Mental health commission report July 2010 - June 2011 [.pdf]

.05) and pre‐ and post‐workshop general knowledge (t (33) = ‐3.898, p < .05). Another set ofworkshops have already been organised for 21 st , 22 nd & 23 rd July, 2010. Interstate Workshops – QueenslandDissemination interstate continued throughout the 2009‐2010 financial year with one Social LifeSkills workshop conducted by University of Queensland Trainer Matthew Hand for 4 teachers fromMount Maria College. Bernadette Wood from the Brisbane Catholic Education Service conducted 2Social Life Skills workshops for 17 teachers from several schools in Queensland and 1 OptimisticThinking Skills workshop for 5 teachers. Overseas Workshops – SingaporeCheryl Chia – director of Brain Revolution and an Aussie Optimism Trainer conducted 1 Social LifeSkills workshop and 1 Optimistic Thinking Skills workshop with 8 participants attending both. Pairedt‐tests were conducted to determine if significant changes in knowledge and self‐efficacy occurred.A significant difference was found between pre‐ and post‐workshop self‐efficacy scores (t (7) = ‐6.500, p < .05), indicating that participants’ confidence and self‐efficacy for implementing the AussieOptimism programs had increased after completing the workshops. A significant difference was alsofound between pre‐ and post‐ workshop Optimistic Thinking Skills knowledge (t (7) = ‐8.598, p < .05)and pre‐ and post‐workshop Social Life Skills knowledge (t (7) = ‐4.438, p < .05). However, nosignificant difference was found between pre‐ and post‐ workshop general knowledge (t (7) = ‐1.210,p > .05). Overseas Workshops – IndonesiaIn February, 2010, Clare Roberts was invited by the Indonesian Psychological Society to attend theirNational Conference and to present a 1 day combined Social Life Skills and Optimistic Thinking Skillsworkshop for approximately 40 participants. The mean overall rating of the workshop was 4.00 (5‐point scale), indicating a “good” to “very good” level of satisfaction (for more information refer toappendix A).2.3 OUTPUT 3: SECONDARY DISSEMINATION EVALUATION OUTCOMESSecondary Dissemination OutcomesThe evaluation of the dissemination outcomes is measured in terms of the number of schools usingthe program and teachers implementing the program. Student mental health outcomes are alsoreported from the original dissemination project – 3 year follow‐up.Schools & Aussie OptimismFor the 2009‐2010 financial year, 112 schools were implementing Aussie Optimism as indicated bythe AOP sales database which records the number of orders from schools. This is more than doublethe number of schools reported for the same period last financial year. A total of 5534 studentbooks (3399 SLS; 1948 OTS and 187 PTS) were purchased, which gives us an approximate (but notaccurate) indication of the number of students who have received AOP. We have steadily increasedthe number of books sold over the last several years which represents an increase in the number ofstudents accessing the programs (see figure 1 for more direct comparisons).16 | P age