A Review of a Randomized Control Trial of DIR/Floortime Therapy

• By: Sara Gershfeld, MA, BCBA Tristram Smith, PhD Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
• July 1st, 2012
• autism research, behavioral interventions, developmental interventions, DIR, early intervention, evidence-based practice, Floortime, parent coaching, science, social communication, treatment
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Parents and clinicians frequently face the issue of making informed decisions amongst heated debates over the most effective approaches for treating young children with autism (Prizant and Wetherby, 1998). Of the current approaches used to treat autism, there lies a continuum ranging from intensive...

The Importance of Skepticism in Evaluating Claims, Selecting Treatments, and Enhancing Science-Based Treatment for Autism

• By: Thomas L. Zane, PhD, BCBA-D Endicott College
• July 1st, 2011
• autism treatment, critical thinking, decision making, evidence-based practice, pseudoscience, scientific evidence, scientific method, skepticism
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The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) was last known to exist in 1944. Unexpectedly, in 2004, it was purportedly seen near Brinkley, Arkansas. This claim resulted in a scientific expedition that produced an inconclusive video that was used to confirm the bird’s reemergence from...