Program Intervention

Program interventions are systematic tools used to prevent, educate, or rehabilitate individuals, families, and communities whom are affected by a wide range of social problems. Proving a program intervention is working effectively requires a method to evaluate or measure its successes or failures. Evaluations and measures can be conducted through single or group research designs intended to provide valid and ethical data sets. Research instruments provide guidance in deciding what and how to measure to retrieve reliable results as wells as to avoid treatment fidelity and program drift. (Royse, Thyer, & Padgett, 2010)
I run a program that provides weekly group workshops for woman who have been incarcerated and separated from their children

The A-B-A-B design would provide a data set demonstrating the how the client responds to the program at various points throughout the therapy timeline (Royse, et al., 2010). This design requires a baseline, which is data collected on the client prior to the implementation of any intervention (A) (Royse, et al., 2010). Once the baseline data is documented, I would begin the intensive intervention program. After a period of time has passed after the initial intervention had begun, data is collected again the same way the baseline data was collected, and then documented (B) (Royse, et al., 2010). After a period of time has passed without additional interventions in place, data is collected again as a second baseline from which to compare (A) (Royse, et al., 2010). If necessary, additional intervention could be implemented and data collected again for either positive or negative progression (B) (Royse, et al.,

This concern goes beyond the general informed consent because the client’s identity could be at risk of additional exposures if the intervention and evaluation results are discussed and/or widely disseminated without continued effort to protecting identifying information. Before initiating the delivering of the intensive intervention program, I would be sure to explain in nonprofessional terms all the ways in which the client’s identity could be exposed. During various stages, it would be best to return to the consent form and discuss any changes to the data that could be affected. I would take professional measure to suppress the client’s identity as much as possible and only include what is necessary. The ability to determine how much of the research methodology can be disclosed without jeopardizing the validity and reliability of the data is crucial to ethical dissemination (Royse, et al., 2010).
Workers need to be mindful of the fact that not all clients will fully understand the implications and motivations of those involved with a program or intervention. It is unethical to assume otherwise as there is always a risk of deceiving clients by either default or design especially when our intentions and limitations are not made clear (Royse, et al.,