Rapid Prompting Method and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Systematic Review Exposes Lack of Evidence

Schlosser, Ralf W.; Hemsley, Bronwyn; Shane, Howard C.; Todd, James T.; Lang, Russell; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Trembath, David; Mostert, Mark P.; Fong, Seraphina; Odom, Samuel L.

doi:10.1007/s40489-019-00175-w

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“…RPM has faced considerable criticism regarding the potentially dangerous consequences of its use, specifically the potential for prompter interference to be misconstrued as organic communication from a vulnerable individual (Hemsley, 2016; Tostanoski et al, 2014). Schlosser et al (2019) completed a systematic review of RPM to examine the developer’s claims of effectiveness. Authors were unable to draw conclusions of the effectiveness of RPM, as all six studies included in this review demonstrated significant methodological flaws which prohibited outcome analyses.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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An Economic Evaluation of Emerging and Ineffective Interventions: Examining the Role of Cost When Translating Research into Practice

Scheibel

Zane

Zimmerman

2022

Exceptional Children

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Schools bear the burden of funding the majority of the services received by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with the assumption that spent resources will result in meaningful positive outcomes for these students. Interventions lacking empirical support remain popular in schools despite lacking or limited evidence that students will experience positive outcomes. Economic evaluation methods provide a useful method of understanding the time and financial influences of these interventions. This study introduces a novel use of economic evaluation methods to examine the time and financial costs associated with two popular interventions lacking strong empirical evidence of effectiveness. The results of this study suggest that implementing either emerging interventions or those determined to be ineffective or harmful can pose a significant cost to schools with varying likelihood of benefit to children with ASD. Financial risk increases when implementing ineffective or harmful interventions in the form of opportunity cost. Implications and further application of these methods to research synthesis methods to better support educators selecting interventions is discussed.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Economic Evaluation of Emerging and Ineffective Interventions: Examining the Role of Cost When Translating Research into Practice

Scheibel

Zane

Zimmerman

2022

Exceptional Children

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“…Still, empty reviews have been published in several fields, including autism spectrum disorder [ 76 ], diabetic neuropathy [ 87 ], educational strategies in the context of frailty prevention and management [ 86 ], nursing [ 88 ], and tactical periodization in sport [ 82 ]. Until August of 2010, empty reviews comprised 8.7% of active reviews in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and 45 of the 53 Review Groups had at least one empty review [ 72 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Globally, it is important for science that all data is published, to promote a more balanced account of the phenomena being studied [73][74][75]. Specifically, empty reviews are relevant and useful for the advancement of evidence-based practices, highlighting major research gaps [71,72,76,77]. For example, long-standing traditions (e.g., clinical practices; position stands) may be exposed as not being sustained by evidence, and this may justify funding for performing future research on the topic [28,72,78].…”

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“…Unfortunately, empty systematic reviews remain under-reported, being vulnerable to publication bias and difficult to publish in academic journals [71,77]. Consequently, unsubstantiated opinions or pseudoscience may gain popularity and pass as scientifically sustained concepts [76,82]. However, in science, the burden of proof falls on the shoulders of the proponents [83][84][85].…”

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Stretching for Recovery from Groin Pain or Injury in Athletes: A Critical and Systematic Review

Afonso

Claudino

Fonseca

et al. 2021

JFMK

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Stretching is usually used as part of rehabilitation protocols for groin pain or injury, but its specific contribution to and within multimodal recovery protocols is unclear. Our goal was to systematically review the effects of stretching for the recovery from groin pain or injury. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed, with eligibility criteria defined according to PICOS: (Participants) athletes with groin pain or injuries; (Interventions) interventions with stretching as the differentiating factor; (Comparators) comparators not applying stretching; (Outcomes) symptom remission or improvement and/or time to return to sport and/or return to play; (Study design) randomized controlled trials. Searches were performed on 26 March 2021, in CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EBSCO, EMBASE, PEDro, PubMed, Scielo, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science, with no limitations regarding language or date, and no filters. Of 117 retrieved results, 65 were duplicates and 49 were excluded at the screening stage. The three articles eligible for full-text analysis failed to comply with one or more inclusion criteria (participants, intervention and/or comparators). We then went beyond the protocol and searched for non-randomized trials and case series, but no intervention was found where stretching was the differentiating factor. We found no trials specifically assessing the effects of stretching on recovery or improvement of groin pain or injury in athletes. Currently, the efficacy of these interventions is unknown, and more research is warranted.

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“…Over the last 25 years more than 19 rigorous experimental studies have demonstrated that the origin of the communication is the facilitator, not the person with a disability (Ganz et al, 2017), and it is primarily viewed as a discredited instructional method. However, adapted forms of the FC approach have emerged recently under titles such as rapid prompting method and supported typing (Pena, 2019 ), with rigorous systematic reviews again finding no evidence of effects (Schlosser et al, 2019 ).…”

Section: Ineffective Interventionsmentioning

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Educational Interventions for Children and Youth with Autism: A 40-Year Perspective

Odom

Hall

Morin

et al. 2021

J Autism Dev Disord

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Commemorating the 40 th anniversary of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) III, the purpose of this commentary is to describe school-based and school-relevant interventions and instructional approaches for children and youth with autism that have been developed and employed during that time period. The commentary begins with a brief description of foundational research that provides an historical context. Research themes shaped by science, ethics, social policy, and the changes in the DSM provide an organization for describing the evolution of intervention and instructional practices over the four previous decades. The commentary concludes with a discussion of school-contextual variables that influence implementation and the promise of the “iSciences” for closing the research to practice gap in the future.

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Rapid Prompting Method and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Systematic Review Exposes Lack of Evidence

Cited by 18 publications

References 45 publications

An Economic Evaluation of Emerging and Ineffective Interventions: Examining the Role of Cost When Translating Research into Practice

An Economic Evaluation of Emerging and Ineffective Interventions: Examining the Role of Cost When Translating Research into Practice

Stretching for Recovery from Groin Pain or Injury in Athletes: A Critical and Systematic Review

Educational Interventions for Children and Youth with Autism: A 40-Year Perspective

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