1. Evidence-based interventions: costs and benefits of early intervention Louise Morpeth, Co-director Social Research Unit, Dartington Twitter: @Lmorpeth

3. I’m evidence- based NO! I am ignore her! look at me! I’m not evidence- based, I’m evidence- informed

4. Programmes identified for the review of early intervention led by Graham Allen MP Good Behaviour Game Life Skills Training Nurse Family Partnership Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies Curiosity Corner Success for All Reading Recovery Functional Family Therapy Big Brother Big Sisters Incredible years Triple P

5. There are 21 free online databases of evidence-based programmes

6. 1.Intervention specificity - what is it? 2.Evaluation quality - is the method robust enough for us to believe the findings? 3.Intervention impact - which aspects of child health and development are affected and to what extent? 4.System readiness - is the intervention replicable? Standards of Evidence

7. PROGRAMMECOST (£)BENEFIT (£)BENEFIT TO TAX PAYER BENEFIT MINS COST BENEFIT TO COST RATIO RISK OF LOSS SCARED STRAIGHT 55- 13,700- 3,034-13,755N/A98% LIFE SKILLS TRAINING 2735213432513.041% READING RECOVERY 2,65811,7953,8819,1374.440% PARENT CHILD INTERACTION THERAPY 1,2732,4051,5621,1321.892% FFT 2,55431,5476,89428,99312.351% From Social Research Unit (forthcoming) Investing in Children, Dartington, Social Research Unit www.dartington.org.uk/investinginchildren

8. *Approximately 5,000 6 th and 7 th grade students @ baseline and follow-up Data from Pentz, Trebow, Hansen, MacKinnon, Dwyer, Johnson, Flay, Daniels, & CormackEffects of Program Implementation on Adolescent Drug Use Behavior: The Midwestern Eval Rev.1990; 14: 264-289

9. Control Group (N=313) Individual Therapists (N=387) Group Mean (Average) 18-Month Unadjusted Major Recidivism Percentage 17 12 55 47 42 14 34 18 23 31 28 14 26 17 33 23 14 33 22 17 11 0 C1234567M8910111213M1415161718M19202122232425M Low Fidelity High Fidelity 8 18 20 43 47 63 26 FFT Results From: Outcome Evaluation of Washington State's Evidence-Based Programs for Juvenile Offenders, January 2004. Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Report #04-01-1201

10. lmorpeth@dartington.org.uk 01803 762400 Twitter @Lmorpeth www.dartington.org.uk www.preventionaction.org