The RECOVEU project is aimed at developing a coherent EU approach to adult learning in addiction recovery. Social reintegration is a key factor in addiction recovery. Alongside housing and employment, adult education is a critical measure in supporting social reintegration. However, while there are many programmes focusing on the target group across Europe, many national social inclusion plans do not specifically address the educational needs of drug users (EMCDDA, 2012). The RECOVEU project is aimed at producing a set of ‘Access to Learning’ resources for people in recovery from addiction, together with a Draft Facilitation Pack to be used to support piloting of the materials.



This Review presents qualitative feedback from trainers on the Pilot Phase process. It forms a part of a series of three reviews (the two others being Del. 7.2: Qualitative Feedback Review and Del 7.3: Evaluation Toolkit Feedback Review) which together give an overview of the effectiveness and impact of the pilot. The findings from these reviews will be used to revise the course materials, Evaluation Tools and Facilitation Pack

HUGHES, Amanda

ROWLEY, Jane

SLACK, Kim

The RECOVEU project brings together partners from the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Romania, Italy and Ireland with the aim of developing ‘Access to Learning’ resources for people in recovery from addiction. 



A key factor in the project is the development of an Evaluation Toolkit, designed to support educators to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Access to Learning’ course materials and their impact, i.e. whether there are meaningful outcomes for participants: for example, an increase in self-efficacy for education and/or the contribution of learning activities to sustained participation in learning. The Evaluation Tools included in the Toolkit have been designed in a way to aid on-going evaluation of learning activities and are presented in the form of questionnaires to be completed by service users. Pre-existing tools have been utilised and new tools developed. 



To support development of the Evaluation Tools, this Evaluation Approach Review:



1.	Identifies and develops the theoretical base for evaluation (e.g. self-efficacy, self-esteem, and recovery capital).

2.	Reviews current evaluation approaches used by partners that are relevant to both adult learning and addiction recovery interventions. This also includes assessing their effectiveness in this context

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Report by the RECOVEU Consortium (December 2016). RECOVEU: A participative approach to curriculum development for adults in addiction recovery across the European Union. Report for Deliverable 6.1: Evaluation Approach Review. EU Lifelong Learning Project. Project No. 538955-LLP-1-2013-UK-GRUNDTVIG-GMP.

Report by the RECOVEU Consortium (December 2016). RECOVEU: A participative approach to curriculum development for adults in addiction recovery across the European Union. Report for Deliverable 7.1: Pilot Delivery Review (Final). EU Lifelong Learning Project. Project No. 538955-LLP-1-2013-UK-GRUNDTVIG-GMP.

http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3644/1/Del%207.1_Pilot%20Delivery%20Review_FINAL_Dec%202016.pdf

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