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Unit 1 Professional Regulation Flashcards

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Principle Reason with ANY field:
Protects the consumer and general public

Remember:
 Non-malfeasance
 Nonfeasance
 Beneficence

Why with behavior analysis?:
We work with Vulnerable populations

Protects:
clients And their family
practitioners

Establishes professional identity

Protects the field

Enables practice

Protects practitioners Right to practice

Defines , SCOPE of practice

Allows for compliance with regulations

Establishes Professional Identity:
-If anyone can use our title or can practice, then there is no real profession

- Regulated title.
 Others may not engage in our practice     - Establishes who we are and what we do
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Principal Reason to Regulate

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Protects the Field:
Against those who claim we do not discipline our practitioners
Keeps some of those out who may give us a bad reputation

Enables practice through Credential Recognition:
Government regulations, rules, laws might Specify The title and practices we can use
 May be jobs and funding specific to your credential (BCBA®/BCaBA®
Third-party insurance funding

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Regulating the field of ABA

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To help individuals we serve to achieve meaningful outcomes and improve their quality of life.

Our mission: make a difference in peoples lives

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Main Goal of ABA Practitioners

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  1. The application of the principles, methods, and procedures of EAB and ABA Including principles of operant and respondent learning to assess and improve socially important human behavior.
  2. Includes but not limited to, applications of those principles, methods, and procedures
  3. The design, implementation, evaluation, and revision of treatment programs to change behavior of individuals and groups
  4. Consultation to individuals and organizations
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ABA Practice

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Psychological testing
Neuropsychology
Cognitive therapy
Sex therapy
Psychoanalysis
Hypnotherapy
Long-term counseling

Unsubstantiated practices without adequate grounding in scientific principles:
 Facilitated Communication
 Auditory Integration

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ABA Practice Expressly Excludes

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Place the benefit of our clients as our
primary goal

Adhere to the seven dimensions of ABA (Baer, Wolf, and Risley, 1968)

Stay true to our natural science

Use only research-based practices

Adhere to the ethical Code of our profession

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Professional Behavior Analysts

Must

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  1. Have to do with the law
  • Can include:
    • State and federal statutes and/or,
    • State and federal rule

2/. Can include codes of conduct.

  1. In between the two (civil), are…
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  1. Legal (criminal) considerations
  2. Ethics
  3. Service contracts And core assurances
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Service contracts

Core assurances

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Civil - n between legal (Law) and ethics

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: The actual Law;
Eg.,

 FL Statute Title XXIX, Chapter 393

 FL Statute Title XXXII, Chapter 49

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Statutes

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: Administrative code that specifies the implementation of the statute;
e.g.,

 FL Administrative Code, Rule 65G-4

 FL Administrative Code, Rule 64B-19

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Rule

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Be thoroughly informed of the statutes and rules that regulate:

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One’s profession

One’s practices

Other professions that legally may engage in the same, similar, and/or related practices

Protect the consumers one serves

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The process of establishing and
determining the qualifications of individuals :
- to practice a profession,
-be authorized to be a service provider for an insurance company or an organization (e.g., a hospital), or

  • to be a member of a professional organization.

Ex.
The BACB® credentials behavior analysts

A state behavior analysis licensing board also does behavior analysts

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Credentialing

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A degree from a university

BCBA and BCaBA certification

A license to practice behavior analysis issued by a state board

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Examples of Credentials

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Be a service provider for an insurance company

Get “privileges” at a hospital

Be a full member of an organization such as APBA or ABAI

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Need Credentials in Order to:

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The BACB credentials individuals,

NOT…..

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organizations

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The process of establishing and
determining if a credentialing or service organization engages in acceptable practices and meets specific standards

Examples:
The BACB is accredited by NCCA (The National Commission for Certifying Agencies)
FL Tech is accredited by SACS (The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)
FL Tech has behavior analysis degree programs that are accredited by ABAI

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Accreditation

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JCAHO (the “Joint Commission”)
accredits HEALTH CARE organizations

CARF accredits SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS such as rehabilitation facilities and day treatment programs

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Accreditation of Service Organizations

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Individuals are credentialed by
credentialing organizations.

Organizations that provide credentials are accredited by accreditation agencies.

Beware of unaccredited credentialing organizations!

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Credentialing Versus Accreditation

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  1. Certification
     Examples- Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Board Certified Trial Attorney
  2. Licensure
     Examples- Licensed Behavior Analyst, Licensed Physician, Licensed Psychologist
  3. Registry
     Examples- Registered Behavioral Technician
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3 Types of Professional Regulation

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Establish minimum competencies

Require passing an exam testing those competencies to be awarded the credential

In some cases proof of certification exempts one from taking a separate licensing exam or simply taking an exam on the relevant state laws

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Certification and Licensure

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Restrict who can use a title

“Title” in this context refers to what you can call yourself – what title you may use.

Do not confuse “title”, in this usage, with “title” when used as to designate a State law, such as “Title XIX

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Title Acts

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Restrict who can engage in the
practices covered by the act

…In this context refers to what you can actually do – your professional activity.

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Practice Acts

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Only involves the PROFESSION

NOT Dependent on state statutes though maybe enabled by state statutes.

Restricts TITLE
Ex, You cannot use the title BC BA if you are not certified.

Does not restrict Practice

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Certification

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Advantage:

Only involves the PROFESSION And is therefore less influenced by political climate

Disadvantage:

Does not restrict PRACTICE even though it restricts title, meaning noncertified individuals can practice behavior analysis

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Certification

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Involves Profession and STATE

Restricts. Title and Practice

Advantage;

 Unlike certification, restricts title and practice

Disadvantage:

Dependent on Political Process so it maybe weakened or have an open period We’re almost anyone may be licensed

The state may have a profession like ours, RELAGATED by A board that includes members of mostly or even only other professionals

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Licensure

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A state makes a credential called a licensed behavior specialist with the following requirements: a masters degree and 90 hours of instruction, the instruction does not have to be for credit, and the instruction is not all behavior analysis.

Although these requirements are Insufficient to Become a BC BA one must become an LBS to be a service provider and state x

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Things that can go wrong

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Certification is a type of……

A certificate is proof that one completed a certificate program such as our course sequence and NOT a ….

(Earning a graduate certificate is not the same is graduating)

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Credentialing

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Do not have Certification Programs

Have Degree Programs and Certificate Programs

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Universities

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Mostly done at the paraprofessional level

The registered person has to practice
directly under a specific type of professional

 In some fields (e.g., RBT, nursing), individuals have to pass an exam to be registered, but registration mostly means that the registered individual is included on a list

 May have to provide evidence of a credential

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Registration

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State X Licensed Behavior Specialist
 Requirements:
• Master’s degree and 90-hours of instruction
• Instruction does not have to be for credit
• Instruction is not all behavior analysis
• Although these requirements are insufficient to become a BCBA, one must become an LBS to be a service provider

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How Things Can Go Wrong

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Restricts. Title and Practice

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Licensure

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Universities, programs, agencies and other organizations are not…

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Credentialed

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The BACB credentials individuals, NOT…

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Organizations

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