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| CANCELED: Ethical Considerations for Applied Behavior Analysts |
| Saturday, May 26, 2012 |
| 8:00 AM–11:00 AM |
| 603 (Convention Center) |
| Area: PRA/TPC; Domain: Service Delivery |
| CE Instructor: Tyra P. Sellers, Ph.D. |
| TYRA P. SELLERS (STE Consultants), MATTHEW T. BRODHEAD (Utah State University), KRISTEN KELLEY (Utah State University), JOY S. POLLARD (Utah State University), THOMAS S. HIGBEE (Utah State University) |
| Description: This workshop is designed to advance the understanding of ethical standards of the behavior analyst. We will review the ethical guidelines of the BACB and discuss scenarios related to common ethical dilemmas in a clinical practice. We will provide tools to develop supervisory systems for monitoring and maintaining ethical conduct. We will address training direct-line staff on maintaining the ethical standards of your organization. Finally we will cover the limits of scope of practice as well as address requests to integrate non-empirically based practices and procedures. |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
Identify a situation in which an individual has violated the BACB code of ethics and discuss various situations in dealing with that violation
Outline a simple ethics supervisory system to apply to their organization
Identify the six steps of behavioral systems analysis and how they can be applied to developing an ethics management system
Describe the three steps of performance-based instruction and how they can be applied to teaching ethical behavior
Develop strategies for dealing with ethical concerns when they arise during consultation or clinical services, such as addressing concerns with non-empirically based practices and procedure |
| Activities: The workshop will begin by reviewing the BACB code of ethics and having participants answer via response cards whether or not a specific code has been violated. Strategies for dealing with that violation will be discussed. Then, the basic principles of behavioral systems will be reviewed and applied to developing a system of ethics management in an organization. The basic foundation of performance-based instruction will be covered, and participants will practice developing strategies for teaching ethical behavior in their organization using performance-based instruction. Finally, we will cover ethical issues that often arise during clinical practice. The group will share common concerns and stories of their own experiences, and together, we will develop possible solutions to those problems. |
| Audience: The target audience includes MA or Ph.D. behavior analysts who work in clinical settings. Behavior analysts who run applied research settings may also be interested in this workshop. |
| Content Area: Practice |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
| Keyword(s): behavioral systems, clinical practice, ethics, service providers |