BEHP 5016 Flashcards
Code Element 5.0 - Behavior Analysts as ________
Supervisors - The supervisor is fully responsible for the work of the supervisee
Code Element 5.01 - Supervisory C__________
Competence - Stay within boundaries of training and experience
Code Element 5.02 - Supervisory V_________
Volume - Only take as many supervisees as you can manage effectively
Code Element 5.03 - Supervisory D__________
Delegation - Delegate tasks only if the supervisee has the skills. If they do not, assist them to acquire.
Code Element 5.04 - __________ Effective Supervision and Training
Designing - Training should be behavior-analytic, effective, ethical and meet requirements
What are 4 characteristics of effective supervision?
Behavior-analytic
Effective
Ethical
Meets requirements
Code Element 5.05 - __________ of Supervision Conditions
Communication - Describe objectives, activities, evaluation up front and throughout
Code Element 5.06 - Providing __________ to Supervisees
Feedback - Feedback should result in bx change
Code Element 5.07 - Evaluating the _________ of Supervision
Effects - Ongoing data collection/analysis on supervisor, supervisee, and client progress
List the components of ethical decision making:
- __________ the problem
- _________ the problem
- _________ potential solutions
- _________ advantages and disadvantages
- _________ a solution
- _________
- Recognize the problem
- Define the problem
- Generate potential solutions
- Evaluate advantages and disadvantages
- Implement a solution
- Evaluate
List the 7 steps for evidence-based supervision:
- ________ desired consumer outcomes
- ________ what staff must do to assist consumers in attaining desired outcomes
- ________ staff in the performance skills specified in step 2
- ________ staff performance
- ________ proficient staff performance
- ________ non-proficient staff performance
- Continuously ________ staff performance and consumer outcome attainment
- Identify desired consumer outcomes
- Specify what staff must do to assist consumers in attaining desired outcomes
- Train staff in the performance skills specified in step 2
- Monitor staff performance
- Support proficient staff performance
- Correct non-proficient staff performance
- Continuously evaluate staff performance and consumer outcome attainment
Code Element 6.0 - Responsibility to the _________ of Behavior Analysis
Profession - Obligation to stay true to and remain current with the science, ethical/professional bx
Code Element 6.01 - Affirming _________
Principles - Uphold values, ethics, and principles and participate in professional organizations
Code Element 6.02 - __________ Behavior Analysis
Disseminating - Share info with the public through presentations, discussions and media
Code Element 7.0 - Ethical Responsibility to _________
Colleagues - Be aware of ethical obligations when working with others
Code Element 7.01 - __________ an Ethical Culture
Promoting - Ethics and awareness of the code at work
Code Element 7.02 - Ethical ________ by others and risk of harm
Violations - Follow reporting requirements
The practitioner organization of ABA is _____
APBA - Association of Professional Behavior Analysts
The scientific and scholarly organization of ABA is _____
ABAI - Association for Behavior Analysis International
List the 6 steps for establishing standards for critical areas:
- Identify _______ _______
- Identify _______ _______ related to mission
- Determine ________ _________
- Develop __________, _________, and ________
- _________ and train
- _________ practice and ________ accordingly
- Identify critical areas
- Identify critical processes related to mission
- Determine optimal standards (gather current iterations and compare to best practices)
- Develop guidelines, manuals, and tools
- Disseminate and train
- Evaluate practice and revise accordingly
List the 3 components of the ethics network:
- Training (all new therapists and all BCBAs
- Continuous discussion (monthly talking points, quarterly/yearly discussions)
- Internal ethics hotline
List 5 steps of an evidence-based protocol for staff training:
- _______ the skills to be trained
- Provide trainees with a ________ _________ of the skills to be trained
- ________ the target skills
- Have staff ________ performing the target skills and provide ________
- Repeat steps 1, 3, and 4 until staff demonstrate ________
- Describe the skills to be trained
- Provide trainees with a written summary of the skills
- Demonstrate target skills
- Have staff practice and provide feedback
- Repeat until staff demonstrate competence
List 5 guidelines for making formal monitoring acceptable to staff:
- _______ staff prior to monitoring what will will be monitored and why
- Upon entering the workplace to monitor perfomrance, _______ all staff present
- _________ monitoring if a potentially harmful or embarrassing situation is apparent
- Provide _________ to staff soon after monitoring
- Acknowledge staff upon __________ of monitoring prior to departing
- Inform staff what will be monitored and why
- Greet all staff upon entering
- Discontinue monitoring if a potentially harmful or embarrassing situation is apparent
- Provide feedback soon after monitoring
- Acknowledge staff upon completion of monitoring
List 5 clinical standards specifically related to ethics:
- Interface with consumers
- Assessment
- Data collection
- Intervention
- Training and supervision
The clinical area of “Interface with consumers” includes standards regarding:
- _______ for services
- _____________
- ______ and _________ arrangements
- consent for services
- confidentiality
- fees and financial arrangements
The clinical area of “Assessment” includes standards regarding:
- _________ _________ assessment
- scope of ________
- using __________ __________ in reports
- functional behavior assessment
- scope of practice
- using understandable language in reports
The clinical area of “Data Collection” includes standards regarding:
- ongoing ________ of ______
- using data to guide _________
- ongoing collection of data
- using data to guide decisions
The clinical area of “Intervention” includes standards regarding:
- conditions for _______
- _________ to implementation
- right to ________ __________
- _________ _________ treatment
- conditions for success
- barriers to implementation
- right to effective treatment
- evidence-based treatment
The clinical area of “Training and Supervision” includes standards regarding:
- __________ competent training programs
- describing _________ requirements
- providing __________
- using ____________
- supervising under a _______ ________
- designing competent training programs
- describing evaluation requirements
- providing feedback
- using reinforcement
- supervising under a signed contract
Code Element 1.02 - Boundaries of __________
Competence - provide service within the boundaries of education, training, and supervised experience
A group of behavior analysts who review behavior programs in a local area is referred to as …
peer review
A group of professionals who interact and coordinate services for an individual is referred to as an ….
