How Behavior Analysts Can Support ASAT

By David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D and Carolyn J. Sniezyk, MS, BCBA
Association for Science in Autism Treatment

We hope you have been able to peruse our array of resources for behavior analysts, as well as our recently published article: How ASAT Supports Behavior Analysts, and discovered more about how we support your important work. As it truly takes a village to support children with autism and their families and to guide them toward science-based intervention, here are a few specific ways you can, in turn, support our efforts in making more people aware of ASAT and share information about our offerings. We deeply appreciate these efforts!

As an individual

• • Sign up for ASAT’s free, monthly publication, Science in Autism Treatment. You will receive the issue each month in electronic form
  • When you share the subscriber link with colleagues and co-workers, you increase the number of individuals who have access to our published content month after month.
  • Visit our website, https://www.asatonline.org/. If you have any suggestions about our website or any topic you would like to see addressed online, please reach out to us at info@asatonline.org.
  • Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X (formerly twitter) and share our content.
  • Consider making a donation.
  • Learn about other ways to support ASAT including 26 specific suggestions.

As a practicing behavior analyst

• • As behavior analysts, you are in a unique position to pass along information about the resources ASAT offers to children and their families. If parents are interested in learning further information about their child’s autism diagnosis or intervention options, please refer them to ASAT’s website.
  • Encourage the individuals with autism with whom you work and/or their families to peruse our library of Media Watch letters to read responses to accurate and inaccurate representations of autism and its treatment in the media.
  • Some particularly relevant items that can be shared include our annotated list of articles for parents of newly diagnosed children, our packet of information for parents starting behavioral intervention, our treatment summaries, and our page on becoming a savvy consumer (to name a few).
  • If you work in a school setting, please encourage administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, related service providers, and paraprofessionals to learn more about science-based methods to teach students with autism spectrum disorders. Please share our article: How ASAT Supports Teachers as well as our list of topical resources for educators.
  • In your written reports, consider recommending ASAT. Here are two written samples (the first one includes hyperlinks and the second does not):
    1. For current, high-quality information about autism and its treatment, visit the website of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT). In addition, sign up for their free monthly publication, Science in Autism Treatment.
    2. For current, high-quality information about autism and its treatment, visit the website of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (asatonline.org). In addition, sign up for their free monthly publication, Science in Autism Treatment at https://www.asatonline.org/newsletter/
  • Specific articles on our website can be easily printed or shared using the options featured on the bottom left-hand corner of each article (see below for visual).
    
  • Share one-page flyers about our newsletter and website, which are conveniently provided in English and over 20 other languages.
  • Did you know that you can translate our entire website into any of over 100 languages by using the Google Translate function found at the top of our webpage? Learn more here.
  • Post the link to our newly published issues of Science in Autism Treatment on your organization’s Facebook page or other social media outlets.
  • Consider having your organization or company become a sponsor of ASAT. See our current list of sponsors here.

As a colleague, supervisor, or faculty member

• • Have your colleagues, staff, or students sign up for ASAT’s free, monthly publication, Science in Autism Treatment.
  • Alternatively, you can encourage them to fill out this sign-up sheet. Please encourage them to write out their contact information legibly. You can scan completed sheets and send via email (newsletter@asatonline.org) or mail them to:

ASAT
PO Box 1447
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030

• • Some particularly relevant items that can be shared with your colleagues include our treatment summaries, research synopses, book and resource reviews, Clinical Corner library, and Is There Science Behind That? series.
  • If you are a supervisor, mentor, or advisor to someone interested in helping ASAT in a more direct way, encourage them to consider our Externship Program. The 150-hour Externship is a personalized, flexible program open to individuals with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. Each Extern identifies three individual goals that are worked toward over the course of their time with us.
  • Emphasize the importance of evidence-based practice when interacting with supervisees. Please refer to ASAT’s dedicated page for behavior analysts for further guidance.
  • If you are a faculty member, please visit our dedicated page for faculty members including a list of some activities for students. Please encourage students to consider our Externship Program particularly those interested in learning more about how research could guide clinical interventions. In addition, the Externship may help them further explore thesis topics.
  • Presenting at a national or regional ABA conference? Then mention ASAT during your conference presentations. Write us at info@asatonline.org if you would like us to share some PowerPoint slides.
  • If you maintain a website, add a link to ASAT’s homepage or some of our specific offerings on your website.
  • We are also open to outside writers contributing content for Science in Autism Treatment. If you are interested, please contact David Celiberti at dceliberti@asatonline.org. Publications in Science in Autism Treatment can be displayed on your CV.

Citation for this article:

Celiberti, D., & Sniezyk, C. (2024). How behavior analysts can support our work. Science in Autism Treatment, 21(03).

 

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