Evaluation Reports

"Lions Quest has provided schools and communities with the best of what research and experience tell us are sound programs for positive prevention," Allan Cohen, Ph.D. Founder and Vice President of the Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation.

Contained in this section are three things:

1. Reviews: These are reviews from objective organizations on the overall effectiveness of Lions Quest programs.
2. Evaluation Results: These are specific results found by various review organizations or independent researchers evaluating Lions Quest programs.
3. Evaluation Reports: These are full scientific evaluation reports.
   

Reviews

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• U.S. Department of Education: Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Program Exemplary and Promising Programs in the Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Program
• The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
  Safe and Sound - An Educational Leader's Guide to Evidence Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs.
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Model Programs Guide
• National Institute on Drug Abuse: Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders, Second Edition. En Español
  

Evaluation Results

For a quick synopsis of the Impact of Lions Quest programs, download a short report, which outlines:

• What is needed for Positive Youth Development
• How Lions Quest Programs Address Young People's Needs
• Why Lions Quest Programs are Effective
• How Lions Quest Programs Impact Young People
• Examples in Action
  

Evaluation Reports

U.S. and Canada

• An Outcome Evaluation of Lions Quest Skills for Growing Grades K-5 by Kim Sehwan and Molly Laird, 1995
• Brandon University (Canada) Study of SFG and SFA, December 2003
• Addictive Behaviors 28 (2003): Dr. Marvin Eisen's Evaluation of the Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence Program: Second Year behavior outcomes 2003.
• Evaluation of Project SAVE for LA Webber High School,
  Lyndonville, New York (SFA and SFC) by Dr. Richard Bradley and Dr. Molly Laird,
  July 2009
• Service-Learning Evaluation Project: Program Effects for At-Risk Students (Skills for Action Evaluation) by Dr. Molly Laird and Steven Black 1999
• Lions-Quest Skills for Action: Teens, Alcohol, and Other Drugs (TAOD), from 2006 annual report, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools
• An Evaluation Report of Student Attitude and Behavior Changes, Year Three of the Learn and Serve Project - Executive Summary (Skills for Action Evaluation) by Dr. Molly Laird, December 2009

International Reports

Please visit our Program Resources for evaluation tools to assist with your organization's evaluation of Lions Quest implementation.