ABA 632 Ethics compliance code

For a BCBA, how many continuing education credits do you need to obtain every two years?

32

You are a BCBA and live in a small town outside of Tennessee, in your spare time you are a voluntary coach for the 6U Softball League. When you receive your signup's you recognize a familiar name on the list and realize it is one of your clients from work. What could possibly happen in this situation?

A Multiple Relationship could occur

Who are the two authors of the book: Ethics for Behavior Analysts?

Bailey and Burch

An individual who has been certified by the BACB has to renew their certification every two years and fulfill 32 continuation education units. Once certified, this individual can use the title of?

Behavior Analyst

During an initial assessment with a new client, Sally a BCBA is planning to use two different assessment methods. Once she scores the assessments, goals will be developed based on the results. These goals will be used to provide what type of service delivery?

Behavior Service Delivery

As behaviorists, our goal is to tailor these types of programs to unique behaviors, environmental variables, assessment results, and goals of each client. One ethical obligation we have is to obtain clients written approval prior to implementation, or making significant modifications to these programs. What do we call these programs?

Behavior-Change Programs, Behavior Change Programs

Is Confidentiality only an ethical issue, legal issue, or is it both?

Both

Public or private organizations/firms, organizational representatives, parent/guardian of a service recipient, or a service recipient themselves are called what within our field?

Client

When a complaint has been submitted to the BACB, there is a process that occurs on how these are addressed, procedures that are followed are called:

Disciplinary Standards

As a BCBA there are ethical guidelines we need to follow in our daily practice. These guidelines define our professional and ethical behaviors. We have three reasons to abide by these 1. To reduce/eliminate hard to your client 2. Adhere to ethical standards and 3. To produce meaningful socially significant change. What are these guidelines called?

Ethic Code for Behavior Analysts

True/False: You can verbally request client records from other service providers for purposes of an assessment.

False

Cody a BCBA at a local ABA Agency is formally assessing for possible environmental causes of challenging behaviors. After receiving written consent from the guardian and before making any recommendations to what goals need to be created he needs to conduct a:

Functional Assessment

In designing and implementing a behavior change program you need to consider:

Including the client or surrogate in designing the program

Jean is a BCBA on a new case. The parent wants to focus on her daughter eating less junk food and teaching her to eat healthy foods since she is overweight. The mother gives you verbal and written consent to not give any food the entire day unless she eats her vegetables. Is it ethical for the BCBA to do this?

No

What should back-up reinforcers be exchanged for?

Praise

Jim a BCBA just opened an ABA agency. He wants to advertise his agency in hopes of getting clients. He pays for an advertisement in the local newspaper. This form of advertising is called what in our field?

Public Statement, Public Statements

Fill in the blank: Plan and conduct ______ in a manner that is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations, as well as our professional standards that govern the conduct of research. As BCBA's we comply with all applicable laws and mandating reporting requirements.

Research

This committee is designed to review research proposals and ensure the ethical treatment of human research participants.

Research Review Committee

As a BCBA our goal is to uphold human rights, legal rights, and follow administrative/organizational rules and regulations that are designed to benefit our clients. These are all examples of?

Rights and Prerogatives of Clients

Cost Benefit Ratio and Cost- Benefit Analysis are AKAs for this ABA term. We need to consider that even social positive reinforcers could have risks, such as when a client becomes reliant on candy reinforcers to exhibit compliance. As a BCBA we should consider this at all times:

Risk-Benefit Analysis, Risk Benefit Analysis

Written Behavior-change plans, progress recordings, assessments, written reports, graphs, raw data, electronic recordings are all examples of:

Service Record

Ethical guidelines apply to BCABA's

True

Formal certification in ABA allows CONSUMERS to identify if practitioners have demonstrated a minimum standard of COMPETENCE and TRAINING.

True

The client's welfare is at the forefront of ethical decision making.

True

Decision and actions of Behavior Analysts should be grounded answering three fundamental questions:

What is the right thing to do? What is worth doing? What does it mean to be a good behavior analyst?