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<p>Within a popular seven-dimension framework, applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions have historically been characterized by a focus on socially important <i>behaviors</i>. We propose that an intervention does not truly count as applied until it is being widely used and the world has improved in some meaningful way as a result. This perspective places active dissemination of ABA, with the goal of promoting adoption, on equal footing with other defining features, making it functionally ABA’s eighth dimension. According to this perspective, much of the work from ABA first 6 decades qualifies as pilot or developmental, with widespread adoption yet to be achieved. Successful dissemination will require some changes to ABA’s <i>modus operandi</i>.</p>

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Seven Dimensions Are Not Enough: Actively Disseminating Applied Behavior Analysis

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    2025年8月11日

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  • Ronnie Detrich,
  • Thomas S. Critchfield

摘要

Within a popular seven-dimension framework, applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions have historically been characterized by a focus on socially important behaviors. We propose that an intervention does not truly count as applied until it is being widely used and the world has improved in some meaningful way as a result. This perspective places active dissemination of ABA, with the goal of promoting adoption, on equal footing with other defining features, making it functionally ABA’s eighth dimension. According to this perspective, much of the work from ABA first 6 decades qualifies as pilot or developmental, with widespread adoption yet to be achieved. Successful dissemination will require some changes to ABA’s modus operandi.