Topic 7a) Research overlap with Single Subject Design
To approach the clinical process as a study is one way to ensure that a social worker's interventions are having a positive effect. In previous classes we have seen that taking an evidence-based approach is a provident practice that not only leads to better care but better results. Because clinical social work often involves one-on-one practice, single-subject designs are often used by social workers to track the efforts; it is much better and more effective than gut instinct or practice without feedback. Therefore, it should be apparent that taking an evidence-based approach to clinical practice should lead to, if not better results, better and more informed decision making or responsiveness to therapies for a client's case. A single case can be defined as a single individual or family, couple, or group and this is the first biggest difference between a SSD and a research study, but there are more similarities than there are differences. For example, step one to a single...