Attitudes towards and organizational support for evidence-based practices: A comparison of education and allied health professionals in autism

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Paynter, J
Sulek, R
Trembath, D
Keen, D
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2022
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Background: Evidence-based practices (EBPs) have been developed for clients on the autism spectrum across allied health and education. However, there remains a significant gap between research and practice. We explored the similarities and differences between educators and allied health professionals in two key factors that may link to uptake: individual attitudes and organizational culture support for EBP. Method: Allied health (n = 156) and education professionals (n = 95) completed measures of their individual attitudes and perceived organizational support for EBP. Results: Moderate levels of support for each were found within both groups. Educators however, showed more positive individual attitudes, whereas allied health professionals showed more positive organizational support toward EBP. Conclusions: These results add to the scant literature comparing professions, highlighting discipline differences in attitudes and organizational support across professionals for EBP in autism. These findings highlight the need for targeted knowledge translation approaches as opposed to development of generic models across contexts and disciplines.

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Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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92

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© 2022 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.

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Specialist studies in education

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Paynter, J; Sulek, R; Trembath, D; Keen, D, Attitudes towards and organizational support for evidence-based practices: A comparison of education and allied health professionals in autism, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2022, 92, pp. 101932-101932

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