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1 results foundAuthor: Shannon, Douglas Title: Where Outdoor Education and Youth Justice Meet: Researching the Effectiveness of a Social Problem Solving Programme for Young People at Risk of Offending, Delivered Using an Outdoor Education Approach Summary: This paper represents the research carried out into the effectiveness of a programme delivered by Glasgow City Council’s Outdoor Resource Centre, to young people at risk of offending. The programme delivered was purposeful in its approach, and drew on previous knowledge from both the Outdoor Education and the Youth Justice worlds. The focus of the programme was to deliver a skills based approach to teaching social problem solving. Previous Outdoor Education programmes for offenders have depended upon either a diversionary approach, an intensive counselling approach, a character trait approach or have relied on the ‘challenge’ aspect of Outdoor Education to suggest a punitive component to their programme. The evidence for their effectiveness in reducing offending is poor, and is losing support from a Youth Justice field that is becoming increasingly evidence based. Two measures of social problem solving were examined. The component parts, known as process measures, and the practical application, known as outcome measures. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected to establish these measures. These were obtained through a process of behavioural observations made by the staff delivering the programme, and through semi-structured interviews with purposefully selected participants and their parents, teachers and social workers. Overall it was found that the programme was very effective, particularly, in terms of process measures. The data regarding the outcome measures showed that young people took the skills and applied them to some very important life decisions. Some weaknesses were noted in how certain components of social problem solving were applied in practice; these require further investigation. This research considers one possible meeting place between the worlds of Outdoor Education and Youth Justice. The meeting place was, in this case, very fruitful. More exploration of other possible meeting points would seem to be an area worthy of further enquiry. Details: Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, 2006. 101p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed September 4, 2012 at: http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/outdoored/research/dissertation_shannon.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/outdoored/research/dissertation_shannon.pdf Shelf Number: 126241 Keywords: At-Risk Youth (U.K.)Delinquency PreventionOutdoor Education Programs |