HOW GPDR/R CAME ABOUT

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) synthesized research on executive function and goal achievement, and, with the guidance of practitioners, adapted executive function and goal achievement frameworks created for youth, into the GPDR/R framework designed for adults in human service programs. CBPP, in turn, invited Global Learning Partners (GLP) to create an online course for programs to learn about, and experiment with, this approach. The intent was to create a training resource accessible to all human service programs on how to integrate into their existing programs what we have learned from behavioral and neurological science about the important role that executive function skills play in adult success and how programs can create conditions that maximize participants' chances of using their executive function skills to achieve goals that are meaningful to them. We look forward to your feedback!  

GPDR/R draws on the work of many people including: Richard Guare, neuropsychologist and applied behavioral analyst and Peg Dawson, educational psychologist, authors of the Smart But Scattered series; Phil Zelazo, a neuroscientist at the University of Minnesota; Lauren Kenworthy, a neuropsychologist and her colleagues at Children’s National Medical Center (Goal, Plan, Do, Check); Sarah Ward and Kristen Jacobsen, speech and language therapists at Cognitive Connections (Ready, Do, Done); Silvia Bunge, a neuroscientist at Berkley; and Gabriele Oettingen, psychology professor at New York University and creator of WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) and author of Rethinking Positive Thinking.
CBPP is a nonpartisan research and policy institute. We pursue federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways. We apply our deep expertise in programs and policies that help low-income people, in order to help inform debates and achieve better policy and program outcomes.

We work directly with state, county and local program administrators to increase access to programs that help people meet their basic needs and to provide program recipients with access to high quality work opportunities that will improve their short and long-term outcomes. This project and the Center's broader work on Executive Function was funded by the Annie E Casey Foundation. A key component of this effort was the development of Goal, Plan, Do, Review/Revise.

If you’re interested in talking about introducing this approach in your program, contact Donna Pavetti.
GLP is a small, primarily women-owned business that supports organizations and individuals to effectively assess, design, facilitate and evaluate learning. We envision a world where deep learning drives our collective well-being.
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Over the years, GLP has been honored to partner with CBPP and a number of other organizations leading the way to make research more accessible to dedicated staff in the field. GLP took the lead in designing and field testing "GPDR/R: Putting the Science of Goal Achievement Into Practice" as well as the support guide for supervisors, and this site to house "all things GPDR/R".
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Email info@globallearningpartners.com to inquire about our courses, mentoring, and collaborative consulting.
This site is the product of a collaboration between Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP) and Global Learning Partners (GLP), made possible through support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.