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Ky Jackson, BS University of Nebraska Omaha University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute Sarah Frampton, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA University of Nebraska Omaha Accurate measurement is essential to assessing the extent to which an intervention is effective, whether that intervention is biomedical, educational, or psychosocial. Unlike other conditions that rely on automated instruments such as…
Sneed, L., Little, S. G., & Akin-Little, A., (2023). Evaluating the effectiveness of two models of applied behavior analysis in a community-based setting for children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. 23(4), 238-253. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000277 Reviewed by: Eric Larsson, PhD, LP, BCBA-D, Lovaas Institute Midwest; Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, Endicott…
Catalina Rey, PhD, BCBA-D and Paige O’Neill, MA, BCBA University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute Imagine you have a child with autism who receives multiple services: speech therapy, ABA therapy, and dietary supplements. They have shown significant improvements in skills and other behavior, but you are unsure which service is responsible for their progress. One…
Elizabeth Hardesty, MA, BCBA, Breanna Roberts, MA, BCBA, and Thomas Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas Most children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) engage in at least one form of challenging behavior throughout their lifetime (Quetsch et al., 2023; Steenfeldt‐Kristensen et al., 2020). Research shows that some challenging behavior may…
Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA University of Nebraska Omaha Many events will occur in the busy lives of the participants in a research study. These events may never be known to the researchers and may have limited effect on the outcomes. For example, the child may get a new lunchbox or start using a different…
Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA University of Nebraska Omaha Amaya Rocheleau, BS, RBT University of Nebraska Omaha, University of Nebraska Medical Center Humans, especially children, are always changing. In early years, nearly everything about a child is changing from their height to their motor skills to their speech. This, of course, includes children diagnosed with…
Boynton, J. (2024). Questions to ask facilitators and yourself while observing FC/S2C/RPM sessions. Facilitatedcommunication.org https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/blog/questions-to-ask-facilitators-and-yourself-while-observing-fc-s2c-rpm-sessions Reviewed by Smrithi Thyagarajan (Extern) and David Celiberti, PhD, BABA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment The Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) firmly believes that consumers are well within their rights to question providers and to receive…
Sarah E. Frampton, PhD, BCBA University of Nebraska Omaha “Internal validity?” If you are less familiar with this scientific term, the title of this article may be a little off-putting. Prior to discussing what this all means, it may be helpful to provide our readers with an example of an all-too common scenario. A caregiver…
Heather J. Forbes, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCBA-D1, Marina Crain, MS, CCC-SLP2, and Lina Slim, PhD, BCBA-D, CCC-SLP3 1Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, West Chester University 2Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon 3Lina Slim Consulting, Department of Applied Behavior Analysis, Endicott College Description: In 1977, Ann Peters proposed that some children may…
Schlosser, R. W., & Prabhu, A. (2024). Interrogating neurotypical bias in Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, and Spelling 2 Communicate through a humanistic lens. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 11(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40474-024-00296-w Reviewed by Angela Fuhrmann-Knowles, MA, BCBA Endicott College Reports have indicated that approximately 25-35% of autistic individuals have minimal to no speech…
Lisa Tereshko, PhD, BCBA-D and Videsha Marya, PhD, BCBA-D Endicott College Peer review is what it sounds like – other researchers (peers) evaluate the quality of an article submitted for publication (review). It is akin to buying a certified used car that has been inspected thoroughly by experts versus from an owner where you only…