Reopening the Doors to Center-Based ABA Services: Clinical and Safety Protocols During COVID-19

Julie Kornack · Ashley L. Williams · Eileen M. Mendes

25 citations0/0 files storedBehavior Analysis in Practice

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Behavioral and Psychological Studies Education during COVID-19 pandemic Infection Control and Ventilation

Abstract

In the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, U.S. organizations that provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) programs to individuals with autism spectrum disorder have implemented a variety of safety precautions to minimize the spread of the virus, often shifting center-based services to the home or telehealth. Considered essential workers, ABA providers are exempt from government directives to close, so they have both the freedom and the great responsibility to make their own decisions about how best to keep their clients safe while continuing to provide medically necessary services. In the coming weeks and months, ABA providers will be faced with the decision about whether to reopen centers. This article does not address that decision, except to acknowledge the urgency to reopen, both to help clients and to remain solvent. Political rhetoric and contradictory public information further complicate this daunting decision. Because ABA providers do not have legal guidance to shift the burden of such decisions to local and state regulators, the burden is theirs alone. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic means that no decision is clearly wrong or right, and every decision has consequences. Although ABA providers do not have their own state guidance, many states have issued guidelines for childcare providers whose operations have continued throughout the pandemic. This article analyzes that guidance, identifies common variables potentially relevant to ABA organizations, highlights clinical considerations and procedural compliance, and provides ABA organizations with the tools to make the best decision for their clients, in their community, and on their timeline.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 25 citations exist upstream.

References

2012Evidence-Based Staff Training: A Guide for Practitioners 2000Teaching On-Task and On-Schedule Behaviors to High-Functioning Children with Autism Via Picture Activity Schedules 2007Toilet Training for Children with Autism: The Effects of Video Modeling 2001Using an Activity Schedule to Smooth School Transitions 2020A Proposed Process for Risk Mitigation During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2000Simultaneous Prompting and Instructive Feedback When Teaching Chained Tasks 2006Combining video modeling and least‐to‐most prompting for establishing response chains 2014The effects of behavioral skills training on instructor and learner behavior across responses and skill sets

Cited by

2022Behavioral Training and Performance Management of Human Services Organization Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2023Organizational behavior management in human services

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.