Results from The Hub's (then part of Barnardo's) 2015 work at a Guernsey secondary school when teaching The Decider Life Skills as a targeted intervention for young people with mental health difficulties.
3 young people with mental health difficulties responded very positively to The Decider Life Skills.
Feedback included:
When he called me a name - I used Fact or Opinion to calm myself down. I told myself that it was their opinion and not fact.
I used STOPP in an argument when I was accused of something I didn't do.
I used 5 4 3 2 1 because my friend really annoyed me in class and I didn't want to lash out in front of everyone. It helped me calm down and think about what is really important.
A summary of the evidence basis for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), the psychological theory and practice that serve as the foundation for the Decider Skills.
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James Murray & Lia Tostevin
Evidence suggesting increased mental health and wellbeing problems with children gives a rationale for developing and delivering proactive interventions. The Decider Skills is a framework that aims to teach children skills to manage their emotions and wellbeing. This study looked at whether students who participate in the programme as a whole-school approach would demonstrate an increased ability to recognise and better manage their emotions as rated by themselves, their parents, and their teachers.
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The Decider Skills - evidence for each of the skills
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Read the evidence underpinning each of The Decider Life Skills
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Dr Bruce Perry, Beacon House
Dr Bruce Perry, a pioneering neuroscientist in the field of trauma, has shown us that to help a vulnerable child to learn, think and reflect, we need to intervene in a simple sequence.
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The Decider Life Skills as a whole school approach at Amherst Primary School, Guernsey
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Susan Hynes
Feedback from a 2 day workshop attended by CAMHS professionals & from young service users. The Decider has since "become embedded in the Inpatient Unit and proved to be very popular with the young people with a good regular weekly attendance. This is a fairly new group but has been measured using the DERS 18 questionnaire which measures aspects of emotional regulation. The results of the group are promising"
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A Case Study of The Decider Skills being effectively used in a Prison
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University of Southampton's report into Upturn Young Person's Service 2017 using The Decider Life Skills
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Chris Phillps & Jenny Burgess, NHS Grampian 2018
Results from The Decider Skills pilot group held in Aberdeen
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A poster presentation providing a summary of studies 2017
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Ann Cunningham & Marion Pink 2019
Summary and outcomes for The Decider Skills course in Wicklow, Ireland from January to March 2019.
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Eimear O'Sullivan & Eimear Grogan 2018
Increasing resilience by teaching The Decider Life Skills to student mental health nurses in Ireland
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Ladies College in Guernsey implemented The Decider Life Schools as a pilot project over the 2015-2016 academic year.
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Results of the initial pilot study with 20 long term mental health service users which formed the foundation of The Decider Skills programme in 2012-2013.
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Dr James Murray
Outcome data for young people who completed The Decider Skills group in 2016
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NHS Highland and Robert Gordon University 2018
A multi-perspective evaluation of specialist mental health clinical pharmacist prescribers practising within general practices in NHS Highland
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The Decider Skills group show evidence of a reduction in global distress, anxiety and depression
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Ayres & Vivyan
During 2016, 55 service users and 23 staff attended The Decider Life Skills half day workshop. Brief report and feedback.
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Palumbo, R., Di Domenico, A., Fairfield, B. et al.
When twice is better than once: increased liking of repeated items influences memory in younger and older adults
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