FCT in Natural Settings
Critical reading of a 2025 meta-analysis and clinical decisions for home and school.
About This Course
Examine a 2025 meta-analysis of functional communication training with young autistic children in natural settings. Learn to interpret research findings and limitations, distinguish aggregate evidence from individual outcomes, and plan practical measurement of communication, implementation fidelity, maintenance, generalization, and social validity.
What You Will Learn
- Interpret the meta-analysis’s reported effects and methodological limitations.
- Distinguish aggregate research findings from decisions about an individual client.
- Design context-sensitive FCT measurement for home and school routines.
- Plan assessment of implementation fidelity, social validity, maintenance, and generalization.
Course Outline
- Foundations and question: 8 minutes
- Method and quality of evidence: 11 minutes
- Results and interpretation: 10 minutes
- Clinical application and measurement: 13 minutes
- Case, decision, and synthesis: 8 minutes
Article reading and download: 15 additional minutes, separate from the 50 minutes of active instruction.
The course materials include multiple-choice practice activities, a 10-question final assessment, and a course evaluation. A downloadable certificate is available after completing the course requirements.
$10.00
Credit: 1 Learning CEU
Category: General / Applied Research
Instruction: 50 minutes
Additional reading: 15 minutes
Estimated total time: 65 minutes
Format: Asynchronous online
Languages: English and Spanish
Audience: BCBAs and BCaBAs
Instructor and ACE Provider
Dalgis Salgado Pinal, BCBA
Individual ACE Provider IP-25-11390
Enrollment is open
Create your student account in Bhavioral Academy, pay $10, and access the course.