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

Trainer workshop will be run separately or perhaps in conjunction with Feelings and Friends(program for grade 1 – 3 students).The May 2010 PTS Train‐the‐Trainer workshop was evaluated in terms of meeting the needs of theexisting trainers with respect to PTS – specific knowledge, skills and confidence. The mean overallrating of the workshop was 4.20 (5‐point scale), indicating a “good” to “very good” level ofsatisfaction. All participants rated the workshop as either “good” or “very good” (see table 5 formore information).Table 5: Means (standard deviations) for each workshop feedback questionFeedback Item Mean (SD)Relevance to Practice 4.80 (.45)Enhancement of Knowledge 4.40 (.55)Enhancement of Skills 4.20 (.45)Appropriateness of Content Level 4.40 (.55)Integration of Content 3.80 (.45)Appropriateness of Depth of Coverage 4.00 (.71)Presentation Clarity 4.00 (.00)Presentation Stimulation 3.60 (.55)Value of Handouts 4.60 (.55)Overall Rating 4.20 (.45)Note. 5‐point response choice scale where 1 = very irrelevant, no contribution, not appropriate, very poorly integrated and 5 = very highlyrelevant, very high contribution, very highly integrated, very highly appropriate.Paired t‐tests were conducted to determine if significant changes occurred in knowledge and selfefficacy(see table 6 for more information). No significant difference was found between pre‐ andpost‐workshop self‐efficacy scores (t (4) = ‐2.331, p > .05), indicating that the participants’confidence and self‐efficacy for implementing the Positive Thinking Skills program did notsignificantly increase after completing the workshop. This result could be due low power and thefact that self efficacy scores were already high prior to the workshop. Also, no significant differencewas found between pre‐ and post‐workshop Positive Thinking Skills knowledge (t (4) = ‐2.557, p >.05). However, a significant difference was found between pre‐ and post‐ workshop generalknowledge (t (4) = ‐3.207, p < .05).Three participants provided qualitative feedback that can be seen below:“Very enjoyable, thank you Shari and Rosie.”8 | P age