An increasing number of interventions have some empirical support ; others are emerging as potentially efficacious .
This evidence base up date examines the level of empirical support for interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) younger than 5 years old .
What is evidence-based behavior analysis?
Although applied behavior analysts often say they engage in evidence -based practice , they express differing views on what constitutes “ evidence ” and “ practice . ” This article describes a practice as a service offered by a provider to help solve a problem presented by a consumer . Solving most problems ( e.g. , increasing or decreasing a behavior and maintaining this change ) requires multiple intervention procedures ( i.e. , a package ) . Single-subject studies are invaluable in investigating individual procedures , but research ers still need to integrate the procedures into a package . The package must be st and ardized enough for independent providers to replicate yet flexible enough to allow individualization ; intervention manuals are the primary technology for achieving this balance . To test whether the package is effective in solving consumers ’ problems , research ers must evaluate outcomes of the package as a whole , usually in group studies such as r and omized controlled trials . From this perspective , establishing an evidence -based practice involves more than analyzing the effects of discrete intervention procedures on behavior ; it requires synthesizing information so as to offer thorough solutions to problems . Recognizing the need for synthesis offers behavior analysts many promising opportunities to build on their existing research to increase the quality and quantity of evidence -based practice
An increasing number of interventions have some empirical support ; others are emerging as potentially efficacious .
This evidence base up date examines the level of empirical support for interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) younger than 5 years old .