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Dejana Bouillet, Assistant Professor The Institute for the Social Research in Zagreb

MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE. Defining standards: a step towards evidence-based practice for children and youth with behavioural disorders. Dejana Bouillet, Assistant Professor The Institute for the Social Research in Zagreb Antonija Žižak, Full Professor

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Dejana Bouillet, Assistant Professor The Institute for the Social Research in Zagreb

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  1. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Defining standards: a step towards evidence-based practice for children and youth with behavioural disorders Dejana Bouillet, Assistant Professor The Institute for the Social Research in Zagreb Antonija Žižak, Full Professor Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb

  2. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Some Fact about Croatia Surface: 56.542 km2Surface of the territorial sea: 31.067 km2Number of islands, cliffs and reefs: 1.185 Population: 4.381.352 Capital: Zagreb, 770.058 Children and youth: 37,26% Children in foster care: 2.331 Children in institutions: 5.360

  3. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Croatian Government Committee for Prevention (2002 / 2003) Two tasks: 1) Proposing standards • Literature study • Focus groups with stockholders • Creating and proposing standards 2) Matching proposed standards with existing programs

  4. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Proposed standards of good practice / programs

  5. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Proposed standards of good practice / programs

  6. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE First assessment - program characteristics: 239 programs: • 83,7% primary prevention • 44,3% free-time programs • 30,1% social welfare programs • 0.4% juvenile justice programs • 90% short time programs First assessment - 4 independent evaluators: • None of assessed programs matched all proposed standards • Fourteen programs matched more than half standards – “potential model programs”

  7. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE First assessment - matched standards:

  8. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Second assessment – basic information about programs: 11potential model programs: • 10 programs led by non-governmental organizations • Target population: 2300children and their parents 130 adolescents and their parents 440 school staff 140 other professionals 60 college students • Duration - 5 to 15 years • Coast estimation: from 34 to 300$ per subject

  9. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Potential model programs – two examples

  10. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE

  11. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Results – percentage of matched standards

  12. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Second assessment - matched standards:

  13. MALTA, 15. SEPTEMBER 2007. : SEBD CONFERENCE Concluding remarks: Question: was this a step towards evidence-based practice? Answers: • standards were proposed through ad-hock procedure • a great number of programs voluntarily participated in assessment • What else is possible in a country of “small numbers”

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