The UK evidence base on what works to reduce the impact of parental conflict on children is at a relatively early stage. As a new policy field, it is critical that evaluation is part of any plans to develop or commission relationship support. Without suitable impact evaluations we won’t really know if or why interventions and services have worked. Read about how you can start to measure and evaluate the impact of your provision, while also learning from previous evaluations.
Measuring parental conflict and its impact on child outcomes
Guidance on selecting and using valid, reliable and practical measures to evaluate interventions seeking to reduce parental conflict and improve outcomes for children.
A place for everything and everything in its place: using the Outcomes Stars in combination with validated measures of impact
EIF updates its position on the use of the Outcomes Stars, highlighting both its strengths and limitations.
10 steps for evaluation success
From science to scalability: follow our 10-step guide to help you progress along the evaluation journey, from a good idea into an intervention that works.
Evaluating early intervention programmes: Six common pitfalls, and how to avoid them
Guidance for anyone planning, commissioning or running an impact evaluation, based on 100+ EIF programme assessments.
Evaluating early help: A guide to evaluation of complex local early help systems
Use the six principles set out in this guide to learn how to evaluate complex early help systems.
Other resources
Local Family Offer Pilot: Evaluation of Phase 1 (DWP)
Perinatal Pilots for delivery of relationship advice: An evaluation (DWP)
Early intervention into action: Innovation and evaluation (EIF)
Understanding the lives of separating and separated parents in the UK: what evidence do we need? (Nuffield Foundation)
Knowing what you do works: Measuring your own effectiveness with families, parents and children (Tavistock Relationships)
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