*4.2. Families Feeling Confident*

Across implementation sites, families feel confident about meeting children's and families' needs (e.g., in Ontario and Singapore). We now have an instrument assessing this confidence. In Paraguay, families are more empowered and confident, can identify their formal and informal supports, and now have their own needs addressed, rather than professionals' priorities for the child. In New Zealand, some families are running transition (to school) meetings, which did not happen before the RBM was implemented.

Noah's Ark (Australia) conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with 14 families participating in the RBI bootcamp training. The families said it was cathartic, beneficial, and relaxing. They highlighted the positive impact of having a professional who was warm, caring, and personable really listen to them. Many parents indicated that developing functional goals was the most valuable part of the process. Parents commented that the two-hour interview was long, but that it went by quickly. Similar results were seen in Singapore. Not all parents were thrilled about every part of the RBI, but the interviewers were new to the RBI with fidelity, and we have not matched comments to the fidelity checks. In association with The University of Alabama, Noah's Ark has been studying the impact of the RBI on goal functionality and found that, now, goals are largely participation based, observable, and functional.
