Method guide
Impact · Measuring impact – tools & methods
A Framework of Outcomes for Young People 3.0
The outcomes framework first published in 2012, rebuilt around socio-emotional skills and the relational, trauma-informed practice that develops them. It is for practitioners planning and evaluating provision, and commissioners mapping and funding it.
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- Measuring impact – tools & methods
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- Open access
What's inside
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Why socio-emotional skills
The case for them as the central outcome of informal youth provision.
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Skills in context
How family, community and society shape skills, and how they carry into school, work and later life.
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The neuroperson
The awareness, beliefs and schemas that sit underneath behaviour.
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Six skill domains
Emotion management, empathy, initiative, problem solving, responsibility and teamwork.
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Quality practice
Warm, responsive, scaffolded staff practice that supports young people's awareness.
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Evaluation and improvement
Measuring skill growth and using the results to improve practice.
Who it's for
- Practitioners
- Commissioners
- Evaluators
- Funders
“Growth in socio-emotional skills is the most important outcome of informal youth provision.”
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