Unit 2 Flashcards
Science is a systematic approach to: _____
Understanding natural phenomena
Evidence-based practice (noun): _____
Intervention to solve a consumer’s problem
Reputable body:
What they do: _____
Entity that reviews literature using a set of standards
Reputable body:
What they determine: _____
If an intervention is “evidence-based” for a specific population
Evidence-based practice (verb): _____
Intervention decision-making process
When using evidence-based practices, you incorporate (3): _____
1) Available evidence
2) Clinical expertise
3) Client values/context
Best available evidence: _____
Research evidence aligned with presenting behavioral problem
Clinical expertise: _____
One’s scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities
Client values and context: _____
Client’s values aligned with the treatment context
Peer review is the evaluation of: _____
Research quality and rigor
Quality of evidence: _____
How many studies meet socially agreed-upon standards
Predatory journals: _____
Journals without a rigorous peer review process
Predatory journals:
Effect on consumer: _____
Hard for consumer to discriminate quality
Pseudoscience: _____
Explaining phenomena using
some aspects of science but
not all
Fad treatment: _____
Treatment that is rapidly adopted without proper evidence
Interdisciplinary: _____
2 or more disciplines to support a common cause or outcome
Behavioral ambassador (2): _____
1) Extends behavior-analytic model to others
2) Evaluates the effects of their verbal behavior
Goals of science (3): _____
1) Description
2) Prediction
3) Control
Characteristics of strong evidence (3): _____
1) Multiple demonstrations
2) Independent demonstrations
3) Reduced internal validity threat
Evidence-based practices for autism treatment (4): _____
1) Antecedent-based
2) Prompting
3) Reinforcement supports
4) Visual supports
(Wong et al., 2014)
Components in process of evidence-based practice (3): _____
1) Best available evidence
2) Clinical expertise
3) Client values and context
Peer-reviewed journals: Problems (2): _____
1) Financial conflicts
2) Predatory journals
Factors of nonscience treatment popularity (5): _____
1) Effectiveness
2) Client approval
3) Ideology
4) Proprietary groups
5) Science denial
Effectiveness impacts nonscience popularity: _____
Available scientific therapies have incomplete effectiveness
Client approval impacts nonscience popularity: _____
Best available treatment is not liked by client or caregivers
Ideology impacts nonscience popularity: _____
Alternative treatment aligns with consumer/caregiver ideology
Proprietary groups impact nonscience popularity: _____
Established groups support an alternative treatment
Science denial impacts nonscience treatment: _____
Widespread distrust of scientific conclusions makes alternatives appealing
Unproven nonscience treatments: Risks and harms (3): _____
1) Lost instructional time
2) Financial cost
3) Physical or emotional harm
Common pseudoscientific interventions and fad treatments (4): _____
1) Facilitated communication
2) Sensory integration
3) Rapid prompting
4) Auditory integration
Using socially acceptable language and avoiding negative perceptions of ABA:
Examples of: _____
Being an ambassador
