management information system, known as YISPMIS, had been developed for the YJB for use by the pilots, and the authors were encouraged to use it as the means for data capture for the evaluation. Stripping the data set of these cases reduced it to 1,642 records. The extent of the quantitative analyses undertaken was severely compromised by the poor quality of YISPMIS data. Nevertheless, the quantitative data has been drawn wherever possible, to provide a wider context for the in-depth qualitative work. The in-depth qualitative work provided a rich tapestry of information about how the YISPs operated and about the more subtle impacts on children and parents. Four pilots as case-study sites were selected: Birmingham, Ealing, Lancashire and Nottingham. A range of methods were used to study these, including observations, interviews with professionals, exploratory interviews at different points in time with children and parents, discourse and narrative analysis, and documentary analysis.
February 2003 to October 2005