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Gerhardt, P. F., & Bahry, S. (2023). Make it meaningful: Creating programs that matter into adulthood for learners with autism spectrum and related disorders. Make It Meaningful, LLC. Reviewed by David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment Admittedly, when this book arrived, I gulped as I flipped through its 400 pages,…
Written by: Elizabeth Hardesty, MA, BCBA, Kassidy Ashbeck, MS, BCBA, and Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas Caregivers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may often feel a sense of urgency to find an intervention that will help their loved one. According to self-advocates, autistic people may socialize,…
Grace J. Gunderson, MS Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA(NE) University of Nebraska Omaha When you think of famous scientists, you may remember names like Madam Curie, Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Ada Lovelace, and Alexander Fleming. Their efforts to overcome adversity and advocate for scientific discovery have been documented many times, and rightly so. Their…
Elizabeth Hardesty, MA, BCBA, Kassidy Ashbeck, MS, Isabelle Sharp, BA, and Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas The authors and editors would like to thank Scott Myers, MD and Thomas Challman, MD for their review of the draft of this article. Deficits in social communication are a key diagnostic…
Written by: Kimberly Marshall, PhD, BCBA-D University of Oregon Editor’s Note: The original version of this article was published in the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) Something Interesting Blog and can be found here. If you are or have been a practitioner in ABA, you have likely experienced a situation similar to the following: A…
Written by: Kassidy Ashbeck, MS, Elizabeth Hardesty, MA, BCBA, and Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas An increasingly popular treatment used to promote physical, occupational, and speech-language goals is hippotherapy, a therapeutic approach that utilizes the multidimensional movement of a horse to achieve functional outcomes (American Hippotherapy Association, n.d.,).…
Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA(NE) University of Nebraska David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment For restaurants, retail stores, and products, quality ratings are often an important consideration when making a purchase. Although research studies do not come with star ratings in a review section, they too can be evaluated for…
Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA(NE) University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, United States We began this series on external validity with a scenario in which an administrator hears about a new and innovative treatment approach at a conference. The presenters at the conference shared some compelling data supporting the efficacy of the approach. The…
Emily K. Sullivan, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA (NE, NY) University of Rochester Medical Center When reading research articles, it’s easy to focus on whether the treatment in the study “worked.” However, just because research shows that a treatment was effective, it does not mean that a “control, copy, paste” approach in practice would produce the same…
Whitney Trapp, MS, BCBA, LBA (NE) University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute Research has a direct influence on our daily lives. For instance, when you enter your vehicle, you (hopefully) secure your seatbelt before operating the vehicle. A few decades ago, this was not possible because seatbelts were not a vehicle manufacturing requirement in…
Rebecca J. Barall, MEd, CBIS, BCBA, LBA (NE, IA) University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute You’ve just read about a promising new intervention for individuals with autism. It’s published in a reputable journal, shows strong results, and seems like it could help someone with autism you care about. But there’s one crucial issue to…