As you can imagine, things were a little touch and go as we prepared for our first presentation at the American Evaluation Association meeting. After all, the Federal government had been shut down for 16 days and had just re-opened on Thursday. We Amtracked it down to DC (is Amtracked a word?) on Friday and were scheduled to present on Saturday morning.
The conference, however, actually began prior to the re-opening of the Federal government, and we had already been warned that attendance would likely be low, sessions would be cancelled, etc. We had already steeled ourselves for a less-than-stellar showing, especially since we were presenting on the last day of the conference, a less than ideal time slot.
We had never presented at AEA before so we have no idea how to gauge turnout at our session, but the presentation was exceptionally well received! As was our goal, we were able to demonstrate SSD for R to a diverse audience. We were lucky that Mansour Kazi, a colleague from The University at Albany who has written a seminal article in single-case research, was able to attend, but we also had evaluators from other disciplines show up, including medicine and education.
The presentation went very well, if we do say so ourselves. Feel free to watch a version of our presentation here. Lots of conversation ensued, even after the presentation ended, so we are hoping to start building a learning community where those of us interested in single-subject research have a virtual space to meet and talk.
That being said, if you have any suggestions for blog posts, feel free to contact us as ssdforr2013@gmail.com! Also, feel free to check out our website - it's growing regularly!
