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When Science Cannot Guide us: A Call to Action for Applied Behavior Analysts
2023 · Perspectives on Behavior Science; v. 46; n. 2; p. 313-320; Fonte: Springer-Verlag
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 2023
- Dados editoriais
- Perspectives on Behavior Science; v. 46; n. 2; p. 313-320; Fonte: Springer-Verlag
- Palavras-chave
- PERSPECTIVES-BEHAVIOR-SCIENCE; análise do comportamento
Autores
- Dorothea C. Lerman ORCID: 0000-0002-5807-274X
Resumo
AbstractEvidence presented in the ABAI Task Force Report on Contingent Electric Skin Shock (CESS) revealed serious ethical, clinical, and practical problems with the contemporary use of CESS. As a member of the task force, I ultimately concluded that our recommended position statement (“Position A”) was a misguided attempt to uphold the field’s commitment to client choice. Furthermore, information gathered by the task force supports an urgent call to find solutions to two additional troubling issues: a severe shortage of treatment services for severe problem behavior and the near-absence of research on treatment-resistant behavior. In this commentary, I discuss reasons Position A was not a tenable stance and why we must do better to help our most vulnerable clients.