Communicating with Families and Maintaining Professional Boundaries

Question 1

Professional behavior

Answer 1

Professional behavior involves knowing how to perform the needed skills at a high level, consistently engaging in ethical behavior, and communicating effectively with clients, families, colleagues, and supervisors

Question 2

Ethical behavior

Answer 2

RBTs treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect. They ensure their competence and behave with integrity

Question 3

Compassionate care

Answer 3

Recognizing and understanding that families of individuals with autism have concerns and emotions related to their loved one

Question 4

Self-awareness

Answer 4

Being able to identify and understand your individual preferences, what is aversive to you, and how you show what you are feeling. It is also being aware of your own thoughts, emotions, and actions.

Question 5

Self-monitoring

Answer 5

Being aware and acting on your own feelings and responses to different interactions with others

Question 6

Professional boundaries

Answer 6

Limits to the relationship between someone providing a service and the person or people receiving those services

Question 7

Conflict of interest

Answer 7

When personal interests interfere with the professional judgement

Question 8

Multiple relationships

Answer 8

When two or more relationships are mixed such as a friend and a client’s family member

Question 9

Active listening

Answer 9

Being accepting or open to what the person is saying and giving them 100% attention