Date of Award
8-1996
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Galen Alessi
Second Advisor
Dr. Jack Michael
Third Advisor
Dr. Dick Malott
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Al Hovestadt
Abstract
This naturalistic study employed a controlled multiple baseline design (Baer, Wolf & Risley, 1968; Poling, 1995) across subjects and behaviors to examine the effects of wraparound services on the adjustment of four Severely Emotionally Disturbed teenagers at risk o f long term residential placement. Subjects were selected on a clinical trials basis upon referral into a public sector interagency service system within a small rural county. The Vermont System For Tracking Client Progress served as the primary dependent measure and was sampled daily for one year, the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale and detailed financial data were also sampled. Distinct sequential effects across subjects and behaviors were immediately achieved and maintained across time through service implementation and subsequent phase out. Follow up data are included. The current results and research methodology are discussed in light of the emerging literature on the treatment of this population.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Myaard, Michael J., "The Effects of Wraparound Services on the Adjustment of Four Severely Emotionally Disturbed Youth: A Controlled Multiple Baseline Study" (1996). Dissertations. 1713.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1713