Pass the Big ABA Exam-Section 10 Terms

Pass the Big ABA Exam-Section 10 Terms 2 Ways to Assess Social Validity ans: Social Comparison & Subjective Evaluation of Experts. 3 Fundamental Questions of Ethical Practice ans: What is the right thing to do? What is worth doing? What does it mean to be a good behavior analyst. 3 Reasons Why We Abide by Ethics ans: 1.) Meaningful Change (to produce meaningful behavior change of social significance to the client. 2.) Harm (To reduce/eliminate Harm) 3.) Standards (To conform to the ethical standards of learned societies & professional organizations. 4 Mandated or Permitted Legal Reasons why you would disclose confidential information without consent ans: 4 Methods of Maintaining Professional Competence ans: 5 Documents that Describe Professional Conduct & Ethical Practice for ABA ans: Task List, Professional & Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts, The Right to Effective Education, Ethical Principles of Psychologists & Code of Conduct, The Right to Effective Behavioral Treatment. 6 Basic Client Rights ans: Accuracy & Use of Data ans: Acknowledging Contributions ans: Approving Behavior-Change Programs ans: Avoiding False or Deceptive Statements ans: Avoiding Harmful Reinforcers ans: BACB vs. Association for Behavioral Analysis ans: Certifies individual practitioners. In 1999, the BACB started credentialing behaviorists in the US & other countries. The BACB certification is based on Florida's certification program. It ensures consumers that an individual's specialization is ABA. BCBA/BCaBA Task List Fourth Addition ans: Effective January 1, 2015. Describes knowledge, skills, & attributes expected of a behaviorist. Behavior-Analytic Assessment Consent ans: Characteristics of Responsible Research ans: Code's Definition of Client ans: This term (from The Code) refers to any recipient or beneficiary of the professional services provided by a behavior analyst. The term includes: (a) The direct recipient of services, (b) The parent, relative, legal representative, or legal guardian of the recipient of services, (c) The employer, agency representative, institutional representative, or third-party contractor for services of the behavior analyst, &/or (d) Any other individual or entity that is a know beneficiary of services. Confidentiality ans: Conflicts of Interest ans: When a principal party, alone or in connection with family, friends, or other associates, has vested interest in the outcome of the interaction. Continuing Education Units ans: Discouraging Misrepresentation by Non-Certified Individuals ans: Environmental Conditions that interfere with Implementation ans: Ethical Codes of Behavior ans: These specify what is a violation. They are guidelines for deciding a course of action or conducting professional duties. These also help to discriminate between legal & ethical distinctions making us more likely to: Provide effective services, maintain sensitivity toward clients, not break the law of professional standards of conduct. Ethical Principles for Psychologists & Code of Conduct ans: Ethical Violations by Others & Risk of Harm ans: Ethics ans: Behaviors, Practices, & Decisions that address 3 fundamental questions that guide how you conduct yourself to help others improve their physical, social, psychological, familial, or personal condition. Examination Honesty & Irregularities ans: Exploitative Relationships ans: You do not exploit persons over whom you have supervisory, evaluative, or other authority such as students, supervises, employees, research participants, & clients. Favell & McGimsey ans: Golden Rule ans: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Hancock v. Avery ans: HIPAA ans: IDEA ans: Informed Consent & 3 Required Elements to Ensure It ans: Interruptions & Discontinuing Services ans: Least Restrictive Procedures ans: Legal, But Unethical/Both Illegal & Unethical ans: Breaking a professional confidence, Accepting valued heirlooms in lieu of payment, Engaging in consensual sex with a client over the age of 18. Media Presentations & Media-Based Services ans: Multiple Relationships ans: The BACB describes this as one in which a behavior analyst is in both behavior-analytic role & a non-behavior analytic role simultaneously with a client or someone closely associated with or related to the client. Professional & Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts ans: This document is also under the BACB and it was effect January 1, 2016. All BACB applicants, certificants & registrants will be required to adhere to the Code. There is 2 parts to this document: (1) 10 Sections: These are relevant to professional & ethical behavior of behavior analysts (2) Glossary. Professional Standards for ABA ans: Written guidelines that provide direction for conducting the practices associated with an organism. Providing Feedback to Supervisees ans: Records & Data ans: Registered Behavior Technician ans: This is a paraprofessional that works under the BCBA that implements behavior analytic services. Rights & Prerogatives of Clients ans: Risk-Benefit Analysis ans: Self-Regulating Practitioner ans: Seeks ways to calibrate decisions over time to ensure that values, contingencies, & rights & responsibilities are integrated & an informed combination of these is considered. Social Validity ans: When results show meaningful, significant, & sustainable change. When the goals, procedures, & results of an intervention are socially acceptable to the client, the behavior analyst, & society. Example: Teaching a child who cannot see or walk the skills of traffic safety is not socially valid. Statements by Others ans: Surrogate Consent vs. Guardian Consent ans: Testimonials & Advertising ans: The Right to Effective Behavior Treatment ans: The Right to Effective Education ans: Third-Party Involvement in Services ans: Timely Responding, Reporting & Updating of Information Provided to the BACB ans: Wyatt v. Stickney ans: