Training into Practice : An Evaluation of the Childhood Development Initiative's Training in Restorative Practices - Usage and Impact

Abstract

This report was commissioned by the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) and evaluates its Restorative Practice (RP) training in 2019. It breaks new ground in that, as well as looking at participants’ experience of training, it examines use of skills and the impact of training after the glow of training has worn off. Information on participants’ experience of the training was taken from CDI’s database of 624 trainees and their evaluations at the time of the training. Information on usage and impact was collected through participant surveys and interviews. Forty-eight survey responses were received and 41 participants were interviewed. The evaluation covered CDI’s Getting Started with Restorative Practice and Facilitation Skills training as well as its Summer Course for teachers. Almost three quarters of all training participants were from the education sector and 69 percent were teachers.