{"title":"Impact of within-case variability on Tau-U indices and the hierarchical linear modeling approach for multiple-baseline design data: A Monte Carlo simulation study","authors":"Joelle Fingerhut, Xinyun Xu, Mariola Moeyaert","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1933727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1933727","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study focuses on two different measures to quantify intervention effectiveness for multiple-baseline design data. The influence of 216 design conditions on the estimate of the Tau-U index (with three different variants) and the regression-based effect size is empirically investigated through a Monte Carlo simulation study. Results demonstrate that the magnitude of the within-case variance influences the Tau-U indices the most when the true intervention effect is small relative to large within-case variance. The within-case variance does not systematically influence the regression-based effect size measure. The Critical Tau-U is introduced to help determine if Tau-U estimates indicate evidence in support of an intervention effect and address underlying issues with currently used benchmarks.","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"44 1","pages":"115 - 141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83494610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Picture description task shows promise for use with English-Spanish bilingual children","authors":"Nataly Lim, Adrienne Russell-George","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1945245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1945245","url":null,"abstract":"Participants:The participants were 28 preschool children, between the ages of 3 and 5 years, were selected from a larger study that included 47 children. Inclusion criteria were (a) having at least 10% combined input/output in both English and Spanish, as determined through parents and teachers’ responses on the Bilingual Input-Output Survey (b) passing a hearing test, and (c) completing a language sample in at least one language.","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"57 1","pages":"58 - 61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90826999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Initial support for a behavioral skills training package with computer-based instruction to teach conversation skills to adults with autism spectrum disorders, with an assessment of socially meaningful behavior change","authors":"Nicole C. Groskreutz, Mark P. Groskreutz","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1950815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1950815","url":null,"abstract":"Q (1) What is the effectiveness of a behavioral skills training (BST) package including a computer-based instructional (CBI) component for promoting acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of conversational skills in adults with autism spectrum disorders? (2) To what extent is the package socially valid in terms of study participants’ and parents’ perceptions of the acceptability of the procedures, and peers’ evaluation of outcomes?","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"19 1","pages":"53 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77596279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blinded body part sensation training may promote acquisition of related tacts for private events","authors":"Bailey Devine, Leslie C. Neely","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1958513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1958513","url":null,"abstract":"Design: A concurrent multiple-baseline design across participants was planned; however, due to one participant exiting the study, the experimenters included a third participant via a non-concurrent multiple-baseline design. Generalization to untaught body parts, recombinative generalization, and novel forms of stimulation were tested for. Although the experimenters did not specifically train or test for maintenance, two of the three participants were reported to engage in the target behaviors across untrained settings.","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"52 1","pages":"62 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73568781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical utility and reliability of instruments for measuring oral motor function: A scoping review","authors":"Omid Mohamadi, F. Torabinezhad, Behnaz Soleimani","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1932958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1932958","url":null,"abstract":"Omid Mohamadi, Farhad Torabinezhad & Behnaz Soleimani1 Department of Speech and Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 1Department of Speech Therapy, Farabi Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran .............................................................................................................................................................","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"38 1","pages":"76 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79061224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Training parents via telepractice to implement dialogic reading strategies with children with developmental disabilities shows promise but additional research is needed","authors":"Laci Watkins, Yusuf Akemoğlu, Megan Fedewa","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1957435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1957435","url":null,"abstract":"Study duration The exact duration of the study was not explicitly provided. Parents were asked to video record three to four storybook reading sessions per week during baseline conditions and at least once per day during intervention. The number of recorded baseline probes ranged from 4– 11, the number of intervention probes 1Abstracted from: Pierson, L. M., Thompson, J. L., Ganz, J. B., Wattanawongwan, S., Haas, A. N., & Yllades, V. (2021). Coaching parents of children with developmental disabilities to implement a modified dialogic reading intervention using low technology via telepractice. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(1), 119-136. Source of funding and disclosure of interest: Sources of funding not reported. Original authors reported that there were no conflicts of interest.","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"57 5 1","pages":"67 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83671854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benchmarking effect sizes in single-case experimental designs","authors":"Kimberly J. Vannest, M. Sallese","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1886412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1886412","url":null,"abstract":"Effect sizes (ESs) describe “how much change” occurred in a treatment condition versus a non-treatment or alternative treatment condition. As such, they are a measure of success or failure in resea...","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74752558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Language sampling practices: A review for clinicians","authors":"Louiza Voniati, Spyros Armostis, D. Tafiadis","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1920118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1920118","url":null,"abstract":"Language sampling (LS) is a procedure based on the collection and transcription of a true language sample; thus, it provides the means for analysis of language production in a variety of speaking c...","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"19 1","pages":"24 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73215297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functional communication training is effective for treating problem behavior and requires additional study in natural contexts to become an evidence-based practice in psychology","authors":"Eric N. Shannon, Mandy Rispoli","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1945247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1945247","url":null,"abstract":"Q (1) Is there sufficient empirical evidence for functional communication training (FCT) to be considered an evidence-based practice in psychology? (2) What is the strength of the evidence of FCT effectiveness in natural contexts by examining: (a) the effects on problem behavior including maintenance and generalization, (b) social validity of FCT, and (c) additional effects of FCT on other behaviors and outcomes?","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"6 1","pages":"1 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87868260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A recent eye-tracking study fails to reveal agency in assisted autistic communication","authors":"K. Beals","doi":"10.1080/17489539.2021.1918890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2021.1918890","url":null,"abstract":"In May 2020, Scientific Reports published a paper entitled “Eye-tracking Reveals Agency in Assisted Autistic Communication” (Jaswal et al., 2020). This paper has attracted widespread attention amon...","PeriodicalId":39977,"journal":{"name":"Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention","volume":"19 8","pages":"46 - 51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/17489539.2021.1918890","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72415219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}