CHOICE: An Evaluation of an Intervention for Adolescents AtRisk for Antisocial and Behavioral Proble

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CHOICE An Evaluation of an Intervention for
Adolescents At-Risk for Antisocial and Behavioral
Problems

• Marcie Bober, Ph.D.
• Department of Educational Technology
• Audrey Hokoda, Ph.D. and Keleigh Vilhauer, B.A.
• Department of Child and Family Development
• San Diego State University

In memory of Dr. Cristina Gomez
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Description of CHOICE

• Intensive, home-based, family-oriented
• program for youth on probation or
• at-risk for problem behaviors
• Provides monitoring and supervision by
• trained professionals within the home,
• school and community settings

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Description of CHOICE
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Goals of Study

• To extend internal evaluation activities
  currently conducted by CHOICE staff
• To provide CHOICE staff with an evaluation
  framework that ensures ongoing and systematic
  program assessment
• To utilize technology to improve evaluation
  processes (online resources)

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Extending Evaluation of CHOICE

• Focusing on six protective and risk factors
• in the family
• Parental monitoring and supervision
• Parenting techniques
• Warm supportive parent-child relationships
• Parental involvement or engagement in childs
  school
• Family conflict
• Social support and insularity

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Method

• Assessment Sources
• Parents
• Youth
• Groups of CHOICE Families
• Group 1 (new CHOICE families)
• Group 2 (CHOICE families near the end of the
  program)

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Timeline for Surveys

• Time 1
• Feb-Mar 2002
• Group 1
• (CHOICE lt 2 weeks)
• First Survey
• Group 2
• (CHOICE 4-6 months)
• First Survey

• Time 2
• Jun-July 2002
• Group 1
• (CHOICE 4-6 months)
• Second Survey
• Group 2
• (2-4 months after CHOICE)
• Second Survey

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Discrepancy Framework (Malcom Provus)

• An objectives and management-orientation
• Goals of evaluator
• Work with the client to articulate a set of
  program standards or objectives
• Determine where discrepancies exist between
  performance of some aspect of the program and
  existing standards
• Use data about discrepancies to decide whether to
  improve, maintain, or terminate the program (or
  specific aspects of it)

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Discrepancy Framework (Malcom Provus)

• Premises
• Discrepancies help managers determine the extent
  to which program development is proceeding toward
  attainment of core/central objectives
• Discrepancies are resolved collaboratively -- via
  a problem-solving approach

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Use of Technology to Improve Evaluation Processes

• An online database of resources
• An online log for maintaining notes about site
  visits
• An online tracking system to monitor survey
  distribution

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Next Steps

• Analyze pre-survey data establish baselines
• Strategize ways to expedite May/June data
  collection administer post-surveys
• Analyze data disseminate results