Reviews of Single Subject Research Designs: Applications to Special Education, School Psychology, and School Administration

The authors evaluated single subject research studies in accordance with the following criteria: Was the study applied, behavioral, reliable, analytic, effective, and generalizable? All of the reviews have been checked for accuracy in two ways. First, each author received feedback from the professor. After each feedback session, authors then revised their papers. The topics of the research reviews represent a range of interests emerging from the individual author's background, experience, and curiosity. The importance of the topics is reflected in their reasons for uncovering the impact of various specialized interventions in terms of effects on special populations (e.g., students with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, children with emotional and behavior disorders, individuals with autism and autism spectrum disorder, children who watch too much television, and so on.) The types of interventions that were critiqued include parent training programs, reinforcement, positive peer reporting, social story. The types of single subject research designs included reversal, multiple baseline, alternating treatment, and changing criterion designs. [This report was also edited and written by the Spring 2005 graduate students in the School Psychology Educational Specialists Program, the Exceptional Student Education Doctoral Program, and the Educational Administration Doctoral Program, Florida International University.]