Dillon K M, Fenlason J E, Vogel D J
Western New England College, Springfield, MA 01119-9989.
Psychol Rep. 1994 Aug;75(1 Pt 2):459-64. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.459.
23 educators and therapists of children with autism were surveyed about their beliefs and use of Facilitated Communication, a technique previously shown to have questionable scientific validity. 65.2% or 15 use the procedure often or very often in their work with children. Some factors that appeared related to this choice were beliefs consistent with those of proponents of Facilitated Communication, less education, belief in the notion that individuals with autism were more intelligent than their behavior indicated, and lack of belief in science as a source of explanation of human behavior. It was concluded that supervisors need to be more informing about the scientific validity of techniques used by their employees.
23名自闭症儿童的教育工作者和治疗师接受了关于他们对辅助沟通法的看法和使用情况的调查，辅助沟通法是一种先前已被证明科学有效性存疑的技术。65.2%（即15人）在与儿童工作时经常或非常频繁地使用该方法。与这一选择相关的一些因素包括与辅助沟通法支持者一致的信念、教育程度较低、相信自闭症患者比其行为所显示的更聪明的观念，以及不相信科学是解释人类行为的来源。研究得出结论，主管需要更深入了解其员工所使用技术的科学有效性。
