Evidence-based practice: New Zealand release of "Technical review of published research on applied behaviour analysis interventions for people with autism spectrum disorders"

The New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis announced the public release by the New Zealand Ministries of Education and of Health of a comprehensive technical review of the evidence concerning the effectiveness of applied behaviour analytic intervention methods for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

The report is,

Mudford, O., Blampied, N., Phillips, K., Harper, D., Foster, M., Church, J., Hunt, M., Prochnow, J., Rose, D., Arnold-Saritepe, A., Peters, H., Lie, C., Jeffrey, K., Messick, E., Sumpter, C., McEwan, J., & Wilczynski, S. (2009). Technical review of published research on applied behaviour analysis interventions for people with autism spectrum disorders: Auckland Uniservices Ltd. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.

Among those receiving acknowledgement for advice and input to the report are: Dr. Gina Green, Ph.D., BCBA-D; the Directors of the May Institute; Dr. Susan M.Wilczynski, Ph.D., BCBA, Executive Director of the National Autism Center's National Standards Project; and author colleagues at the University of Auckland, University of Waikato, Massey University, Victoria University of Wellington, the Open Polytechnic, and University of Canterbury. 

Those interested in the report are directed to the Executive Summary page, where that summary and the full 126 page report can be directly accessed, respecting the note,

"Reports from Auckland UniServices Limited should only be used for the purposes for which
they were commissioned. If it is proposed to use a report prepared by Auckland UniServices
Limited for a different purpose or in a different context from that intended at the time of
commissioning the work, then UniServices should be consulted to verify whether the report is
being correctly interpreted. In particular it is requested that, where quoted, conclusions given
in UniServices reports should be stated in full."

For further information
"Technical Review of Published Research on Applied Behaviour Analysis Interventions for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Executive Summary and links to full report
Education Counts
Author: Mudford, O., Blampied, N., Phillips, K., Harper, D., Foster, M., Church, J., Hunt, M., Prochnow, J., Rose, D., Arnold-Saritepe, A., Peters, H., Lie, C., Jeffrey, K., Messick, E., Sumpter, C., McEwan, J., & Wilczynski, S. (2009).
Date Published: 15 January 2009 - Revised 16 January 2009
Released on Education Counts: April 2010

REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON ABA INTERVENTIONS FOR AUTISM NOW PUBLISHED
New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis
May 6, 2010

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