PSY 440 Autism Ch. 2

Question 1

What sources come up with best practice guidelines?

Answer 1

well-established, probably efficacious, and experimental.

Question 2

Intended to inform consumers and service providers about the current status of optimal care guidelines as compared to generally accepted practice parameters for specific conditions or disorders.

Answer 2

Best-practice guidelines.

Question 3

In addition to rigorous scientific methodologies and cross checks, what is another critical element of good scientific methodology?

Answer 3

Beyond rigorous methodology and cross checks.

Question 4

Why was the federal No Child Left behind Act (NCLB) enacted in 2002?

Answer 4

to require standards for effective educational interventions through the use of evidence-based education.

Question 5

Why haven’t the methodologies used by AHCPR, EST guidelines, and NCLB act had a positive impact on creating guidelines in the field of autism spectrum disorders (ASD)?

Answer 5

new funding streams have not emerged for research on programmatic interventioin, and no comprehensive treatment programs for ASD currently meet the criteria for an EST.

Question 6

Research in autism treatment outcomes must also address factors related to what?

Answer 6

outcome

Question 7

According to the authors, what tool do we use to make ethical treatment decisions?

Answer 7

Research