Service Delivery

Developing and Delivering Behavioral Interventions Through Telehealth.

Carroll et al. (2023) · Behavior modification 2023
★ The Verdict

This editorial is a curated shortcut to 10 telehealth studies you can cite tomorrow.

✓ Read this if BCBAs who run remote parent training or want telehealth evidence in one place.
✗ Skip if Practitioners looking for new raw data or effect sizes.

01Research in Context

01

What this study did

Carroll et al. (2023) wrote an editorial.

They picked 10 brand-new telehealth studies plus one big review.

The goal was to map which remote tactics are ready for real-world use.

02

What they found

The paper itself ran no experiment.

It simply flags the 10 studies as worth your time.

Think of it as a menu, not a scorecard.

03

How this fits with other research

Fisher et al. (2020) already proves the point. Their RCT showed parents who took a VPN class gained big ABA skills versus wait-list folks.

MSáez-Suanes et al. (2023) adds a twist: the more a low-income family tapped the TE-HNC phone app, the faster the child hit mastery.

Sannemalm et al. (2025) pushes the idea further. Their upcoming trial will test 11 weeks of internet ERP for adults with Tourette syndrome.

Together these papers turn the editorial’s reading list into a living timeline: early proof → efficiency tweak → next population.

04

Why it matters

You now have a short list of telehealth papers you can trust. Start with Fisher et al. (2020) if you need parent-training ammo. Add MSáez-Suanes et al. (2023) when parents ask, “How often should I use the app?” Keep Sannemalm et al. (2025) on your radar for adult tic work.

Free CEUs

Want CEUs on This Topic?

The ABA Clubhouse has 60+ free CEUs — live every Wednesday. Ethics, supervision & clinical topics.

Join Free →
→ Action — try this Monday

Open Fisher et al. (2020) and copy their VPN role-play script for your next parent Zoom session.

02At a glance

Intervention
not applicable
Design
narrative review
Finding
not reported

03Original abstract

This special issue on telehealth in Behavior Modification features 10 studies related to developing and delivering behavioral interventions through telehealth. The studies in this issue cover a variety of topics including using telehealth to train caregivers, training clinicians to use telehealth, and directly implementing interventions or assessments through telehealth. The special issue concludes with a comprehensive literature review examining variables that impact the effectiveness of telehealth as a service-delivery tool.

Behavior modification, 2023 · doi:10.1177/01454455231153784