Luka, a behavior analyst, is deciding between treatment options for a client with high-intensity self-injury. He considers his own background, training, and experience in treating similar behavioral issues as he decides if he should take the case. In this scenario, Luka is considering which component in the process of evidence-based practice?

During the intake process, Enso, a behavior analyst, tells the parents that he will provide extensive parent training to reduce their son’s severe tantrum behavior. After services begin, Enso repeatedly fails to arrive on time for parent training sessions and sometimes does not show up at all. Which type of risk to stakeholders is this scenario an example of?

Phoebe is the store owner where Amir, an adult receiving job coaching from a behavior analyst, works. Maia is the behavior analyst who provides the job coaching services. What is Phoebe’s role in this scenario?

Hannah is a behavior analyst hired by a new agency, Mountain View ABA. Hannah begins working with a client, Chiron. While speaking with Chiron’s dad during a session, Hannah agrees to work with another provider whose services are not empirically backed because she believes that ABA practitioners are usually too closed-minded to work with these service providers. Mountain View ABA is a member of which category put at risk by Hannah’s unethical behavior?

Falak is a behavior analyst who recently began working with a new learner. While out in the community, the learner’s former behavior analyst, Shelly, asks how sessions are going and offers to provide help whenever Falak has questions. Which ethics standard should Falak mainly consider?

Rosa realizes she provided a new behavior plan to her client’s team several weeks ago but forgot to schedule a training meeting to ensure that all of the team members were clear on the procedure and could implement it accurately. Since the team members have not complained, Rosa decides to wait to see if the data show improvements without providing training. Which ethics standard is Rosa violating?

Eduardo’s chiropractor has just begun offering craniosacral therapy, which is thought to relieve behavioral problems. Eduardo trusts his chiropractor’s work and has been hearing a lot about this popular new treatment. Although he cannot find any research literature to support it, he signs his child up for the treatment. This is an example of:

Arthur, a behavior analyst, works with a client who engages in high rates of self-injurious behavior. He thinks that if he uses a strong aversive stimulus, painful stimulation for example, his client’s behavior will reduce quickly. He believes the reduction in self-injury will justify the use of a less socially valid procedure. This describes which issue with using consequential ethics to analyze this dilemma?

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_____ is typically the warmest month in the northern hemisphere.