Keeping Current with the Applied Behavior-Analytic Literature in Developmental Disabilities: Noteworthy Articles for the Practicing Behavior Analyst.
A ready-made reading list keeps DD-focused BCBAs current without the guesswork.
01Research in Context
What this study did
Whitehouse et al. (2014) wrote short notes on recent articles about developmental disabilities.
The notes act like a shopping list for busy BCBAs who want to stay up to date.
No new data were collected; the paper is a map, not a study.
What they found
The list points to key papers on assessment and treatment in DD.
Each note tells you why the paper matters and how to use it on Monday.
How this fits with other research
Briggs et al. (2022) is the next-gen version. They swap the printed list for RSS feeds and journal apps.
Bank et al. (2023) asked 180 BCBAs how they search. Most hunt for papers once a month, but people with university access search more.
Fournier et al. (2004) did the same thing a decade earlier with a different journal. All three give you a pre-filtered stack of articles so you do not drown in PubMed.
Why it matters
Use the 2014 list as a quick starter pack for new staff. Pair it with Briggs et al. (2022) tools to automate updates. Together you meet the ethics code and never miss a key DD paper again.
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02At a glance
03Original abstract
To meet the appropriate standard of care for their clients, practicing behavior analysts must stay in close contact with the scholarly literature. As one step toward this important goal, we provide an annotated bibliography of recent articles that are deemed to have relevance to behavioral practitioners in the area of developmental disabilities.
Behavior analysis in practice, 2014 · doi:10.1007/s40617-014-0002-7