Measuring Behavioral Health Outcomes: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 199
• Series: Clinical Child Psychology Library
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Here is an efficient guide to measuring and graphing behavioral outcomes, and letting the results influence clinical decisions. The authors, all clinical psychologists, describe how the `continuous' measurement of outcomes can document clinical results and provide practical methods for clinicians to routinely get and use credible, precise data. They provide numerous clinical examples that illustrate how behavioral health outcomes can be measured directly and simply.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Why Get Quantitative Outcome Information on Clients?....Pages 1-11
Targeting Behaviors to Measure and Change....Pages 13-23
Defining and Measuring Target Behaviors....Pages 25-55
Using Checklists and Rating Scales....Pages 57-64
Arranging the Data in Graphs....Pages 65-76
Engaging the Child and Family in Collecting and Using Clinical Data....Pages 77-88
Interpreting Data....Pages 89-96
Troubleshooting the Problems....Pages 97-110
Case Illustrations....Pages 111-140
Back Matter....Pages 141-191

✦ Subjects

Clinical Psychology