I agree with this. Speech Language Pathologists are required to take data using strict base 10 designs (same as VB's discrete trials) and many SLPs who specialize in autism have been doing ABA long before the certification (BCBA) was invented and appeared to be 'owned' by people who treat exclusively children with "behavior problems". I think that because the law requires that every public educational agency provides Speech Therapy, therefore flooding caseloads of Speech Language Pathologists working in schools to over a hundred children (ASHA's guidelines are 40), that these overworked professionals have been in 'survival mode' appearing to have delivered a less than ideal level of therapy while spending many a sleepless night at home completing the 30 or so pages of paperwork required for all the children's ARDs. Speech Language Pathologists are required to take advanced statistics, research analysis, and carry out well designed research projects as part of their training. These skills also allow for excellent analysis of dubious research by taking apart poorly designed programs and published studies. I have seen a plethora of such by "ABA" professionals (both, certified and non-certified) that resulted in loss of time and money. This outcome is not exclusive to ABA, Speech, OT, or other less known interventions. Medical rehabilitation, in particular, has to be extremely accountable in order to receive reimbursment, so the 'non-data taking' professionals (made infamous by SLP hater and new celebrity Dr Carbone, "ABA expert") do not exist. Furthermore, the science of ABA is presented during undergraduate training as ONE of the methodologies to be used, IF appropriate, to Speech Language Pathologists. Luckily, unlike "ABA professionals" SLPs have many more than Skinner's ONE book as part of their bag of tricks, including the entire world of neuropsychology, neurobiology and neurochemistry.