Design and Implementation of Whole-Of-Community Programs

Introducing the Article

Program Logic Modelling and Complex Positive Psychology Intervention Design and Implementation: The ‘Resilient Futures’ Case Example

Dr Ivan Raymond, LBI Foundation

Mathew Iasiello, SAHMRI

David Kelly, SAHMRI

Aaron Jarden, SAHMRI

Between 2016 and 2018, SAHMRI delivered the $1.1M ‘Resilient Futures’ program to build the wellbeing and resilience of 1400 young South Australians from disadvantaged backgrounds.

This program was founded upon intentional practice as an approach and set of methods to design and implement the program from the ‘system’ (whole-of-program) to the ‘moment’ (service delivery).

This article:

Describes the key challenges in designing and implementing complex programs, positive psychology interventions and wellbeing solutions across multi-site settings.
Highlights the key importance of ‘program fidelity’ and ‘integrity’ as best-practice features of complex program design and implementation.
Describes the important balance between program integrity and flexibility in whole-of-community program design and implementation.
Describes how contextualised “whole-of-community” and “whole-of-school” approaches to wellbeing can be operationalised through a logic model and intentional practice.
Provides an overview of the Life Buoyancy Logic Model.
Describes the process, steps and best-practice considerations in developing a contextualised whole-of-community framework or complex program, using an intentional practice logic model.
Provides a populated case example.

Reference:

Raymond, I., Iasiello, M., Kelly, D., & Jarden, A. (2019). Program logic modelling and complex positive psychology intervention design and implementation: The ‘Resilient Futures’ case example. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 3(1), 43-67. doi: 10.1007/s41042-019-00014-7

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Key Messages

Significance of the Article

This article outlines the foundational considerations for designing and implementing complex programs and whole-of-school wellbeing initiatives that balance rigour with flexibility. It translates the science of wellbeing and trauma from the ‘system’ level to the ‘moment’ of intentional support.
As a foundational paper, it introduces how the approach and methods of intentional practice can be applied to guide the design and implementation of programs and interventions that operate across multiple levels—from whole-of-community systems to individual moments of practice.
The article demonstrates how intentional practice logic modelling provides a flexible, evidence-based framework that enables program designers, facilitators, and researchers to develop and deliver complex wellbeing or therapeutic initiatives at scale.
It serves as a key reference for leaders and program developers seeking to use intentional practice logic modelling to design and implement:

1. Whole-of-school wellbeing frameworks.
2. Therapeutic or trauma-informed program models.
3. Complex initiatives focused on wellbeing and behavioural outcomes.