A snapshot of inclusion research

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• A snapshot of inclusion research
• Vicky Thompson
• Evaluation Officer
• Monday 23 May 2005

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Research in progress inclusion

• How effective are we at reaching families in our
  area ?
• What can we do to better reach families
  especially the hard to reach ?
• Methodology
• 1. A mapping exercise of all known families in
  the area
• registered and using services
• registered and not using services
• unregistered and using services
• 2. Semi structured interviews with 8
  professionals and parents in the area.
• 3. Semi structured interviews with 15-20 parents
  who do not access our services
• 4. Semi structured interviews with 10-12 parents
  who do access our services

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Methodology overview

• Mapping exercise
• Data gathered from our
• database at one point in
• time 31 March 2005
• At a glance view of
• attendance in our area

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Interviews

• Semi structured interviews with 8 people
• The sample professionals and involved parents in
  the area
• 2 parents the Chair of the Partnership Board
  and a long term involved parent
• 2 community development workers
• A community worker working with the travelling
  community
• A health visitor working with hard to reach
  groups
• A project worker from Homestart
• A professional from another local Sure Start
  programme

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• Semi structured interviews with parents
• from the area who do not use our services
• The sample
• parents registered but not using the service
• Parents attending other groups in the area not
  accessing Sure Start services
• Parents accessed through Health Visiting
• Approximately 15-20 interviews

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• Semi structured interviews with parents who do
  use our services
• The sample
• Accessed through the database (random sampling)
• Accessed through staff (opportunity sampling)
• Approximately 10-12 interviews

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Interim findings

• Mapping exercise
• Small pockets of registered non use of services
• A large number of unregistered use of services
  spread throughout the area with concentrations
  near the delivery points.
• Interviews with professionals and parents
• This is a work in progress ! Seven interviews
  have been conducted to date and the findings are
  being transcribed and analysed using NVivo.

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What will happen to the findings ?

• The findings will be put into a report with
• recommendations and presented to the
• Programme Manager and the Partnership
• Board in September 2005.
• It has been timetabled to coincide with a
• review of access to services and will also
  coincide with the arrival of two new project
  workers.
• A pending journal article ?