Dr Kazdin has an occassional series on behavior, especially issues regarding child behavior.
The following does a good job addressing an issue many ABA folks have a hard time addressing -- the roots of many of our treatments in basic (read: often animal" research:
Like a Rat
Animal research and your child's behavior.
Posted Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at 1:23 PM ET
Psychologists who work with children and families tend to avoid mentioning to parents that the treatments they use are often based on research done on animals. It's no secret that the widely used technique of the timeout was developed in studies on rats or that important early research leading to treatments for anxiety in humans was done on dogs, cats, and other species—but the subject doesn't come up a lot in conversation. We will confess to doing our bit to perpetuate this professional shyness about animal research by tiptoeing around it in our Slate pieces and in the book we wrote together. Why?... (click to continue reading)
