Evaluating Practice: Guidelines for the Accountable Professional

by: Bloom, Martin; Fischer, Joel; Orme, John G.

ISBN 13:
9780205466986
ISBN 10:
0205466982
Edition: 5th
Format: Hardcover w/CD
Copyright: 01/01/2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Evaluating Practice continues to be the most comprehensive practice evaluation text available. Focusing on single-system designs, Evaluating Practice, Fifth Edition, presents clear guidelines on conceptualizing and measuring problems, using practice-oriented evaluation designs, and understanding and analyzing resulting client data. Ethical guidelines for practice evaluation are infused throughout. Evaluating Practive was written for students and practitioners in all of the human services, including social work, psychology counseling, nursing, and psychiatry.

Preface

xiii

Prologue

(32)

PART I WHAT ARE YOU GETTING INTO?

(24)

Integrating Evaluation and Practice

(22)

Introduction to Single-System Designs

(1)

What Are Single-System Designs?

(7)

Single-System Designs and Classical Research: The Knowledge-Building Context

(1)

Single-System Evaluation, Qualitative Research, and Quantitative Research

(7)

Advantages of Using Single-System Designs in Practice

(1)

A Walk through the Evaluation Process

(3)

Summary

(1)

PART II CONCEPTUALIZING AND MEASURING TARGETS AND OBJECTIVES/GOALS

(258)

Basic Principles of Conceptualization and Measurement

(32)

Introduction

(1)

What Is Conceptualization?

(2)

What Is Measurement?

(3)

Definition as a First Step in Measurement

(1)

Can Everything Be Measured?

(1)

Key Characteristics of All Measures

(22)

Summary

(2)

Specifying Problems and Goals

(31)

Introduction: From General Problems to Specific Targets of Intervention

(1)

Specifying Client Concerns: Identifying and Clarifying Problems and Potentials

(10)

Specifying Goals and Objectives

103

(5)

Using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) to Establish Goals

108

(3)

Setting Goals in Groups

111

(2)

Problems and Issues in Setting Goals

113

(8)

Summary

121

(1)

Developing a Measurement and Recording Plan

122

(47)

Introduction

123

(1)

Steps in Developing a Recording Plan

124

(8)

Charting: Putting Your Information on Graphs

132

(8)

Problem-Oriented Records (POR)

140

(3)

Use of Computers in Evaluation and Practice

143

(2)

Summary

145

(24)

Computer Assisted Social Services (CASS): A User's Guide

146

(17)

Appendix: Installing CASS

163

(6)

Behavioral Observation

169

(32)

Introduction

170

(2)

General Guidelines for Behavioral Observation

172

(3)

Sampling Behaviors

175

(5)

Instruments for Recording Behaviors

180

(2)

Ensuring Accurate Observations

182

(3)

Methods of Recording Behavior

185

(11)

Analog Situations

196

(1)

Recording Behavior in Groups

197

(2)

Summary

199

(2)

Individualized Rating Scales

201

(17)

Introduction

201

(2)

Uses of Individualized Rating Scales

203

(3)

Constructing and Using Individualized Rating Scales

206

(11)

Summary

217

(1)

Standarized Scales

218

(49)

Introduction

219

(1)

What Are Standardized Scales?

219

(4)

Selecting a Standardized Scale

223

(9)

Administering a Standardized Scale

232

(3)

Some Available Standardized Self-Report Scales

235

(9)

Some Available Standardized Scales for Practitioners

244

(3)

Some Available Standardized Scales for Relevant Others

247

(4)

Some Available Standardized Scales for Independent Observers

251

(1)

Do-It-Yourself Scales

251

(1)

Using Standardized Scales in Groups

252

(1)

Computer Management of Standardized Scales

253

(1)

Summary

254

(1)

Appendix

255

(12)

Computer Assisted Assessment Package (CAAP): A User's Guide

257

(10)

Logs

267

(19)

Introduction

267

(1)

Types of Client Logs

268

(10)

Putting Qualitative and Quantitative Information Together

278

(3)

Introducing Clients to Logs

281

(1)

Practitioner Logs

282

(1)

Maximizing and Verifying the Reliability and Validity of Logs

283

(2)

Summary

285

(1)

Reactivity and Nonreactive Measures

286

(16)

Introduction

286

(2)

Reactivity of Measures

288

(4)

Unobtrusive (Nonreactive) Measures

292

(9)

Summary

301

(1)

Selecting a Measure

302

(13)

Introduction

302

(1)

Considerations in Deciding on a Measure

303

(4)

Use of Multiple Measures

307

(5)

Selecting a Measure

312

(1)

Summary

312

(3)

PART III EVALUATION DESIGNS

315

(196)

Basic Principles of Single-System Designs

317

(38)

Introduction

318

(1)

An Example Connecting Practice and Evaluation Designs

318

(2)

Purposes of Single-System Designs

320

(1)

Unique Characteristics of Single-System Designs

321

(17)

Causality in Single-System Designs

338

(6)

External Validity and Generalizability

344

(6)

Overview of Single-System Designs

350

(4)

Summary

354

(1)

Baselining

355

(16)

Introduction

355

(1)

Purposes of the Baseline

356

(2)

Types of Baselines

358

(1)

How Long Should Baselining Continue?

