Techniques of Intervention and Intervention Assessment

Recommended Prerequisites

Bachelor in psychology.

Teaching Methods

Lectures followed by discussions, demonstration followed by guided performance, assignements followed by feedback.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of the different models and strategies used in the interventions and evaluations in WOP-P.

Knowledge and description of different intervention designs, techniques and evaluation procedures

Understanding the production of action and knowledge in WOP-P as a continual process of inferences and the evaluation of the quality of that process (external, internal, construct and statistical/relational validity) as an evaluation of those inferences.

Understanding and have the skills to use quantity and quality as reference in measuring WOP-P phenomena.

Having the knowledge and the skill to construct and/or use the processes of production of data/information (inquiring, observation and unobtrusive information)

Having the knowledge and the skill to use the different communication processes to report the results of the work done, and for intervention and/or evaluation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.Intervention in WOP-P: contexts, concepts and definitions

2.Intervention Models in WOP-P

3.Intervention steps and processes

4.Designs in WOP-P intervention: non-experimental, pre-experimental, quasi-experimental and experimental designs

5.Evaluation of interventions in WOP-P: concepts, types and approaches

6.The evaluation process and design: Integrating general and local knowledge and the multi-stakeholders’ views

7.The role of the consultant and other stakeholders

8.Qualitative techniques in evaluation of interventions: Interviews, group-based techniques,

9.Communication of evaluation to different publics.

Head Lecturer(s)

Nuno Manuel Gameiro Rebelo dos Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 50.0%
Discussion on synthesis work and oral exam on the contents of the course: 50.0%

Bibliography

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Dalgleish, M. & Jacobs, R. (2002). Maximizing and maintaining the impact of psychological interventions. In  I. T Robertson, M. Callinan and Dave Bartram (Eds), Organizational Effectiveness: The role of psychology (61-81). West Sessex,UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Denzin, N. K. & Lincoln , Y. S. (2005). The sage handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Fitz-Gibbon, & Morris, L.L. (1987). How to design a program evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Grant, A.M. & Wall, T.D. (2009) The Neglected Science and Art of Quasi-Experimentation: Why-to, When-to, and How-to Advice for Organizational Researchers. Organizational Research Methods, 12, 653-686.

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