Preface | |
Prologue | |
What Are You Getting Into? | |
Integrating Evaluation and Practice | |
Introduction to Single-System Designs | |
What Are Single-System Designs? | |
Evidence-Based Practice Single-System Designs and Classical Research | |
The Knowledge-Building Context | |
Single-System Evaluation, Qualitative Research, and Quantitative Research | |
Advantages of Using Single-System Designs in Practice | |
A Walk through the Evaluation Process | |
Summary | |
Conceptualizing and Measuring Targets and Objectives/Goals | |
Basic Principles of Conceptualization and Measurement | |
Introduction | |
What Is Conceptualization? | |
What Is Measurement? | |
Definition as a First Step in Measurement | |
Can Everything Be Measured? | |
Key Characteristics of All Measures | |
Summary | |
Specifying Problems and Goals | |
Introduction: From General Problems to Specific Targets of Intervention | |
Specifying Client Concerns: Identifying and Clarifying Problems and Potentials | |
Specifying Goals and Objectives Using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) to Establish Goals | |
Setting Goals in Groups | |
Problems and Issues in Setting Goals | |
Summary | |
Developing a Measurement and Recording Plan | |
Introduction | |
Steps in Developing a Recording Plan | |
Charting: Putting Your Information on Graphs | |
Problem-Oriented Records (POR) Use of Computers in Evaluation and Practice | |
Summary | |
Computer Assisted Social Services (CASS): A Userrsquo;s Guide | |
Appendix: Installing CASS | |
Behavioral Observation | |
Introduction | |
General Guidelines for Behavioral Observation | |
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