With the increase in the numbers of children diagnosed with autism and scientific support solely for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) treatment, a proliferation of professionals have sought ABA training to provide services to this population. However, not all have been reportedly providing solely ABA services. This study surveyed Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs; N ¼ 469) concerning their beliefs, endorsement, and use of a variety of scientifically supported and unsupported treatments for people with autism. Although not all endorsed using ABA, BCBA professionals most widely reported using ABA and ABA-related treatments. Surprisingly, BCBAs endorsed and used all types of treatments, despite their beliefs that the treatments were difficult to implement, not cost effective, and not supported by research.

The family is a complex and dynamic system. When change occurs, such as divorce; the creation of a new stepfamily; or having a child with cognitive, emotional, or physical challenges, that change affects the entire family. Across these transitions, as well as throughout daily life for many types of families, how adults in a family coparent with one another has a profound impact on the entire family's well-being. Coparenting involves efforts by each parent to support the other's parenting practices, the dynamic exchange of beliefs and expectations between the coparents about their caregiving for a child, and family management of roles and rules (Lamela et al., 2016). As Lamela et al. ( 2016) noted, "successful coparenting is not equivalent to the non-existence of overt and covert coparenting conflict, but also encompasses a proactive and cooperative coparenting alliance and a shared commitment to childrearing" (p. 717). Nevertheless, conflict can