I have written before about the importance of applied behavior analysis to basic researchers. That relationship is, however, reciprocal; it is also critical for practitioners to understand and even to participate in basic research. Although applied problems are rarely the same as those investigated in the laboratory, practitioners who understand their basic research background are often able to...

Occupational therapists strive to be mindful, competent practitioners and continuously look for ways to improve practice. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) has strong evidence of effectiveness in helping people with autism achieve goals, yet it does not seem to be implemented in occupational therapy practice. To better understand whether ABA could be an evidence-based option to expand occupationa...

meta-analysis enables researchers to analyze the findings of studies related to the specific area in the form of a specific research question. based on the results of these reviews for the specific subject, development of new theories and experimental models is provided. often, by exploring studies in a particular field, we encounter a large number of studies which were conducted on the same va...