Reference no: EM133722993
Question: Ethical Decision-Making
Pretend you are a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst working for a newly established ABA company. Your company would like to establish policies and procedures that are behavior analytic in nature. They have asked you to give a presentation reviewing the functions of behavior and explaining the importance of function-based strategies for both clients and staff.
Introduce yourself and the purpose of the presentation.
Functions of behavior
Briefly define the functions of behavior.
Briefly discuss each function of behavior in your own words.
The Importance of Behavior Function
Based on your readings, list reasons why identifying function is important.
Explain why identifying function is so important to successful behavior intervention programs for both clients and staff.
Illustrating the Importance of Behavior Function
Provide an example of a target behavior that is being inadvertently reinforced because the function of the behavior has not been identified.
State the target behavior, the operational definition, and the hypothesized function.
Illustrate the importance of identifying the function of a target behavior before implementing a behavior plan for staff.
: Illustrating the Importance of Behavior Function Continued
Display the three-term contingency diagram with your example.
Use the three-term contingency to discuss the hypothesized function of the staff's behavior in the provided example.
: Target Behaviors
Write operational definitions for three target behaviors in the work environment. Include how these behaviors will be measured (frequency, duration, etc.).
Discuss these behaviors and how they would be documented.
Consequence Strategies
Write three consequence strategies related to the target behaviors.
Explain these consequence strategies to your colleagu
Supervisor Qualifications
Include the qualifications determined by the BACB to supervise RBTs, BCaBAs, and supervised fieldwork.
Based on your readings, discuss what it means to be an effective supervisor.
Ethical Responsibilities to Supervisees and Trainees
List the ethics codes to must consider when implementing new policies and procedures for supervisees and trainees.
Explain the ethical considerations in your own words.