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How will you <br />evaluate whether or <br />not your goals have <br />been met? <br />At the end of each academic school year, ATI's current clients <br />complete ev aluations which reflect on their experiences with ATI. <br />They are asked to ev aluate how ATI performs as an prov ider of art <br />therapy as well as how they feel their progress in therapy has been <br />adv anced ov er the course of the year. W hile researching the <br />effectiv eness of ATI and art therapy, the primary goal is to <br />incorporate participatory research (PR) practices. ATI has chosen <br />this model of research in order to ev aluate and empower participants <br />to engage in research that highlights their v oices and improv es their <br />experiences in the programs. The PR model acknowledges <br />participants as experts in their own needs and renegotiates the <br />traditional power differential between ‘researcher’ and the <br />‘researched.’ <br />For ATI's school-based work, which is funded by gov ernment grants, <br />other types of ev aluations are used to meet the requirements of the <br />granting agencies. The main ev aluation ATI is currently using is the <br />Strengths and Difficulties Questionaire. (SDQ). This research tool is <br />completed at the beginning of the year and then again at the end of <br />the year by a teacher who best knows the student. The SDQ <br />measures qualities such as pro-social behav iors, behav ioral issues, <br />peer relationships and emotional responses. The goal is for students <br />to show more positiv e behav iors and relationships after hav ing been <br />in art therapy. <br />ATI also conducts annual rev iews with all staff members who are <br />directed to complete self ev aluations which help acknowledge <br />improv ements they can make as well as improv ements ATI as an <br />organization can make. ATI affords staff members the opportunity to <br />reflect on their strengths and celebrate their accomplishments. <br />Following workshops held by ATI, participants are asked to complete <br />ev aluations that rate the workshop and prov ide feedback on the <br />series as a whole and how it could be improv ed. <br />New this year was an ev aluation that was sent to people who <br />attended our signature fundraising ev ent, "I Heart Art." The goal in <br />sending this ev aluation was to learn how the ev ent could be <br />improv ed in the future. <br />All of these ev aluations help to inform ATI about the effectiv eness of <br />the organization and how well the organizational goals are being met. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 15BA7CC0-0FAE-4533-B157-F8F68CE2CBE6