Program evaluation is an essential practice for providers of behavior analytic services, as it helps providers understand the extent to which they are achieving their intended mission to the community they serve. A proposed method for conducting such evaluations, is through the use of a consecutive case series design, for which cases are…

Many autistic children access some form of early intervention, but little is known about the value for money of different programs. We completed a scoping review of full economic evaluations of early interventions for autistic children and/or their families. We identified nine studies and reviewed their methods and quality. Most studies involved…

The method of social validation was used to evaluate the behavioral treatment objectives of autistic children. Responses of 24 parents of autistic children, 29 behavior therapists, and 48 student teachers regarding their judgments of treatment goals demonstrated the usefulness of the technique and differences among the three groups of evaluators.…