Social Research Unit

Realising Ambition The Unit is supporting the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Realising Ambition’ programme, a UK-wide initiative that will invest £25m in outstanding projects that have proven their Project Description Standards of Evidence	Evaluating prevention in Birmingham The Unit is conducting replication evaluations of The Incredible Years, Triple-P parenting and the PATHS social and emotional regulation programme as part of its Birmingham project. Project Description	Evidence2Success The SRU has collaborated with leading US scientists and funders to develop a new tool to help communities and public systems improve the well-being of children. Project Description
Translation of the WSIPP Economic Model for the UK The Unit is translating an economic model developed by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) to inform government investment decisions for use in the UK. Project Description	Achieving step change in children's outcomes in Renfrewshire The Unit is working with Renfrewshire’s Children’s Services Partnership (RCSP) to develop a strategy to improve the well-being of all children in the area. Project Description	Project Oracle The Unit has secured a grant from the Greater London Authority (GLA) to prepare a statement on standards of evidence for London local authorities to judge the effectiveness of programmes. Project Oracle
Journal of Children's Services Launched in 2006 the the quarterly provides an outlet for academics, policy makers and practitioners to write about evidence or its application. Project Description	Casey Foundation strategy development Our Common Language methods are being used by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to develop a strategy for its system reform activity in the US. Project Description	Prevention Action online Prevention Action makes information about advances in prevention science and its application available to a general worldwide readership. Project Description
Development of Kidscreen SEN The Unit is working with special schools in Birmingham to find a reliable way to discover levels of well-being among children with special educational needs. Project Description	Birmingham Brighter Futures Birmingham’s Brighter Futures strategy aims to improve outcomes for all 260,000 children in the city. Final Strategy Project Description

Unit presents on putting research into practice

August 16 2011

The Social Research Unit is attending this week's inaugural Global Implementation Conference in Washington DC, where it is presenting three papers.

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The Social Research Unit is attending this week's inaugural Global Implementation Conference in Washington DC, where it is presenting three papers.

Louise Morpeth, Unit Co-director, will discuss the application of the Unit's Common Language 'operating system' in Birmingham UK, where it led to the implementation and experimental evaluation of PATHS, Triple P, Incredible Years and Nurse Family Partnership. She will highlight some of the challenges of the work and lessons learnt.

Tim Hobbs, Unit Researcher, will present two papers based on the Evidence2Success project (a collaboration between the Unit, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the University of Washington and others).

The first sets out issues and methods concerning the measurement of child well-being in communities and service systems. The second paper describes criteria for assessing whether programmes are ready for implementation in service systems, and makes some early observations about their application. These criteria are from standards of evidence developed to help decide which programmes will appear on the Evidence2Success database of tested and effective programmes.

To read more about the conference, please visit this link: Global Implementation Conference

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