Procedures Methods and Interventions Single Subject Design

SOCIOLOGY

Sociology: Single Subject Design (Procedures, Methods, and Interventions)

Description of Intervention

Psychoeducation, more specifically, social skills training, is believed to be the best intervention for the selected subject, a 12-year-old Black boy. The teacher could use social skills training as he is causing trouble in the classroom, damaging himself, and disturbing the rest of the students. Talking excessively and getting aggressive easily are risky behaviors resulting from his ADHD, which need to be changed with an intervention.

Social skills training is planned to have certain role-playing activities with information education about social skills and how they should be used effectively (WWC Intervention Report, 2013). The training could start from two to six weeks, depending on the results (WWC Intervention Report, 2013). One hour daily would be assigned for the intervention, which could also be conducted in a small group, such as pairing up a 12-year-old boy with another child, keeping in mind the inclusivity factor. 

Measurement of Fidelity to Treatment

Although there would be no control condition in this interventional study, still two elements would be taken into mind to measure fidelity (Hildebrand et al., 2012). Treatment integrity must be high by ensuring that the therapist, the teacher mainly who would be disseminating information and conducting social skills training activities in the class, should have adequate competence to adhere to the intervention protocols (Hildebrand et al., 2012). The second element comprises treatment differentiation, which means the results of the intervention must be different from the control condition (Hildebrand et al., 2012). No specific control condition is set here; however, the baseline condition of the client could be assumed. 

SSD Approach (AB Design)

For a true experiment, AB design is selected to be the best fit. The reason for keeping it a true experiment is that it is to be deduced whether the psychoeducational intervention and social skills training has been successfully able to pose any change in the behavior of the boy or not. A baseline needs to be set for the intervention (point A) and the change that would be observed after the application of intervention (point B) (Byiers et al., 2012). There is no control condition.

Description of Baseline and Intervention Phases

The baseline is the child’s current aggressive and talkative behavior that is causing issues in the classroom for him and the rest of the class. Further problems are also seen at home. However, social skills training is best chosen for inclusion in the classroom to adhere to the legal, ethical, and ADA Act’s implications for special needs students. Therefore, the teacher is believed to be the best source provider and tutor at this point.

The teacher would educate the child every day for one hour, starting from the baseline phase (A), and after two or six weeks, the changes would be noted (B) (Byiers et al., 2012). Several sessions would take place in between this time, and the consequences of the paired grouping would also be evaluated. Since it is a true experiment, the impact of the independent variable, psychoeducation, and social skills training, would be inspected on the dependent variable, ADHD condition. 

Data Collection and Processes for Gathering Evidence

Data collection would be done with a Social skills rating system (SSRS) found valuable for noting positive behavioral outcomes, particularly for ADHD individuals (Powell et al., 2022). The post-treatment changes in behavior would be analyzed with this took so that an enhancement in social competence is predicted and attained with this classroom-based intervention, specifically social skills training given by the teacher. Although different people could rate SSRS simultaneously, the inclusion of the boy’s guardian and his grandmother could also add value so that positive outcomes of the intervention could be evaluated both at school and at home. It would highlight whether the boy pretends good behavior in the classroom and if he stays the same aggressive boy at home or whether the change is real.