Measuring Behavioral Health Outcomes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Why Get Quantitative Outcome Information on Clients?

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 1-11

3. Targeting Behaviors to Measure and Change

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 13-23

4. Defining and Measuring Target Behaviors

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 25-55

5. Using Checklists and Rating Scales

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 57-64

6. Arranging the Data in Graphs

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 65-76

7. Engaging the Child and Family in Collecting and Using Clinical Data

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 77-88

8. Interpreting Data

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 89-96

9. Troubleshooting the Problems

   • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

   Pages 97-110

10. Case Illustrations

    • Robert P. Hawkins, Judith R. Mathews, Laureen Hamdan

    Pages 111-140

11. Back Matter

    Pages 141-191

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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.

• Motivation
• Therapeut
• aggression
• child
• compliance
• family
• health
• information
• quality

`...the book is an excellent addition to the field. It surpasses other efforts of a similar nature in its readability, its comprehensiveness, and its vitality. My recommendation to all readers- read it and use it; you will love it!'
Saul Axelrod, Temple University

• West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

  Robert P. Hawkins, Laureen Hamdan

• Munroe - Meyer Institute/University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA

  Judith R. Mathews

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