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Reasons to regulate the practice of behavior analysis - Answer: Protects the consumer and the general
public
Protects practitioners
Protects the field
Establishes professional identity
Enables practice
Main reason is protect consumer
Enables practice- Credential Recognition - Answer: Government regulations, rules, and laws Jobs and
funding specific to BCBA/BCaBA Third-party insurance funding
Main goal of ABA practitioners - Answer: To help individuals we serve to achieve meaningful outcomes
and improve their quality of life
ABA practitioners must provide - Answer: Comprehensive, integrated, individualized, and data-based
services... So that the individual we serve benefit in various ways (social inclusion, community
competence, independent employment).
ABA practitioners mission - Answer: To make a difference in people's lives... The main goal is to help
individuals we serve achieve meaning outcomes.
, The practice of ABA - Answer: The application of the principles, methods, and procedures of EAB and
ABA to assess and improve socially important human behavior
ABA practice includes - Answer: The design, implementation, evaluation, and revision of treatment
programs to change behavior of individuals and groups
Consultation to individuals and organizations
Professional behavior analysts must - Answer: Place the benefits of our clients as our primary goal
Adhere to the seven dimensions of ABA Stay true to our natural science Use only research-based
practices Adhere to the conduct guidelines of our
profession
Legal - Answer: The law:
State and federal statutes State and federal rules
Ethics - Answer: "considerations" Codes and guidelines
In between legal and ethics - Answer: Disciplinary standards
Service contracts and core assurances
Statutes - Answer: The actual law
Rule - Answer: Administrative code that specifies the implementation of the statute. Provides very
specific details that are not possible in statutes. Rules are given the authority of law by a statute.
Types of statutes and rules that inform professional practice - Answer: Regulate one's profession
Regulate one's practices
Regulate other professions that legally may engage in the same, similar, and/or related practices
Protect the consumers one serves