Evidence Based Programs
The two SNAP® evidence-based model programs – the SNAP Under 12 Outreach Project and the SNAP Girls Connection – have been subjected to rigorous evaluation and research.
Since their inception in 1985 and 1996 respectively, SNAP Under 12 Outreach Project and SNAP Girls Connection have been subject to ongoing research and evaluation activities which have consistently demonstrated positive treatment changes using standardized measurement tools.
Research demonstrates significant improvements after treatment with maintenance of treatment gains at 6, 12 and 18 months in terms of internalizing (e.g. anxiety, depression) and externalizing (e.g. aggression, delinquency), and social competency (e.g. peer relations, participation in activities) behaviours.
Our research and intervention achievements have been increasingly acknowledged by leading academics specializing in the prevention of child and adolescent delinquency, such as the 2004 Outstanding Achievement Research and Evaluation Award granted by the Child Welfare League of Canada.
Child Development Institute strongly endorses a scientist-practitioner model to ensure that clinicians and researchers collaborate to evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of interventions.
Our research goal is to improve clinical practice, advance knowledge and be accountable to our clients. To date, our programs have been evaluated using the most stringent criteria for well established treatments (e.g., through use of random control/wait list assignment, use of reliable and standardized outcome measures and continuous monitoring to ensure treatment fidelity).
For more information, visit CDI's SNAP website.
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