Making behavioral technology transferable.

The authors looked at why good ABA ideas often stay stuck in labs.

They asked: what makes a procedure truly shareable like an engineering blueprint?

The paper lays out a checklist: numbers, steps, and proof that anyone can repeat.

Without clear specs, even great interventions fade when the original team moves on.

The fix is to treat every procedure like a recipe with exact measures and bake times.

Fuqua (2025) shows the idea in action. Pennypacker’s breast-self-exam kit lists exact hand angles, timing, and scoring sheets. Clinics across the US now use it.

Kincaid (2023) picks up the same torch. His gradual-change taxonomy gives you three-word labels like “stimulus fade” so every team runs the same procedure.

Austin et al. (2024) uses the lens for trauma-informed care. They argue new TIC moves must meet the same spec-first standard before wide use.

Next time you train staff or write a program, add the missing numbers. State the exact prompt delay in seconds, the mastery criterion in trials, and the data sheet format. Your procedure will travel intact to the next clinic, the next client, and the next year.