#7: The What and How of Evidence Practice

<p>Evidence-based practice can be a touchy subject for ABAs and OTs alike. Dr. Josh Pritchard of the Lodestone Academy shares his insights on collaboration and the strengths and weaknesses of single-case design versus group-case design.</p> <p>Dr. Pritchard discusses the groundbreaking study that put standards in place for sensory integrations for children with ASD. He further provides ways that ABAs and OTs can improve their collaboration by using measurements to determine the effectiveness of their interventions.</p> <p>HIGHLIGHTS</p> <p>01:50 Introducing Dr. Josh Pritchard</p> <p>08:54 Research and OT strategies: Challenges to collaboration </p> <p>17:19 Evidence-based practice: Single case design vs group design</p> <p>29:57 The Bedtime Pass</p> <p>33:51 Discussing the study "Effectiveness of Sensory Integration Interventions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders"</p> <p>38:49 Insights for OTs and measuring the effectiveness of their interventions</p> <p>GLOSSARY</p> <p>Single case design - Takes a single unit, many times a single person, or a setting or small group of people but treated as a unit, and use that unit as its own control, and involves repeated measures, and manipulation of a single, independent variable in specific patterns.</p> <p>Group case design - Uses the same kind of control but using averages of the measurement across each group and compares using statistical analysis. The goal is to find statistical significance. </p> <p>RESOURCES</p> <p>Join our The ABA and OT Podcast Facebook Group to get access to the following resources:</p> <p>Facebook group link: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/397478901376425'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/397478901376425</a></p> <p>EXTERNAL RESOURCES</p> <p><a href='https://fitlearners.com/'>Fit Learning Website</a> </p> <p><a href='http://fitlearning.com.au/'>Fit Learning Australia</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708964/'>Effectiveness of Sensory Integration Interventions in Children With Autism