Ethics and Professionalism

Question 1

Responsibilities in providing behavior technician services

Answer 1

RBT ethics Code standards covering how to support clients and their families ethically

Question 1

General responsibilities

Answer 1

RBT Ethics Code standards covering basic professionalism, competence, discrimination, and multiple relationships

Question 2

Responsibilities to the BACB and BACB-required supervisor

Answer 2

RBT Ethics Code standards covering compliance with the BACB and supervisors

Question 3

Truthful behavior

Answer 3

Avoiding making false, misleading, or exaggerated statements and keeping accurate records

Question 4

Integrity

Answer 4

Being professional and accountable, providing services within their defined role under close supervision

Question 5

Ethical treatment

Answer 5

Treating others in a way that allows them dignity, respect, and safety

Question 6

Competence

Answer 6

Being able to carry out RBT services accurately

Question 7

Client

Answer 7

Someone who receives behavior services. Sometimes a client can be a group of individuals, like a social skills group

Question 8

Client’s rights

Answer 8

All rights that benefit the client. This includes human, legal, and the rights relevant to receiving behavior analysis services

Question 9

Conflict of interest

Answer 9

A mismatch between an RBT’s private and professional life. It may cause a risk to services to a client or other professional relationships

Question 10

Multiple relationship

Answer 10

Mixing personal and professional relationships with a client, their family member, associate, supervisor, or coworker

Question 11

Dignity

Answer 11

Treating others as worthy, valued, and respected

Question 12

Behavior change

Answer 12

Using ABA strategies to either increase or decrease the display of a targeted behavior

Question 13

Punishment

Answer 13

A stimulus used to decrease an undesirable behavior

Question 14

Intrusive intervention

Answer 14

A procedure or strategy that restricts physical freedom of movement used for the goal of changing a behavior

Question 15

Least intrusive intervention

Answer 15

The level of intervention necessary, reasonable, and humanely appropriate to the client’s needs

Question 16

Confidentiality

Answer 16

Keeping information about a client, their intervention, or any other information about them private

Question 17

Stakeholder

Answer 17

An individual other than the client who is impacted by ABA services, such as a parent, legally authorized representative, employer, teacher, or third-party contractor for services

Question 18

Cultural competence

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Process for learning to act in a way that creates conditions to help clients succeed by honoring different cultures and continuing to learn about them. It is also having a positive attitude about cultural differences and respect those from other cultures

Question 19

Cultural humility

Answer 19

A lifelong process of self-reflection to look for ways to reduce the power imbalance between the client and the clinician. It is also a respect for and lack of superiority toward another person’s background

Question 20

Cultural responsiveness

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Realizing that when working with clients and their families, culture plays a role in how they accept program targets, reinforcers, and interactions

Question 21

Mandated reporter

Answer 21

A person who because of their work role must report suspected abuse and neglect