An Evaluation of the VIP Program (2007-2008 - BC Society of ...

Student Group Surveys
Through the VIP program, schools were offered presentations or small group
work with children who had been exposed to domestic violence. For this
evaluation, four VIP counselors returned feedback that will be considered in this
report. Feedback that was agency designed is highlighted in the report.
Feedback that is evaluation designed is analyzed and presented in this section.
Group Data Returned Number
Of
Participants
One VIP Evaluation forms (pre and post) 8
Analyzed or
highlights
Included
ANALYZED
HIGHLIGHTS
Agency designed forms (pre and post) 7
Two VIP Evaluation forms (pre and post) 5 ANALYZED
Three VIP Evaluation forms (pre and post) 6 17 ANALYZED
Four Agency designed post feedback 3 HIGHLIGHTS
There were 19 children and youth who completed a pre and post VIP group
survey (See Appendices D & E). Six of these participants were older than grade
six and 13 were younger than grade six. There were 6 boys and 13 girls.
The pre and post group survey addressed 7 questions with an area for additional
comments. For participants younger than grade six, the seven
questions were completed at pre and post by the teacher. For
participants older than grade 6, three additional questions
were asked that addressed impact of the VIP participation as
well as a question about whether one or more parent was
Aboriginal and if one or more parent was born outside of
Canada. Among the six older participants, one participant
indicated that at least one parent was Aboriginal and two
indicated that they were not sure. For the question as to
whether at least one parent was born outside of Canada, two
participants indicated that they had at least one parent born
outside of Canada and two were not sure.
Highlight Activity
One group for girls
worked on making
a video in which all
the girls shared
their thoughts and
opinions about
some of the key
issues facing girls
today.
In order to examine change from the beginning of the group
(n=19) to the end of group, the ratings of seven statements are considered. (Note
that teachers completed the ratings for younger children so statements began
with “This student….” however they are presented here as “I…..).
17 In this group, there appeared to be 15 youth in the group however not all youth completed a post test so
change could not be assessed for many of the group participants. In addition one agency included a pre and
post survey that was based on number of people in the class raising their hands to agree with the statements.
This was not included due to the unreliability of the data given that children were not able to answer
confidentially.
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