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A Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment

of an Adjunctive Intervention for

Youth in Alternative Schools

Rebekah Conway Roulier, Ed.M.

Doc Wayne


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Doc Wayne Doc Wayne is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that connects with youth

through sports, utilizing our sports-based therapeutic

curriculum, do the good (DtG).

o DW Therapeutic Sports Program (League)

o Billable Group Therapy (Chalk Talk)

o Leadership Program (Global Life Empowerment)

o Training Program


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Sport & TherapySport-based intervention which incorporates principles from:

o Trauma-informed care

o Positive youth development

o Trauma-based components model (Attachment, Regulationand Competency Framework)

o Stabilization model (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

o Attachment-based interaction model (Parent-Child

Interaction Therapy)


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Evaluation Method: self-report, computerized games which assessed

behavior, and physiological measurement

Participants: 53 (male and female)

Ages: 12-19 (serve ages 12-22) Population: League and Chalk Talkparticipants compared to

control group.o Victims of abuse and/or neglect

o Sexually exploited and trafficked

o Impoverished/underservedo Truant

o Mentally ill (specifically survivors of complex trauma)

o Differently-abled


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Alarming Descriptors Social Cognition - Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task.

o Healthy youth 70%.

o Adults on the autistic spectrum 50%.

o Doc Wayne youth 37% of faces (SD = 15%, Range = 0 to 75%).

Physiology and Stress

o Average resting heart rate for youth in this age group is 60-80 beats per

minute (bpm).

o The majority of youth (65%) had elevated resting heart rates, above 80

bpm (M = 85, SD = 15).

o Five participants had extremely elevated resting HR, over 100 bpm.

o May be reflective of psychological stress, poor cardiovascular health,

or medication status.


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Does Doc Wayne Help?Outcome(s) Measurements Group Differences

Social Conflicts Personal Distress andPerspective Taking

Small

Emotion Regulation Reappraisal; Suppression;Shutting Down Significant

Social Cognition Reading the Mind in theEyes Task

Moderate

Physiology & Stress Ability to respond tostress and challenges.Resting Heart Rate, HeartRate Variability

Significant


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Multiple Season ParticipantsOutcome(s) Measurements Group Differences

Life Goals Expected likelihood ofachieving goals Small

Social Conflicts Personal Distress andPerspective Taking

Moderate Personal DistressNone-Perspective Taking

EmotionRegulation

Reappraisal;Suppression; ShuttingDown

Small- Seeking support andshutting down

Social Cognition Reading the Mind in theEyes Task

Moderate

Physiology &Stress Ability to respond tostress and challenges.Resting Heart Rate; HeartRate Variability

Moderate StressNone- Heart RateModerate- Heart RateVariability


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Outcome Categories Category A: Outcomes which change quickly, and continue to

develop over time. Shutting Down

Personal Distress

Social Cognition

Heart Rate Variability

Category B: Outcomes which happen quickly, and top outwith continued participation.

Reappraisal

Perspective-taking

Heart Rate

Category C: Outcomes which take time to emerge. Seeking Support

Career Goals


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Conclusion Effect sizes are consistent with the effect sizes of individual

psychotherapies tested using Randomized Clinical Trials.

o Effect sizethe size of the difference between two groups.

Is the magnitude of the differences between two groups

clinically meaningful?

o Most psychotherapy studies yield an effect size of .3.

Sport can be therapeutic and a form of therapy.


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Video

Impact: http://youtu.be/ekkVJhBut9A
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Questions?

For 2009 and 2012 program evaluations please leaveyour card!

Rebekah Conway Roulier, Ed.M.General Manager, Doc Wayne

[email protected]

617-233-0710@DocWayneDtG

@RLCRoulier
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