359

(6)

When Are Baselines Not Necessary?

365

(1)

Issues Regarding Baselining

366

(4)

Summary

370

(1)

From the Case Study to the Basic Single-System Design: A-B

371

(20)

Introduction

371

(1)

Case Studies or Predesigns

372

(5)

Design A-B: The Basic Single-System Design

377

(13)

Summary

390

(1)

The Experimental Single-System Designs: A-B-A, A-B-A-B, B-A-B

391

(29)

Introduction

392

(3)

Basic Experimental Designs

395

(24)

Summary

419

(1)

Multiple Designs for Single Systems

420

(31)

Introduction

421

(1)

Multiple-Baseline Designs: Across Problems, Clients, or Settings

421

(24)

Multiple-Target Designs

445

(3)

Variations on Multiple Designs

448

(2)

Summary

450

(1)

Changing Intensity Designs and Successive Intervention Designs

451

(26)

Introduction

451

(1)

Changing Intensity Designs: A-B1-B2-B3

452

(11)

Successive Intervention Designs: A-B-C, A-B-A-C, A-B-A-C-A

463

(13)

Summary

476

(1)

Designs for Comparing Interventions

477

(15)

Introduction

477

(1)

Alternating Intervention Design: A-B/C-(B or C)

478

(7)

Interaction Design: A-B-A-B-BC-B-BC

485

(5)

Summary

490

(2)

Selecting a Design

492

(19)

Introduction

492

(1)

Framework for Selecting a Design

492

(3)

Needed: A Design for All Seasons

495

(1)

Creativity in Single-System Designs: Making Your Own Designs

495

(4)

Evaluation in Minimal-Contact Situations

499

(5)

Single-System Designs in Managed Care: The Stretch Design

504

(1)

Trouble-Shooting: ``Okay, I Understand Everything That You Said, but My Case Is Different.''

505

(5)

Summary

510

(1)

PART IV ANALYZING YOUR RESULTS

511

(130)

Basic Principles of Analysis

513

(26)

Introduction

514

(1)

Distinguishing Effort, Effectiveness, and Efficiency

514

(2)

Significance-Practical, Statistical, and Theoretical

516

(6)

Evaluating Goal Achievement

522

(3)

Issues in Analysis of Data

525

(5)

Computer Analysis of Data for Single-System Designs

530

(1)

The Issue of Autocorrelation

531

(4)

Tools in Analysis of Data

535

(3)

Summary

538

(1)

Visual Analysis of Single-System Design Data

539

(15)

Introduction

539

(1)

Definition of Terms

539

(3)

Basic Patterns and Implications

542

(5)

Visual Inspection of Raw Data

547

(2)

Interpreting Ambiguous Patterns

549

(2)

Problems of Visual Inspection

551

(2)

Creating a Chart with SINGWIN

553

(1)

Summary

553

(1)

Descriptive Statistics

554

(22)

Introduction

554

(1)

Measures of Central Tendency

555

(2)

Measures of Variation

557

(2)

Using Measures of Central Tendency and Variability to Graph Group Data

559

(2)

Computing and Graphing Measures of Central Tendency and Variation with SINGWIN

561

(1)

Measures of Trend

561

(5)

Measures of Effect Size

566

(7)

Optimal Uses and Cautions for Specific Descriptive Statistics

573

(1)

Summary

574

(2)

Tests of Statistical Significance for Single-System Designs

576

(20)

Introduction

576

(1)

Proportion/Frequency Approach

577

(4)

Three-Standard-Deviation-Band Approach (X-Moving-Range-Chart)

581

(4)

Chi-Square

585

(3)

Conservative Dual-Criteria (CDC) Approach

588

(2)

t-Test

590

(2)

General Considerations in Using Tests of Statistical Significance

592

(1)

Optimal Uses and Cautions for Specific Analytic Procedures

593

(2)

Summary

595

(1)

Computer Analysis of Single-System Design Data

596

(39)

Chapter Overview

597

(1)

Starting SINGWIN

598

(1)

Exiting SINGWIN

599

(1)

Getting the Big Picture

599

(1)

Using Specific Procedures

600

(30)

Appendix: Installing SINGWIN

630

(4)

Summary

634

(1)

Selecting a Procedure for Analyzing Data

635

(6)

Introduction

635

(1)

Framework for Selecting a Procedure for Analyzing Data

635

(3)

Other Statistical Considerations

638

(1)

Nonstatistical Considerations

639

(1)

Limitations

640

(1)

Summary

640

(1)

PART V THE CHALLENGE OF SINGLE-SYSTEM DESIGNS

641

(32)

Not for Practitioners Alone

643

(30)

Introduction

644

(1)

Special Applications of Single-System Designs

644

(5)

Recent Criticisms of Single-System Evaluation

649

(9)

For the Client

658

(6)

For the Administrator

664

(6)

For Educators and Students

670

(2)

Summary

672

(1)

References

673

(28)

Name Index

701

(8)

Subject Index

709

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