Comments on: TeachTown http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/ News, commentary, resources, and more about Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: JohnL http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/comment-page-1/#comment-16937 JohnL Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:59:32 +0000 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/#comment-16937 Josh, I had much the same reaction about a comparison of the two alternatives. They illustrate an important idea: What sells is not necessarily a metric of what works. Do you know of other similar sites? (Hi, Erin. I'll skip over to your site sometime soon!) Josh, I had much the same reaction about a comparison of the two alternatives. They illustrate an important idea: What sells is not necessarily a metric of what works.

Do you know of other similar sites?

(Hi, Erin. I’ll skip over to your site sometime soon!)

]]> By: Erin http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/comment-page-1/#comment-16692 Erin Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:09:11 +0000 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/#comment-16692 Hi, I'm a future special education teacher who found EBDblog through Mrs. Ris' blog. Hope you'll take the time to read mine and include me in your blogroll if you like what you read. I just started the blog today, but hopefully my two entries are enough for you to see who I am. Thanks for all you do! Hi,

I’m a future special education teacher who found EBDblog through Mrs. Ris’ blog. Hope you’ll take the time to read mine and include me in your blogroll if you like what you read. I just started the blog today, but hopefully my two entries are enough for you to see who I am.

Thanks for all you do!

]]> By: Josh Pritchard, BCBA http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/comment-page-1/#comment-16664 Josh Pritchard, BCBA Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:52:13 +0000 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/#comment-16664 Oops -- I submitted accidently before I finished...as you can see, I have a citation -- but what research was done in that citation? You have no idea, you don't know where it was cited, what it was about or anything! TeachTown should have a reference page (and perhaps they do, and I can't find it)...they do, however, provide a link to one research study that was published (and they provide full text as well -- it doesn't get easier than that!) -- so that alone puts them ahead of the competition, in my book. However, if they want to have a solid endorsement as 'research-based', I do feel they should have a reference page, so that those of us who don't believe until we've read peer-reviewed, can delve into all the studies. Oops — I submitted accidently before I finished…as you can see, I have a citation — but what research was done in that citation? You have no idea, you don’t know where it was cited, what it was about or anything! TeachTown should have a reference page (and perhaps they do, and I can’t find it)…they do, however, provide a link to one research study that was published (and they provide full text as well — it doesn’t get easier than that!) — so that alone puts them ahead of the competition, in my book. However, if they want to have a solid endorsement as ‘research-based’, I do feel they should have a reference page, so that those of us who don’t believe until we’ve read peer-reviewed, can delve into all the studies.

]]> By: Josh Pritchard, BCBA http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/comment-page-1/#comment-16661 Josh Pritchard, BCBA Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:47:25 +0000 http://EBDBlog.com/2007/04/07/teachtown/#comment-16661 Here are my thoughts on each... Autism Pro -- it is not 'evidence-based' -- it considers FloorTime to be equally supported by research as others -- I have yet to read one bit of research (true research, mind you -- rather than someone's anectdotal report of how great it worked!) that supports Floortime as something that is effective. I read that, and dismissed Autism Pro as simply someone capitalizing on the desperation so many parents feel when they find out their child(ren) is/are diagnosed with Autism. Their only citations are not peer refereed journals, but books published by the creators/promulgators of the treatment -- this is not evidence-based...I think my biggest concern with AutismPro is that it appears to bill itself as an alternative to professional guidance -- it does have a disclaimer stating that it should be used in conjunction with professionals, but this disclaimer is buried in the FAQ page, approximately 2500 words deep...(most people probably don't read that far)--they're so excited to finally have something that 'combats the waitlisting they've suffered'... TeachTown, on the other hand has much more basis in Applied Behavior Analysis-- in fact, it describes what ABA is (including the distinction that DTT is not ABA, but rather, a part of ABA) -- this alone engenders my support initially - as most people informed by popular media think the terms are synonymous. Teachtown has an entire Research page littered with citations...but I can't find the reference page. If they don't have a reference page, the citations aren't worth much(Pritchard, 2007) Here are my thoughts on each…
Autism Pro — it is not ‘evidence-based’ — it considers FloorTime to be equally supported by research as others — I have yet to read one bit of research (true research, mind you — rather than someone’s anectdotal report of how great it worked!) that supports Floortime as something that is effective. I read that, and dismissed Autism Pro as simply someone capitalizing on the desperation so many parents feel when they find out their child(ren) is/are diagnosed with Autism. Their only citations are not peer refereed journals, but books published by the creators/promulgators of the treatment — this is not evidence-based…I think my biggest concern with AutismPro is that it appears to bill itself as an alternative to professional guidance — it does have a disclaimer stating that it should be used in conjunction with professionals, but this disclaimer is buried in the FAQ page, approximately 2500 words deep…(most people probably don’t read that far)–they’re so excited to finally have something that ‘combats the waitlisting they’ve suffered’…

TeachTown, on the other hand has much more basis in Applied Behavior Analysis– in fact, it describes what ABA is (including the distinction that DTT is not ABA, but rather, a part of ABA) — this alone engenders my support initially - as most people informed by popular media think the terms are synonymous. Teachtown has an entire Research page littered with citations…but I can’t find the reference page. If they don’t have a reference page, the citations aren’t worth much(Pritchard, 2007)

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