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- Title
Understanding and addressing pseudoscientific practices in the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders: Considerations for applied behavior analysis practitioners.
- Authors
Capuano, Angela M.; Killu, Kim
- Abstract
Pseudoscientific practices are commonly used and promoted in the field of developmental disabilities. Behavior analysts should anticipate encountering such treatments in practice and understand their ethical obligations with regard to these practices. Thoughts on why pseudoscientific practices are frequently sought are presented for context in understanding this complex issue. This discussion will serve to prepare behavior analysts for how to address situations in which clients may ask behavior analysts to use pseudoscientific practices. Additionally, this discussion covers arguments for the dangers of using pseudoscientific practices, a guide to resources for information on evidence‐based practice and ethics, and ideas on how to handle a situation in which a parent or caregiver asks the behavior analyst to integrate a pseudoscientific approach into the treatment of a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder.
- Subjects
COGNITIVE dissonance; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL treatment; COGNITION; ADVERTISING; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR modification
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 1, p242
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1750