interdisciplinary team
List 10 characteristics of a good interdisciplinary team:
- Leadership and _________
- C___________
- Personal __________, t________ and d_________
- Appropriate __________ and ____________
- Appropriate ______ _______
- C________
- I__________ characteristics
- Clarity of ________
- ________ and _________ of care
- Respecting and undertaking ________
- Leadership and management - clear leader, democratic
- Communication
- Personal rewards, training, and development
- Appropriate resources and procedures - team meetings, administrative support
- Appropriate skill mix
- Climate - culture of trust, nurturing consensus
- Individual characteristics - knowledge, experience, skills
- Clarity of vision - clear set of values
- Quality and outcomes of care - client-centered, encouraging feedback
- Respecting and undertaking roles - joint working, autonomy
The author of “Translating the Covenant” (1996) is
Foxx
The author of “Humble Behaviorism” (1991) is
Neuringer
A better term to use when discussing punishment-based procedures may be ________ ________
reductive procedures
Inventing a new word or redefining an existing word is termed ________ _________
conceptual revision
List 3 tenets of HDC’s Behavioral Diagnostic Paradigm:
- Rule out _______ etiologies
- Conduct a _________ __________
- If an individual is receiving psychotropic medication, a _________ _________ is necessary
- medical
- functional analysis
- psychiatric diagnosis
“Having an effect on the mind affecting mental activity, behavior or perception”
Psychotropic
An effect of a psychotropic medication that acts as an EO, changing the effectiveness of certain stimuli as evocative or consequent variables.
Secondary effect (e.g., light sensitivity, loss of appetite)
The element of the Code most related to legal issues is …
Code Element 2.0 BA’s Responsibility to Clients
Legal issues are most likely to relate to:
- documentation / _________ information
- ________ and ______ for service
- investigations and/or ________
- documentation/confidential information
- contracts and fees for service
- investigations and/or litigations
Code Element 8.0 - Public _________
Statements - comply with Code in public statements
Code Element 8.01 - False or _________ Statements
Deceptive - don’t say, omit, or imply something untrue
Code Element 8.02 - __________ Property
Intellectual - get permission and give credit
Code Element 8.03 - Statements by _________
Others - responsible for what others say re: us and our practice - correct misinformation
Code Element 8.04 - ______ Presentations and _______-Based Services
Media - protect confidentiality and be careful about public “advice”
Code Element 8.05 - ____________ and Advertising
Testimonials - only okay from former clients, ads ok in accordance w/law
Code Element 8.06 - In-Person ___________
Solicitation - don’t do in-person solicitation unless invited
Based on the established scientific principles of behavior as demonstrated over time
empirically supported
Quantitative and experimental (vs qualitative or descriptive)
evidence-based
Consensus of the field
Best practice
When there are multiple effective treatments, take into account:
- Efficiency and _______ _________
- ______ and _______ ________
- Client __________
- Practitioner __________ and _________
- Efficiency and cost-effectiveness
- Risks and side effects
- Client preference
- Practitioner experience and training
List 2 steps for evaluating the effectiveness of high-tech:
- Is it ________? What additional _________ are required?
- Are there _________ _________ with lower tech?
- Is it effective? What additional repertoires are required?
- Are there comparative studies with lower tech?
List 3 questions when choosing a technology:
- Does it ________ ______ and at least as well as the low-tech option for which we have an _________ ______?
- Do your ________ _________ match the _________?
- Do you have the ________?
- Does it actually work and at least as well as the low-tech option for which we have an evidence base?
- Do your clinical needs match the advantages?
