The treatment team for a child with Down syndrome is enthusiastic about using a verbal behavior approach with the child. Some team members, however, are
... [Show More] genuinely concerned with the amount of time per day the BCBA wants to spend on the development of a generalized imitative repertoire. The BCBA
compromises by reducing the instructional time and proposes that learning data be used to determine teaching effectiveness.
A school contacts a BCBA and requests the client records of a newly enrolled student. What must the BCBA do?
Obtain written consent from the client or client surrogate before sending the records.
To ensure clients are fully informed about a behavior change program, prior to implementing a plan, the BCBA should explain
realistic expectations of the outcomes of the interventions.
A high functioning 16 year-old student gives consent to a BCBA for an assessment of his ritualistic behaviors. The BCBA does not get parental permission. Is this appropriate?
No, consent must be obtained from the parents because the student is a minor.
The parents of your teenage client have asked you to improve his compliance with completing his daily hygiene. To include the teen in the development of the plan, you allow him to choose
the order in which the hygiene tasks are completed.
To help motivate a client to lose weight by following a weight loss program, a BCBA might
include the client in the development of weight loss goals and conduct a preference assessment for exercise activities to use in the intervention.
Before obtaining written consent for an assessment, the BCBA should ensure that the client/surrogate understands
the procedure, who will participate, and how the results will be used.
A BCBA wants to collaborate with the psychiatrist who prescribes medication for his client. The BCBA should
first tell the client which information he plans to share and then obtain written consent.
When conducting a behavioral assessment,
obtain written consent from the client/client's surrogate before initiating the assessment.
The data indicate that a child is no longer showing improvement for one of his objectives. Based on observation, the BCBA feels this objective is no longer relevant to the child. The BCBA should
obtain parent/guardian consent to stop working on the objective.
A teacher, who is also a BCBA, was initially sending a child to a "listening chair" for disruptive behaviors. It is not working effectively because the child can still disrupt the class. On a trial basis, the teacher begins sending the child into the hallway for timeout. Does the BCBA need to inform the parent or obtain consent?
Yes, this is a change to a more restrictive timeout procedure.
Written consent
must be obtained prior to conducting a behavioral assessment and implementation of a behavior program.
A child, who begins exhibiting aggressive behaviors, has a signed general consent form in his file that allows for the assessment of problem behaviors. The student has not required a behavioral assessment in the past. Should the school ask for a new signed consent form before conducting a functional analysis?
Yes, parents should be informed of the reason the FA is necessary and what they should expect from it.
Before obtaining information about a client, a BCBA must
obtain written consent from the client.
When obtaining consent for treatment, the client should understand
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