The claim that DDP meets the criteria for the EBT designation is a very questionable one as I recently pointed out in a letter to the editorial board of the Child and Adolescent Social Work journal cc d to Becker Weidman My comments on the nature of evidentiary bases especially as they relate to Becker Weidman s publication will shortly be posted on under the title EBT or not EBT I would appreciate editing of this page to include any rebuttal to those remarks that Becker Weidman may be able to provide Proof by assertion is not acceptable evidence and if Wikipedia permits simple assertions on controversial issues it may as well declare itself a blog Jean Mercer