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

Examples of Comments:
What can be added to the presentation to make it more useful
Key Themes
Real life examples
More facts and information
More opportunity for students to share their
stories; more interaction
Improvements to the video
Strategies to deal with abuse
Longer video/more videos
Group activities
More engaging
Prizes
More visual aids
Games
Longer presentation
More direct
Other
Examples of Comments
“A true story. Success stories.”
“More interviews with people who have experienced
it before and not obvious acting.”
“Not just dad-mom, have child mom abuse.”
“Talk about how physical abuse is.”
“Talk more about emotions.”
“Take ten minutes out of the period to let kids tell
their stories related to the topic.”
“ More class participation.”
“Leave more room for discussion.”
“Better actors for the videos.”
“Video should be a little more intense so it can really
send the message across.”
“Movie should cover more types of abuse.”
“Demonstrations of abuse and then resolving the
problem.”
“Teach how to act around someone with family
problems.”
“ More videos”
“Longer video”
“More group activities.”
“Let people choose their own groups.”
“Do some role playing.”
“More dynamic.”
“More interesting.”
“Candy as prizes.”
“Show pictures of things.”
“More games.”
“Bit more time and not so rushed.”
“Maybe make it three days, not two.”
“More to the point. Life isn’t candy-coated.”
“You could be more blunt and to the point. Don’t
sugar-coat things or skirt them – it won’t help us if
you do.”
“Less of the card stuff.”
“It was wonderful.”
“It was fantastic.”
“It was a well-developed presentation. Keep it up.”
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