PSYC 408 Chapter Notes - Chapter Kazdin: Evaluation Strategy, Tantrum, Reinforcement
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An evidence based approach for identifying effective interventions. Assessment and evaluation are used to see what interventions are effective. Assessment: focuses on what to measure and with what methods. Evaluation: focuses on how to draw inferences about change using various single case experimental designs. Identify antecedents of behaviour: what settings, actions etc come before the onset of the behaviour: how is fba unique from past methods, evaluation of potential causes is empirical, the intervention is tailored to the individual (whereas behavioural interventions. It uses the empirical approach to develop an intervention give a standard program to everyone with that problem) Indirect methods: measures that ask individuals in contact with client ro repot on antecedents, behaviours and consequences: direct methods: measures based on looking at what the client does. Indirect methods tend to correspond with direct methods: weaknesses of these methods: I(cid:374)dire(cid:272)t i(cid:374)fo: it(cid:859)s a report o(cid:374) the (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, (cid:374)ot a dire(cid:272)t o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)atio(cid:374: subject to being bias.
