Research Article Summaries

For behavior analysts, trainees, supervisors, and clinic leaders, this post translates survey data on hours, caseloads, and unpaid indirect work into actionable guidance. It shows how simple time-and-task tracking and task-category caseloading can reveal workload-driven risks to supervision quality, data integrity, and client safety. Practical, ethically grounded steps are provided to document limits, prioritize clinical protections, and use ABA data to justify caseload and workflow changes.

For behavior analysts (BCBAs, RBTs) working with autistic clients, this concise guide explains how ableism can shape goals, measurement, language, and intervention choices. It offers practical, ethics-focused checks—grounded in session data, social validity, and assent—to help distinguish harm from harmless difference and reduce unnecessary restriction. Use these steps to turn ABA data into clear, ethical clinical decisions that preserve client dignity and choice.

For BCBAs, supervisors, and clinicians who train staff in functional assessment, this study examines whether computer-based instruction alone produces competent trial-based functional analysis (TBFA) implementation. It shows that online knowledge gains don’t guarantee correct trial execution and recommends a practical sequence—online pre-work, scored role-play, telehealth BST with performance feedback, and scheduled boosters—to preserve procedural integrity. Using this approach helps ensure TBFA data are valid so teams can turn ABA assessment results into clear, ethical treatment decisions.

For behavior analysts and clinicians who need richer stakeholder input than rating scales provide, this post offers practical steps for brief interviews and purposeful sampling. It explains how to integrate qualitative feedback with ABA data to make clearer, ethically grounded treatment decisions and how to plan for participation barriers. It also provides pragmatic advice for protecting data quality when recruiting or collecting feedback online.