1. Now and Next: a Novel Partnership between families and professionals
Presentation by Hori Barton and Trisha Benge Supported by Dr. Annick Janson

2. McKenzie Centre
We are an early childhood intervention centre for pre- school children with special needs and their family/whanau We are a charitable trust and based in Hamilton. 34 years of operation We support families in the greater Hamilton region We employ both health and education professionals We are funded by government contracts and our own efforts

4. Why explore a novel partnership?
History ECIA conference 2016 key note speaker Sylvana Mahmic, Plumtree, talk about family capacity building and the Now and Next programme A Good Start in Life project NZ Transforming landscape of funding

5. Our aims for trialling Now and Next
Internal evaluation- continuum of family centred practice Intentional Investment in parent capacity building and leadership Investment in staff professional learning and development – enablers Keeping current with changes in disability

6. What is Now and Next?
2 parts Pictability – visioning and goal setting. This is a novel approach using a visual experience which facilitates parents to vision and write goals for their child, family and self. These are measured during the programme. Now and Next- strengths based series of workshops that teaches parents a strategy of how to take ‘goals to action’, uses an e book that documents progress, create positive relationships with professionals, how to look after yourself and take responsibility for this.

7. Now and Next Hamilton
Partnership between CCS Disability Action and McKenzie Centre Course was held over 4 Saturdays in March 2018 Attended by 11 couples and 1 Mum Parent Facilitator from Sydney

9. How are we making change real and using our new thinking and innovations
Family Centred practice: movement towards this Intentional investment in parents; Parent volunteers in our sessions, parents contributing to developing our service delivery, parent interpreters Parents facilitating other parents with Pictability Staff PLD: 5 windows tool. Research its effectiveness in parent engagement taking goals to action These are our first steps our challenge what will we look like in 5 years?

10. Research and Development 6 key messages
Novel approach: Setting a positive vision for our family future
A whole family perspective: Family-Centered Practice and beyond
Evidence-informed/research-based: Positive Psychology
Parent-professional collaboration: Optimum outcome
Celebrating achievements with relevant peer group is motivating . Growing empowerment from our starting point.
Keep the (learning) cycles going: after goals are achieved, new ones are set – promoting wellbeing practices

11. Evaluation
Global longitudinal evaluation: Dr. Tim Moore, Murdoch Children’s Hospital, Melbourne [250 families]
NZ data: benchmarked to global evaluation
Now and Next Vision to Plan and Goal to Action methodologies implemented at McKenzie Centre
Short-term impact:
Programme impact
Goals achieved
Empowerment, Agency, Wellbeing
Mid-term impact: Community building & Peer Network

12. 1. Programme impact
Tool: Duncan & Reese (2015) Partners in Change Outcome Measures (PCOMs)

13. 2. Short term goals achieved
Child goals: 100%
Family goals: 100%
Personal goals: 78%
Vision to Plan with Pictability©

14. 3(a). Empowerment
Ref: Akey, Marquis & Ross (2000) Validation of scores on the psychological empowerment scale: A measure of empowerment for parents of children with a disability.

15. 3(b). Agency and outcomes
Agency increase of up to 31% (*)
Sense of community increase 151% [twofold] (*)
Reported value of continuing to build a peer network: increase of 30% (*)
(*) Before vs. after the programme scores that are statistically significant)
Ref: Snyder (2002) Hope Theory: Rainbows in the Mind. Psychological Inquiry

16. 3(c). Wellbeing and flourishing
Ref: Butler and Kern (2015) The PERMA profiler: A multidimensional measure for flourishing. University of Pennsylvania

17. Our theoretical basis: Benefit Mindset and Peer Network building
4. Mid-term impact
Our theoretical basis: Benefit Mindset and Peer Network building

18. This model was co-designed with the researcher and one of the Alumni to reflect the Alumni understanding of the impact of the program

19. A Parent’s perspective

20. Mind shift Evidence from Positive Psychology Signature Strengths
Well Being
Agency
Goals to Action
5 Windows

21. NZ’s first Now and Next parents!
Alumni Plans
Mission
Presenting at NZDSN conference
Online knowledge platform
Updating Pictability visioning tools with NZ graphics
Pictability facilitation with peers
Contributing to research
Training in Now and Next
Long term funding

22. Dr. Annick Janson, Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
Trisha Benge, Centre Director, McKenzie Centre