Gustavo serves adolescents with a history of severe behavior…
Gustavo serves adolescents with a history of severe behavior at a residential facility. He is designing a level system to help reduce aggression and increase self-care skills. The level system will involve restricting privileges at the facility until the clients demonstrate prolonged progress towards their goals. He takes the time to look through research and to get familiar with local regulations. He also gets to know each client and discuss with the family what would be appropriate to use as rewards within the program. This typically means the program start is delayed. Which of the following is likely to be an issue with taking this approach?
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Pau is receiving services from Trish, a BCBA, to assist with his self-injurious behaviors. Trish also provides parent training to Pau’s mother Misti. After school, Pau is watched by his grandfather, Carl, who is not part of training. Given this scenario, what is the role of Carl?
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Leonardo specializes in treating pediatric feeding disorders with behavior analytic procedures. He provides services to Pietra, who has displayed persistent food refusal behaviors. Pietra’s adoptive parents are not yet receiving training but will also be included in programming. Given this scenario, what is the role of Leonardo?
Read DetailsCherine, a BCBA, has recently moved to Washington state. She…
Cherine, a BCBA, has recently moved to Washington state. She has started consulting privately as a BCBA, but has not obtained her state license, which is required by law. Two days into her first assessment, she discovers the licensure law. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?
Read DetailsKylie, a BCBA, has just been notified that she is being inve…
Kylie, a BCBA, has just been notified that she is being investigated for possible billing fraud. Kylie believes that she has done nothing wrong and plans to cooperate with the investigation. She expects that the outcome of the investigation will show no wrongdoing on her part. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?
Read DetailsMareesa started a master’s degree program in ABA. While taki…
Mareesa started a master’s degree program in ABA. While taking classes she also worked at an Autism center nearby. She was placed on a team for a client named Seb. The supervising BCBA went through a list of skills she would be taught from beginning to end of supervision experience. The first task for Mareesa was to observe the current therapist work with Seb while practicing taking data. The BCBA collected IOA and gave Mareesa feedback. Given this scenario, what is the role of Mareesa?
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