DECLARATION OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
Fill in the Declaration of Professional Practices and Procedures [DOCX] template with your information. You may make edits to the document to make it relevant to your experiences and practice. Keep in mind, this is a hypothetical example of what you should be using as a BCaBA or BCBA.
Upon completing and reviewing your declaration of professional practices and procedures, answer the following questions in a separate document.
Why is a declaration of professional practices and procedures important?
When should you be presenting this document, and with whom should you be sharing it?
How do you address cultural responsiveness and diversity in creating and delivering the declaration of professional practices and procedures? Why is this important to address specifically?
How does the declaration of professional practices and procedures relate to your ethical responsibilities to colleagues and to the profession of ABA?
How does the declaration of professional practices and procedures relate to your ethical responsibilities to your client and the family or those in the client’s support system?
Sources
Read or review the following:
Bailey, J. S., & Burch, M. R. (2022). Ethics for behavior analysts (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.
Chapter 11, “Section 6: Responsibility in Research,” pages 273–303.
Chapter 13, “Using a Declaration of Professional Practices and Procedures for Behavior Analysts,” pages 323–333.
Chapter 17, “Reporting a Behavior Analyst via Notice of Alleged Violation,” pages 379–392.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (n.d.). Reporting to the ethics department. https://www.bacb.com/ethics-information/reporting-to-ethics-department/
This web page covers how to report an alleged violation.
Brodhead, M. T., Cox, D. J., & Quigley, S. P. (2022). Practical ethics for effective treatment of autism spectrum disorder (2nd ed.). Academic Press.
Chapter 8, “Quality Measurement in Applied Behavior Analysis.”
Review the BACB ethics codes.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (2020). Ethics code for behavior analysts [PDF]. https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethics-Code-for-Behavior-Analysts-210106.pdf
Section 6 – Responsibility in Research.
