FTHub ACADEMY COURSE
Pre-Post Evaluation Design for Nature-Based Interventions
- THEME 7
- TRACK 1-3
SELF-PACED · ONLINE
- 3–5 hours
- 5 modules
- 1 video
- Certificate of Completion
- 1-year access
- Level: Intermediate
- English
99 €
49 €
Curated by
Sofia Availoti
By the end of this course, you will be able to design and conduct a credible single-group pre-post evaluation of a nature-based intervention you deliver to your own clients or participants.
Outcomes
What you'll gain
- Design a single-group, pre-post evaluation plan for one nature-based intervention you deliver, with a written interpretation rule fixed before data collection.
- Select a validated outcome measure whose construct matches the change you claim and whose timescale matches your intervention.
- Recognize the validity threats specific to single-group designs, including regression to the mean, and apply the design response to each.
- Administer a two-point measurement protocol that holds instrument, mode, and administrator constant across both measurement points.
- Report your result to referrers, commissioners, and clients as the narrowest defensible claim, framed within the FTHub 5 Components of Nature-Based Interventions and informed by the FTHub Liquid Interactions Model (LIM, FTHub 2021).
Audience
Who is this course for?
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Clinical nature practitioners: therapists, counselors, and psychologists who deliver nature-based work to clients and need a defensible measurement protocol that referrers and supervisors will accept.
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Nature-health integration practitioners: social prescribing link workers, primary care physicians, and nurses who refer to or deliver nature-based programs and need evidence of outcomes that support commissioning conversations.
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Institutional-facing forest therapy and outdoor practitioners: guides, group facilitators, and program leads delivering to clinically referred or institutionally commissioned participants who require documented evidence of program effects.
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Prerequisite: If you already deliver a nature-based intervention to clients or participants, no prior research or statistics background is required.
Course Framework
Course structure
Experience first, then evidence, then application, then commitment. The module structure is the product.
0Orientation
- Course overview, outcomes, and how to use the materials.
- Measurement discipline: separating observation from interpretation.
- Self-assessment of your current evaluation practice.
- Setting your professional intention for the course.
- Practice Log template for field data capture.
1Foundation
- A self-run, pre-post mini-measurement on yourself.
- Structured reflection before reading any theory.
- Why pre-post designs work: baseline as counterfactual and the logic of within-subject comparison.
- What makes a measure trustworthy: reliability, validity, and responsiveness.
- Module 1 knowledge check.
2Deep Dive
- Validity threats in single-group designs, including regression to the mean.
- Selecting a validated instrument matched to your outcome and timescale.
- Case study: evaluating a six-week group forest therapy program.
- Building and rehearsing a two-point measurement protocol.
- Professional Context Worksheet and Module 2 knowledge check.
3Application
- Annotated worked example: an eight-week workplace nature program evaluation.
- Design Your Own pre-post evaluation plan.
- Piloting your protocol once before client delivery.
- Self-Assessment Rubric and Module 3 knowledge check.
4Integration
- Integration reading: from one evaluation to an evidence-based practice, framed by the FTHub 5 Components of Nature-Based Interventions and the FTHub Liquid Interactions Model.
- Final reflection comparing your starting point with where you stand at course close.
- 30-Day Action Plan with named clients, dates, and Package documents.
- What I Learned competency checklist.
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COURSE TOOLS
Professional Tools Package
Included in every course. These are not learning exercises — they are working documents you use with your clients, referrers, and colleagues. Available from Module 3.
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Activity Template
Complete facilitation script with timing, safety notes, and debrief questions. Three duration variants. -
Evidence Summary
Plain-language summary of findings and citations. For clients, HR, and referrers. -
Adaptation Framework
Checklist for adapting across client populations, environments (nature/urban/indoor), and group sizes. -
Client Communication Template
Ready-to-use briefing text for three professional contexts: clinical/health, educational, and tourism/outdoor.
Learning Pathway
Theme & Tracks
Where this course sits — and where it takes you next. This course is part of the following Theme and Professional Track(s).
Theme 7: Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Literacy
Curator
About the instructor
Sofia Availoti
International Projects Director (Greece )
Sofia holds an MSc in Environment and International Development from the University of Edinburgh and a Joint European MSc in Environmental Studies – Cities & Sustainability. Fluent in Greek, English, and Spanish, she brings over 12 years of international experience in One Health, nature-based solutions, urban health, and sustainability. As International Projects Director at the Forest Therapy Hub, she leads global initiatives promoting nature-based health practices and training. Sofia also serves as Lead Expert for the One Health 4 Cities Network (URBACT), lectures on urbanism and health, and is a certified Forest Bathing Guide, Forest Therapy Practitioner, and yoga teacher.
Evidence Base
Grounded in peer-reviewed science
Why this matters for your practice
FTHub Academy courses are evidence-informed at every step. The evidence is not decorative — each module connects theory to field practice using the same scientific frameworks underpinning the FTHub Method.
SELF-PACED · ONLINE
- 3–5 hours
- 5 modules
- 1 video
- Certificate of Completion
- 1-year access
- Level: Intermediate
- English
99 €
49 €
Curated by
Sofia Availoti
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"Placeholder — short, outcome-specific quote from a practitioner who launched their practice after FBG certification."
Betty Fang
International Projects Director
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"Placeholder — short, outcome-specific quote from a practitioner who launched their practice after FBG certification."
"Placeholder — short, outcome-specific quote from a practitioner who launched their practice after FBG certification."
Betty Fang
International Projects Director
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