title: Using a single-subject research design to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.
abstract: Single-subject designs allow therapists to evaluate the effects of treatment on individual students, the effects of individualized occupational therapy services across a group of students, and the effects of a specific treatment procedure on a group of students. The purpose of this article is to provide information to enable therapists to use single-subject designs effectively in public school occupational therapy programs.
authors.affiliation: Family Child Learning Center, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio 44308.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012107:Research Design; D012574:Schools