PTB founder Dana Meller illustrates how using the ethics Code can help BCBA/BCaBA exam candidates identify the correct answer on exam questions.
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When it comes to ethical and professional responsibilities, scope of practice and scope of competence are not interchangeable. Learn the differences from PTB founder Dana Meller.
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There is a difference between ethical decision-making in practice, versus ethical decision-making on test question scenarios.
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Third parties come up frequently in ABA ethics—and they’re often misunderstood. PTB scholar-in-residence and former director of ethics at the BACB, Tyra Sellers (J.D., Ph.D., BCBA-D) explains.
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A federal court ruling that protects an individual by placing conditions on the use of time-out procedures, such as limiting the duration of the time out.
A federal law that requires client privacy rights and establishes rules about the transition/storing of client Protected Health Info (PHI).
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Read More
A federal law that gives students with disabilities the right to a free, appropriate public education and an individualized education plan, and gives specific rights to parents.
PTB founder Dana Meller explores the main sections of the Code, explaining the significance and ethical responsibilities of each.
A statement generated by a task force authorized by the Executive Council of the Association for Behavior Analysis International defining and explaining the accepted uses of restraint, seclusion, and time-out
A federal law that protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents, and students over the age of 18, certain rights with respect to their children’s education records.
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A statement that was developed by the Association for Behavior Analysis International Task Force explaining their position on a client’s right to effective behavioral treatment as a set of guidelines
A statement generated from a report by the Association for Behavior Analysis International Task Force that outlines a set of recommendations for effective education derived from the principles that have