Simulation Scenario For the Simulation, let’s pretend that you are an analyst for a local probation agency. The agency is engaging in planned change by adopting two evidence-based practices. (See our Webcourse page in this module for more information on EBPs: Decision-Making and History). First, the is agency adopting the use of the ORAS Community Supervision Tool (CST) to assess probationers’ risks of committing crime. As you can see on the ORAS CST Download ORAS CST, each offender is assessed on seven constructs, which include: 1) criminal history; 2) education, employment, and financial situation; 3) family and social support; 4) neighborhood problems; 5) substance use; 6) peer associations; and 7) criminal attitudes and behavioral patterns. Each of these domains/constructs contains several ordinal level questions which are aggregated to a single interval level measure. In addition to adopting the ORAS CST assessment, the agency is also implementing the T4C program. Logic Model Criteria Your local probation agency is in the planning stages of implementing ORAS and T4C. It is your job to create a logic model to explain the theory of change for these EBPs. For this assignment, students should be sure to do the following: Download and complete this Word Logic Model Download Word Logic Modelbased on the readings and directions in this module. Along with completing the logic model, provide a narrative of your agency’s model for change. Incorporate sub-headings and address the following: 1. What does your correctional agency hope to accomplish as a result of assessing offender risk using ORAS and implementing T4C? 2. What outcome(s) does your agency need to achieve? How will the outcome(s) be measured using SMART? Be sure to describe the logic models short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes. 3. What significant changes will occur within your agency as a result of implementing the use of ORAS to assess offender risk, providing T4C programming, and measuring your outcome(s)? Be sure to describe the logic models inputs, activities, participants, and outputs. 4. What types of information will convince you (and others) that you are achieving the outcomes that you have defined? 5. What are the possible unintended consequences, both positive and negative, of implementing ORAS and T4C? 6. What contextual (., social political, economic) conditions might facilitate or hinder your ability to achieve the types of impacts youve identified? Additional Paper Requirements Submissions should not be any longer than 5 pages, including the logic model. Use standard 12-point, Calibri font with one-inch margins (all around), and double spacing. Logic models other than the template provided above will not be accepted. Full sentences and proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. are expected.Show more
