EDF 6557 TEST EVALUATION ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Behavior analysts must make decisions about when to seek additional training or
when to refer a client to another professional. This decision can be aided by answering
two questions. - ✔✔How much risk is there for the individual and others while seeking
training?-What is the timeframe for the training that will lead to benefits for the
individual?
✔✔1.04 Practicing within a Defined Role - ✔✔provide services only after defining and
documenting their professional role with relevant parties in writing.
✔✔Scope of practice - ✔✔Defined at the level of the profession-The range of activities
in which members of a profession may be authorized to engage in by virtue of holding a
credential or license-The range of activities might be defined by a credentialing body,
certifying agency, or licensing laws, Allows identification of individuals who have met
minimum competencies to engage in a range of activities-Funders and consumers of
helping professions rely upon scope of practice to target outcomes and increase safety
✔✔scope of competence - ✔✔What you know how to do
•Education
•Training
•Experience
If the scope of competence includes things outside of the scope of practice, you may
not practice these things.The professional activities a behavior analyst can consistently
perform with proficiency.
✔✔Billing practice - ✔✔It is up to the practitioner to set their rate for services and bill
everyone the same amount, regardless of the differing maximum allowed amounts that
vary by insurance company.-Private pay- Check with your local agency for allowed
amount
, ✔✔what do we need to be aware of in the ethical domain in choosing clients/payers -
✔✔do not overcharge anyone. Have the same set rate to charge everyone you serve.
Do not favor one client over the other for momentary gain. Do not discriminate anyone.
✔✔Evidence Based Practice - ✔✔of applied behavior analysis is a decision-making
process that integrates (a) the best available evidence with (b) clinical expertise and (c)
client values and context
✔✔In the field of ABA, "taking a baseline" means the following - ✔✔-A referral has been
made of a behavior that is problematic-The behavior is observable and has been
operationally defined in a way that allows quantification-A trained observer has visited
the setting where the behavior occurs and has documented the occurrence and
circumstances under which it occurs
✔✔application of evidence based practice - ✔✔n evidence-based practice is a service
that helps to solve a consumer's problem. Thus, it is likely to be an integrated package
of procedures, operationalized in a manual, and validated in studies of socially
meaningful outcomes, usually with group designs
✔✔What does effective treatment truly mean? - ✔✔Long-term and short-term benefits
to clients and society have been found
✔✔What are the effects of respecting cultural differences? - ✔✔direct relation between
culture and preferences for language, interactions, services ○Rapport building
prerequisites • Ignoring cultural variables associated with poorer outcomes of care, May
lead to unethical practice •Could result in families seeking non-effective services, fosters
effective interdisciplinary collaborations
✔✔Interdisciplinary Collaboration - ✔✔e aware that cultures differ• Learn about cultural
differences• Increased awareness and knowledge of cultures can increase
collaboration• Respecting cultural differences fosters effective interdisciplinary
collaborations
✔✔Cultural competence - ✔✔is shown as a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and
policies that come together in a system, agency, or those professions to work effectively
in cross-cultural situations It is suggested that cultural competency is achieved when a
person is capable of integrating and transforming knowledge about diverse individuals
and groups into specific standards, practices, policies, and attitudes that are applied in
appropriate cultural settings to enhance the quality of services provided, thus producing
better outcomes
✔✔How should BCBAs respond to non behavior analytic practices? - ✔✔BCBAs should
not represent themseleves as anythign but a BCBA when practicing behavior analytic
work. Can practice other professions but not representing as BCBA. BCBA does not
practice non behavior analytic work.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Behavior analysts must make decisions about when to seek additional training or
when to refer a client to another professional. This decision can be aided by answering
two questions. - ✔✔How much risk is there for the individual and others while seeking
training?-What is the timeframe for the training that will lead to benefits for the
individual?
✔✔1.04 Practicing within a Defined Role - ✔✔provide services only after defining and
documenting their professional role with relevant parties in writing.
✔✔Scope of practice - ✔✔Defined at the level of the profession-The range of activities
in which members of a profession may be authorized to engage in by virtue of holding a
credential or license-The range of activities might be defined by a credentialing body,
certifying agency, or licensing laws, Allows identification of individuals who have met
minimum competencies to engage in a range of activities-Funders and consumers of
helping professions rely upon scope of practice to target outcomes and increase safety
✔✔scope of competence - ✔✔What you know how to do
•Education
•Training
•Experience
If the scope of competence includes things outside of the scope of practice, you may
not practice these things.The professional activities a behavior analyst can consistently
perform with proficiency.
✔✔Billing practice - ✔✔It is up to the practitioner to set their rate for services and bill
everyone the same amount, regardless of the differing maximum allowed amounts that
vary by insurance company.-Private pay- Check with your local agency for allowed
amount
, ✔✔what do we need to be aware of in the ethical domain in choosing clients/payers -
✔✔do not overcharge anyone. Have the same set rate to charge everyone you serve.
Do not favor one client over the other for momentary gain. Do not discriminate anyone.
✔✔Evidence Based Practice - ✔✔of applied behavior analysis is a decision-making
process that integrates (a) the best available evidence with (b) clinical expertise and (c)
client values and context
✔✔In the field of ABA, "taking a baseline" means the following - ✔✔-A referral has been
made of a behavior that is problematic-The behavior is observable and has been
operationally defined in a way that allows quantification-A trained observer has visited
the setting where the behavior occurs and has documented the occurrence and
circumstances under which it occurs
✔✔application of evidence based practice - ✔✔n evidence-based practice is a service
that helps to solve a consumer's problem. Thus, it is likely to be an integrated package
of procedures, operationalized in a manual, and validated in studies of socially
meaningful outcomes, usually with group designs
✔✔What does effective treatment truly mean? - ✔✔Long-term and short-term benefits
to clients and society have been found
✔✔What are the effects of respecting cultural differences? - ✔✔direct relation between
culture and preferences for language, interactions, services ○Rapport building
prerequisites • Ignoring cultural variables associated with poorer outcomes of care, May
lead to unethical practice •Could result in families seeking non-effective services, fosters
effective interdisciplinary collaborations
✔✔Interdisciplinary Collaboration - ✔✔e aware that cultures differ• Learn about cultural
differences• Increased awareness and knowledge of cultures can increase
collaboration• Respecting cultural differences fosters effective interdisciplinary
collaborations
✔✔Cultural competence - ✔✔is shown as a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and
policies that come together in a system, agency, or those professions to work effectively
in cross-cultural situations It is suggested that cultural competency is achieved when a
person is capable of integrating and transforming knowledge about diverse individuals
and groups into specific standards, practices, policies, and attitudes that are applied in
appropriate cultural settings to enhance the quality of services provided, thus producing
better outcomes
✔✔How should BCBAs respond to non behavior analytic practices? - ✔✔BCBAs should
not represent themseleves as anythign but a BCBA when practicing behavior analytic
work. Can practice other professions but not representing as BCBA. BCBA does not
practice non behavior analytic work.
