Improving the Process & Product of Intensive Intervention Through Formative Triangulation

Service-delivery models that promote collaboration with families and systematically program for generalization may produce socially significant and generalized outcomes. However, valid empirical demonstrations of generality are difficult to generate. For practitioners invested in evaluating the molar impact of their effort, quantitative measures reflecting caregiver perception of change could be a valuable metric for guiding formative triangulation processes. In this paper, we presented a fully integrated mixed methods case study using convergent-design elements to demonstrate how incorporating qualitative and quantitative reports of caregiver perceptions of the frequency and intensity of aggression outside of formal therapy sessions can inform socially valid and generalized outcomes through formative triangulation.