- Do you have the resources (knowledge, finances, storage, etc)?
The application of the scientific method to explain the properties of the world around us
Research
List 2 reasons that research ethics are important:
- _________ human and animal participants
- ensure _________ of reporting
protect, accuracy
Study which falsified a large data set on dual diagnosis
Breuning NIMH ruling
Studies on obesity and aging which published fraudulent research
Poehlman
Mandated protection for human subjects
Helsinki Declaration (1964)
Ethics regulations mandating respect for persons, beneficence, and justice
Belmont Report (1979)
Required ethics training for funded projects
NIH (1989)
List 5 requirements for human research:
- balance between ______ and _______
- independent ________ ________
- informed ________
- valid and important ________ ________
- valid __________
- balance between risks and benefits
- independent ethical review
- informed consent
- valid and important research question
- valid methodology
List 2 core ethics of research:
- _________ research ethically
- _________ research according to the approved proposal
- design
- conduct
List the 3 components of informed consent:
competence, knowledge, volition (voluntariness)
List the three protections included in the Belmont report:
respect for persons, beneficence, justice
The impetus for the Belmont Report mandates was:
the Tuskegee Syphilis study
List the 4 pillars of ethical, responsible, and professional behavior:
- B________
- C________
- P________
- D________
- boundaries
- confidentiality
- professionalism
- do no harm
Code Element 9.0: Behavior Analysts and ________
Research - follow recognized standards of scientific competence and ethical research
Code Element 9.01: Conforming with Laws and ____________
Regulations
Code Element 9.02: Characteristics of ___________ Research
Responsible - only after formal review
List 4 characteristics of IRBs:
- I___________
- Consist of ______ members
- Broad _______ of __________
- __________ of membership
- independent
- 5+ members with expertise in human subject research
- broad scope of expertise
- diversity of membership
Information gained through research and applicable on a broader scale
generalizable knowledge
Research planned to answer a question is termed “_______”
designed
List 3 research activities exempt from 9.02 (not “prospective research activities”):
- existing data
- program evaluation
- discovery “along the way”
Code Element 9.03: I_________ C_________
Informed Consent - use understandable language and don’t trap participants
Code Element 9.04: Using Confidential Information for _________ or Instructive Purposes
Didactic - don’t disclose PHI without consent, disguise confidential information
Code Element 9.05: D_________
Debriefing - provide information after the study
Code Element 9.06: G_______ and J________ Reviews
Grant and Journal - don’t copy research reviewed (but can replicate)
Code Element 9.07: P_________
Plagiarism - fully cite work of others
Code Element 9.08: Acknowledging ____________
Contributions - acknowledge the contributions of others in authorship or footnotes
Code Element 9.09: _________ and Use of Data
Accuracy - don’t fabricate data, omit findings, or falsify results; publish original data only once; don’t withhold data
1998 article in The Lancet suggesting link between autism and the MMR vaccine was written by ….
Andrew Wakefield
Study that downplayed risk of breast growth in males
Johnson & Johnson Risperdal Lawsuit
Subsequent publication that states that a prior error occurred and provides the correct information
Erratum
List benefits of research:
- Research advances our understanding of _______, ________, and _________
- Research illustrates the power of our ________ _________
- Research creates an __________ _________ that justifies the existence of our field
- Research enhances our ________ and _________ of behavior analysis
- Research advances our understanding of concepts, principles, and procedures
- Research illustrates the power of our applied technology
- Research creates an evidence-base that justifies the existence of our field
- Research enhances our knowledge and understanding of behavior analysis
Code Element 10.0: Behavior Analyst’s Responsibility to __________
the BACB - adhere to the Code
Code Element 10.01: _________ and ________ Information Provided to the BACB
Truthful and Accurate
Code Element 10.02: _______ Responding, Reporting and Updating of Information Provided to the BACB
Timely - notify the BACB within 30 days of reportable events
List events which must be reported to the BACB:
- ______ violation
- _________ investigation
- Action or ________
- Filing of ________
- Conviction or _______
- Fines or ________
- _________ conditions
- code violation
- disciplinary investigation
- action or sanction
- filing of charges
- conviction or plea
- fines or tickets
- impairing conditions
Code Element 10.03: Confidentiality and BACB _________ _________
Intellectual Property - respect BACB trademarks, copyrights; don’t share exam information
Code Element 10.04: Examination Honesty and _________
Irregularities - report suspected cheating or falsified credentials; don’t provide/access unauthorized exam content
Code Element 10.05: Compliance with BACB _________ and _________ _________
Supervision and Coursework Standards
Code Element 10.06: Being ________ with the Code
Familiar - ignorance is no excuse
Code Element 10.07: Discouraging ___________ by Non-Certified Individuals
Misrepresentation - report non-certified practioners to licensing board and BACB