The BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (2022) does not exist in a vacuum. It is a living document that reflects evolving expectations about how behavior analysts engage with the people they serve, the communities those people belong to, and the broader ecologies that shape daily life.
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Join Free →The BACB requires us to act in accordance with the Ethics Code. The Ethics Code describes core values and specific parameters related to meaning, collaboration, and inclusion. The purpose of this presentation is to explore those sections of the code related our alignment with a client's current and future ecologies. Considerations related to practice, social justice and research will be discussed in the context of core values, cultural responsiveness, and client, family and community collaboration. A description of ecobehavioral conceptualizations and approaches will be provided as well as rationales for alignment of our practice with a clients current and future ecologies and expressed values and priorities in those ecologies. Examples will be given throughout the talk and suggestions will be made for aligning our actions to center meaning, collaboration and inclusion within client ecologies. The intent is to aid practitioners in their efforts to improve behavior change processes that are valued and result in collective well-being.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
Shahla Alai-Rosales, PHD, BCBA-D, CPBA-AP is a Professor in the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas. She has taught courses in Texas, Europe and the Middle East on a variety of topics, including ethics, early autism intervention, parent training, behavioral systems, applied research methods, technology transfer, behavior change techniques, and cultural diversity. Shahla has published and presented research on social justice, ethics in early intervention, play and social skills, family harmony, and supervision and mentoring. Shahla has more than four decades of experience working with families and has trained hundreds of behavior analysts. She has received awards for her teaching (SGA ‘Fessor Graham Award), her work with families (Onassis Scholar Award), and for her sustained contributions (UNT Community Engagement Award, TXABA Career Contributions Award, the GSU Lutzker Distinguished Lecturer, the ABAI Donald M. Baer Distinguished Lecture, and the 23-24 University of Kansas ABS Outstanding Alumni Award). She was a member of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board, the ABAI Practice Board, the ABAI DEI Board, APBA Board, the advisory board for ASAI and an Associate Editor for Behavior Analysis in Practice. Shahla is co-author of Building and Sustaining Meaningful and Effective Relationships as a Supervisor and Mentor (LeBlanc, Sellers & Alai, 2020) and Responsible and Responsive Parenting in Autism: Between Now and Dreams (Alai-Rosales & Heinkel-Wolfe, 2022).
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.