Table 1.

Tactics, Barriers, and Solutions to Evaluate Nonbehavioral Interventions in an Expanded Consumer Area

Tactic	Barrier	Solution
Searching the literature	• Unknown search engines and premiere journals that produce the most relevant hits in a specialty area • Paywalls • Lack of training in search engine features	• Identify database search engines. • Use Boolean indicators. • Use forward and backward searching.
Recognizing the common properties of fad treatments	• Pseudoscientific treatments that may have a different appearance outside of ASD/IDD	• Be familiar with common properties of fad treatments (see Table 2).
Distinguishing the quality of evidence	• Lack of graduate training on group design methodology • Lack of graduate training on group design strengths and weaknesses	• Be familiar with common research methodologies. • Distinguish limited generality or overextensions of treatment. • Evaluate the correspondence of face-value descriptions to the actual evidence base.
Ascertaining the behavioral mechanism of action	• Unknown behavioral processes promoting behavior change	• Review procedures. • Analyze molecular contingencies in a given protocol.