An athlete you are working with loses 4.5 pounds during a conditioning session. How many ounces of water would you encourage them to drink?

The nurse correlates which assessment findings as modifiable risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus? Select all that apply.

Sam is the clinical director for an ABA agency. They make sure to integrate the Ethics Code into case review meetings and other professional discussions so that everything is looked at through an ethical lens. Sam has also set up a company hotline for employees to anonymously ask questions or report misconduct. This exemplifies which core principle?

The primary role of carbohydrate in human physiology is to serve as an energy source.

Tomo is working with two children with autism in the same family. Tomo is aware that she has an ethical obligation to ensure that her decisions regarding the programs are data based. As the parents are the ones largely responsible for implementing the behavior plans, Tomo also teaches them how to collect data. The family often does not collect all 5 forms of data for each child each day, averaging 2-3 per child. Tomo explains to the family that if they cannot accurately and consistently collect all the necessary data she will be forced to discontinue services.  This describes which issue with using rule-based ethics to analyze this dilemma?

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?

Which of these demonstrates a behavior analyst applying the core principle of “Benefit others”?

Grady is conducting an initial assessment with a new client. The client’s parents would like for Grady to write a program to decrease the client’s stereotypy. Grady is conducting a risk-benefit analysis to determine if a decrease in behavior will likely impact the client’s ability to learn and contact reinforcers in his environment. Grady is doing which of the following when analyzing this ethical dilemma?

Henrick, a BCBA, is writing a request for services for a 4 year-old with autism who has significant developmental delays. He discovers that the client’s insurance provider is notorious about rejecting requests for treatment which focuses only on acquisition skills, citing a lack of “medical necessity”. In order to ensure this child gets approval, Henrick adds “physical aggression” to the list of target behaviors, even though aggression has been very minor and within a typical range of expectancy. This describes which issue with using consequential ethics to analyze this dilemma?

Thomas only collects CEUs through webinars that he can play while he works on reports and other tasks, and usually does not attend to what is being presented. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?