A. Cook, Robin S. Codding, Meghan R. Silva, L. Hayden
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Abstract
Abstract School counselors are increasingly called upon to implement evidence-based practice interventions and demonstrate their outcomes. Pre-/posttest designs are helpful in assessing intervention efficacy but do not provide progress monitoring as interventions unfold. This article describes ways to enhance school counselor skills in data-based assessment using single-case research design (SCRD), an underutilized design by school counselors that has demonstrated success to inform intervention in related fields. Examples of SCRD are provided, including application to professional practice and research. Implications of employing SCRD in school counseling practice as a research design that enhances data-based decision-making are also explored.
期刊介绍:
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CORE) provides counselor educators, researchers, educators, and other mental health practitioners with outcome research and program evaluation practices for work with individuals across the lifespan. It addresses topics such as: treatment efficacy, clinical diagnosis, program evaluation, research design, outcome measure reviews. This journal also serves to address ethical, legal, and cultural concerns in the assessment of dependent variables, implementation of clinical interventions, and outcome research. Manuscripts typically fall into one of the following categories: Counseling Outcome Research: Treatment efficacy and effectiveness of mental health, school, addictions, rehabilitation, family, and college counseling interventions across the lifespan as reported in clinical trials, single-case research designs, single-group designs, and multi- or mixed-method designs.