Legal, Ethical, and Professional Considerations Flashcards
Scope of Practice as an ABAT
- The application of experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance
- Stay in your realm of knowledge
- Remain competent and up to date by completing ongoing training, courses, workshops, CEUs
- Ensure that your coursework, fieldwork is supervised
- You design, conduct, and report based on scientific and ethical research
QABA Code of Ethics #1
1.Credentialed professionals must maintain the highest standards of professional behavior.
- 1.1 Competence
- 1.2 Professional Development
- 1.3 Integrity •1.4 Professional Relationships
QABA Code of Ethics #2
2.The Certificant’s Responsibility to Individuals Receiving Services
- 2.1 Maintaining Confidentiality
- 2.2 Obligations as a Mandated Reporter
QABA Code of Ethics #3
3.The Ethical Conduct for Providing Services
- 3.1 Adherence to Code of Ethics
- 3.2 Ethical Dilemmas
Exceptions to Confidentiality
- You should always keep a client’s personal health information confidential EXCEPT when:-Child abuse or neglect -Imminent severe harm to another or-Imminent severe harm to the person
- Use specific forms for reporting (Special incident reports, written reports from DCFS)
- Any other sharing or confidentiality (for payment, consultation with other professionals) must have written consent at the outset of services.
Duty to Warn
- Refers to the responsibility you have to warn third parties if the client poses a threat to themselves or others.
- Example: If the client threatens to cause harm to their sibling, your Duty to warn, means you will let mother or authorities know.
Duty to Protect
- Refers to the responsibility to protect clients and others from foreseeable harm.
- Example: If the client informs you abuse is occurring, your duty to protect would mean you would involved third parties to protect anyone involved. 7
Unethical Relationships:
Dual Relationshipsis
Dual Relationshipsis a situation where multipleroles exist between a therapist, or other mental health practitioner, and a client. When the client is also a student, friend, family member, employee or business associate of the therapist that is considered having a dual relationship.
Unethical Relationships:
Exploitive Relationships
Exploitive Relationshipsis a situation where individual in power (Supervisor, therapist) takes advantage of a client or student.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
•Goal: To provide students with disabilities the same opportunity for education as those students who do not have a disability; Providing free appropriate public education (FAPE) with no cost and Special Education specifically designed to the meet the needs of the students unique needs.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
•Part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
●States that children who receive special education, should learn in the least restrictive environment.
●Children should get to spend as much time as possible in the general education classroom with other children who are not in special education.
Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- A written legal document that is tailored to a public school child who qualifies for special education.
- Describes how the student learns, how the student best demonstrates that learning and what teachers and service providers will do to help the student learn more effectively
- Intended to help children reach educational goals more easily than they otherwise would
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP)
- An assessment instrument designed for teachers to observe, document, and reflect on learning, development and progress of children birth-12 years of age, who are enrolled in early care and education programs and before and after school programs.
- The four goals of DRDP:
- Children are personally and social competent
- Children are effective learners
- Children show physical and motor competence
- Children are safe and healthy
Person Centered Planning (PCP)
- A process designed to empower individuals with special needs and help them prepare for the future by supporting them to become more independent and increase their self determination.
- This is done in a group effort that helps the person feel more in control of their life.
- PCP was created to promote advocacy and to empower the focus person.
- AKA: Personal Futures Planning •Goalof the process is to find the individual’s dreams, desires, and preferences of the individual and creating an action plan to make them a reality.
- Action plan must be accessible and it can be changed whenever needed. As an individual’s goals and desires change so does the plan to make that happen.
PCP Meetings:
PCP Meetings PCP begins with two meetings:
- First meeting: develop a personal profile and to introduce all participants -Professionals involved, family members
- Second meeting: develop the plan. -This plan can include IEP, and Essential Life Plan (EFP). EFP includes the learning wheel -Listen and understand, the plan, and assess.
