Professional and ethical behavior in applied behavior analysis is often framed as a matter of individual practitioner character—a quality that someone either has or lacks. This framing, while intuitive, is both empirically unsupported and practically unhelpful.
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Join Free →Professional and ethical behaviors are critical for high quality care and consumer protection. By using behavioral systems, behavior analysts may increase the probability of employees engaging in professional and ethical behaviors. This presentation will survey the basic components of behavioral systems analysis (BSA) and how BSA may be used in practice to promote ethical behavior. Ultimately, this presentation aims to provide a pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and socially-valid approach to ethics that focuses on teaching employees "what to do" in certain situations, instead of using a punitive "how not to behave" approach for employee management. Objectives: Participants will identify the six steps of behavioral systems analysis. Participants will describe an example of how to use behavioral systems analysis to improve ethical behavior during one on one supervision. Participants will describe an example of how to use behavioral systems analysis to improve ethical behavior during group supervision.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
Matthew T. Brodhead is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University. Dr. Brodhead is recognized within the academic community as a leader in the area of behavioral treatments for autism and as one of the foremost experts in the areas of ethics and professionalism in the practice of applied behavior analysis. Dr. Brodhead currently serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
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