DESCRIPTION: This course examines the methodology of single-system
research
and helps students apply it to evaluate their own practice with
individual
clients, couples, families, groups, or larger systems in a variety of
settings,
with an emphasis on vulnerable, at risk, urban populations, including
women,
racial and ethnic minorities, gay and lesbian persons. Content
includes
the selection of change goals or targets for a single-system study,
ways
to operationally define and measure change in clinical practice,
ethical
issues, protection of human subjects, single-system research designs,
choice
and verification of clinical interventions, and evaluation of
findings.
Emphasis will be placed on co-development of change targets and
measures
with clients. Students will plan and carry out a single-system
study
within their concentration.