PSY341H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Conduct Disorder, Facilitated Communication, Pseudoscience
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Expert" opinions often clash with each other. Research studies that appear in mainstream media are frequently oversimplified. Research has led to different recommendations regarding how children with problems should be helped. Professionals/parents may still dismiss clear research findings on grounds of personal experience. Facilitated communication as an eg of scientifically-unsound therapy. Facilitator provides manual assistance by lightly holding a child"s hand while the child supposedly communicates by typing on a keyboard or by pointing to letters on an alphabet board. But controlled studies have consistently found that the child"s supposed communication is being controlled by the facilitator. Pseudoscience: demonstrations of benefit are based on anecdotes or testimonials, the child"s baseline abilities and the possibility of spontaneous improvement are ignored, and related scientific procedures are disavowed. Epidemiological research: which is the study of the incidence, prevalence, and co-occurrence of childhood disorders and competencies in clinic-referred and community samples.
