Brielle, a BCBA, is supervising a group of students pursuing BACB certification. As part of their experience, one student volunteers to present at a local conference. During the presentation the student misrepresents themselves in their introductory remarks. Given this scenario related to 4.04, what is the most appropriate course of action the behavior analyst should take?

BCBA Amelia is providing supervision for a trainee as they accrue hours to sit for the BCBA exam. Following a competency assessment, it appears that the trainee has little experience implementing parent training protocols. Amelia is considering scheduling the trainee to run the next parent training session for one of her clients. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

DeAndre is a new BCBA working with a company that expects each BCBA to manage a supervisory caseload. DeAndre has not yet completed the required supervision training but his boss expects him to take on supervisees as soon as possible. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

Malika is a BCBA who has been supervising Zuzka. Recently, Malika has had some personal troubles that have prevented supervision from occurring, resulting in Zuzka missing meetings that are necessary to accrue hours. Malika has decided to terminate supervision at this time. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for Malika to take?

Jackie, a BCBA, is offered a great opportunity to go to Hawaii for a summer job as a camp director for children with developmental disabilities. The company she currently works for approves this temporary leave. At her current job Jackie is responsible for supervising 2 trainees. She informs them the week before her trip that she will be unable to supervise them while she is away and wishes them luck as they continue their work. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

Bryce has a filing cabinet with the supervision documentation from each of his supervisees over the past 6 years. The cabinet is getting overly full, and he needs more space for current documents. Since some of the paperwork is from supervision provided 6 years ago, he is considering shredding it to make room for the current documents. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

BCBA Kristijan is supervising a group of three trainees who are all accruing hours to sit for the BCBA exam. As part of their supervision, Kristijan implements a schedule for all trainees to go through the same trainings on the basics of ABA. Even if some trainees do not need the trainings, he feels they should practice as a team. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

Water chemistry, particularly salinity and temperature, plays an important role in the growth of environmental bacteria in the genus Vibrio.  In fact, altered water temperature has been associated with disease incidence of cholera.  A global warming trend could  have notable consequences on vibrio cell counts in the environment, and the spread of cholera.

Elevated nutrient loading in freshwater systems can increase the prevalence of nematode infections in herons and other wading birds.

Choose Yes or No for each of the following diseases/agents if they are known to affect or infect aquatic birds (considering lecture by Dr. Spalding).