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Ethics CEU: Ethical Guardrails in Behavior Reduction

Behavior reduction is among the most consequential areas of behavior-analytic practice. The interventions designed to reduce challenging behavior have the potential to significantly improve quality of life when done well and to cause significant harm when done poorly.

Provider: Behaviorist Book Club

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Course Description

This 60-minute CEU presents a practical framework of 'ethical guardrails' to guide behavior analysts in designing and implementing interventions for complex, challenging behavior across settings. Rather than treating ethics as a checklist of rules, participants are invited to conceptualize ethics as flexible guardrails that keep treatment both effective and values-aligned over time. The presenter outlines three core guardrails: cause no further harm, continuously informed and assented to, and build resistant repertoires.

What You'll Learn

  1. Describe the three core ethical guardrails—cause no further harm, continuously informed and assented to, and build resistant repertoires—and apply them to intervention design.
  2. Identify potential second- and third-order behavior effects of interventions and monitor for unintended harm.
  3. Design constructional, skill-building approaches that improve quality of life instead of simply suppressing behavior.

CEU Credits Earned

Certification BodyCreditsType
BACB 1 Ethics
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Clinical Disclaimer

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.

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