May of 2005 I commented on the high-quality information one can gain from the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (CCBS). I was just visiting the site again and want to remind folks that they should take the time to learn about it. CCBS promotes the application of applied behavior analysis and behavioral psychology to the solution of real-world problems, including education.
The methods, techniques, and practices described by folks from CCBS are firmly based on research. They are neither extrapolations from neurological studies nor interpretations of developmental research. They are directly tested using questions of the form, “Does using procedure X produce clear and compelling improvements in performance on measure M” (where M is an outcome of importance such as reading, speaking, interacting appropriately, and so forth). In other words, once can pretty much trust what one learns from the CCBS folks.
The overall site uses frames, so the first link at the bottom will take you to an introductory page and you’ll have to use navigation menus to locate relevant sections. For people’s ease, I’ve extracted links to a couple of specific pages, but following them will reduce the navigability of the site. That’s O.K. One should explore this cave of valuable content at length.
Links:
- Main page for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
- Austism
- Education
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