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UWF EDF6557 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS UPDATED (202 5 /202 6 )
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
A Protocol for Evidence - Based Supervision: - ANS ✓1. Identify desired client outcomes
- Specify what staff must do to achieve those outcomes
- Train staff in the skills specified in step 2
- Monitor staff performance
- Support proficient staff performance
- Correct non - proficient staff performance
- Continuously evaluate staff performance and client outcomes Establishing positive relationships - ANS ✓building rapport Rapport acts as a "___________" - an ___________ for much of what needs to occur in a supervisory relationship. - ANS ✓setting event ; antecedent Positive relationships act as what in relation to the regular activities of supervision? - ANS ✓antecedent/setting event True or false - If a multiple relationship forms between a supervisor and supervisee, it is mandatory that the relationship be terminated to maintain ethical compliance. - ANS ✓false Most contracts in the business world are not truly "__________" contracts, but act more as "__________" contracts. - ANS ✓legal; social
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Restricted Activities: - ANS ✓- Delivering "therapeutic and instructional procedures" during fieldwork
- Typically similar to the role of an RBT
- Must be no more than 40% of overall fieldwork hours for BCBA trainees Unrestricted Activities: - ANS ✓- All other behavior-analytic tasks
- These are the activities that a BCBA will most likely be doing on a regular basis
- Must be 60% or more of the activities completed during fieldwork for BCBA trainees Who is responsible for for ensuring supervision documentation is accurate, complete, and maintained for 7 years? - ANS ✓The supervisor What determines a supervisors scope of competence? - ANS ✓- coursework
- training
- experiences True or false - The required training for supervision in behavior analysis is sufficient; little ongoing training is required to supervise ethically. - ANS ✓False Strategies for Teaching Ethical Decision-Making - ANS ✓1. Discuss ethics and the ethical standards often
- Review case studies and role play
- Provide ethical decision-making decision-trees and models 4. Model ethical behavior
- Provide sufficient oversight
- Address ethically-questionable behavior
- Create ethics committees
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Behavior analysis is the most _____________________ treatment for ASDs, and is considered the "gold standard". - ANS ✓empirically validated Public statements regarding non-evidence-based treatments may make grandiose or exaggerated claims about their effectiveness without providing empirical evidence to support these assertions. - ANS ✓exaggerated claims Some promotion of fad treatments may rely on emotional appeals or testimonials rather than objective data to persuade potential clients. - ANS ✓emotional appeals Advertising for nonevidence-based treatments may lack transparency regarding the theoretical underpinnings of the intervention or the evidence supporting its efficacy. - ANS ✓lack of transparency Fad treatments may promote techniques or interventions that lack empirical support or are entirely ineffective. - ANS ✓Unsubstantiated Techniques True or false - It is unethical to promote ABA services. - ANS ✓false Instead of relying on emotional appeals, behavior analysts should promote their services using... - ANS ✓objective data and evidence Protected Health Information - ANS ✓any information, including demographic data, that relates to an individual's past, present, or future health condition, the provision of healthcare to the individual, or the payment for healthcare. Behavior analysts have access to PHI when providing services to clients with health insurance coverage or when working in healthcare settings. HIPAAs Privacy Rule - ANS ✓protects individuals' medical records and other PHI. Behavior analysts who are covered entities under HIPAA must comply with
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the Privacy Rule, which includes obtaining patients' consent for the use and disclosure of their PHI, implementing safeguards to protect PHI, and providing individuals with rights regarding their health information. A ____________ is a statement or endorsement provided by a client, their family member, or another individual regarding their experience with a particular product, service, or professional. - ANS ✓testimonial Issues with Testimonials: - ANS ✓- exploitative relationships
- Inaccurate portrayal of information
- Confidentiality breaches Who's privacy must we protect when making public statements? - ANS ✓clients, supervisees, trainees, and other stakeholders Even though caregivers and clients can consent to their images being shared publicly, ABA practitioners operating as health professionals must still abide by what regulation? - ANS ✓HIPAA True or false - ABA practitioners can use testimonials from current clients, as long as they have informed consent and it does not negatively impact the clients. - ANS ✓false Intellectual Property - ANS ✓refers to the original works, materials, and innovations created by behavior analysts in the course of their professional practice. Examples of Common IPs in ABA - ANS ✓- treatment protocols and behavior plans
- Data Collection and Analysis Tools
- Written Materials and Presentations
- Technology and software
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Other Professionals With Whom ABA Providers Collaborate - ANS ✓-slps
- ots
- pts
- educators
- healthcare professionals
- psychologists/social workers Issues faced with BCBAs collaborating with other professionals can be tied to an overall lack of ______________________________. - ANS ✓cultural competency Cultural systems of other professions: - ANS ✓-ethical codes
- laws and regulations
- journals and evidence bases
- language Multidisciplinary - ANS ✓- Each professional individually assesses and treats clients
- Are self-reliant and responsible for the therapeutic activities of their discipline
- Limited information is shared; treatment is often disjointed Interdiscplinary - ANS ✓- Each profession independently assesses clients; assessment findings are shared
- Targets and treatment are determined collaboratively
- May result in opposing recommendations or competition Transdisciplinary - ANS ✓- One provider facilitates the assessment process while the other providers observe
- A single provider implements direct services with training, information, and contact from all roles
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- Requires intensive communication, high levels of cooperation, and clear expectations/descriptions of procedures How to Win Friends and Influence People: - ANS ✓- Don't criticize, condemn, or complain
- become genuinely interested in other people
- be a good listener
- Show respect for other people's opinions
- Admit when you're wrong
- ask questions instead of giving direct orders Interdisciplinary collaboration issues can be considered an issue with cultural competency. True or false? - ANS ✓true Collaboration in which assessment and treatment is delivered independently by each provider is known as...? - ANS ✓Multidisciplinary collaboration Facilitated Communication - ANS ✓- A fad "treatment" that rose to popularity in the early 1990s in Australia, FC purportedly "helps" non-verbal individuals "speak", through the use of communication devices and a facilitator.
Why Is Facilitated Communication Harmless? - ANS ✓- Does not provide access to communication
- Denies the client the right to communication
- Diverts resources away from more effective interventions and costs families money
- Provides false hope to families
- Has resulted in false abuse allegations and other active forms of abuse
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If a client is responding positively to a research supported, non-behavioral treatment that doesn't negatively impact our programs, we should... - ANS ✓continue to evaluate The use of Facilitated communication gives a client a voice - true or false? - ANS ✓false Issues with collaboration can be tied to the field of ABA's overall lack of ____________ competency. - ANS ✓cultural In 2015, DiGennaro Reed and Henley surveyed 400 ABA practitioners and found that 75% of respondents indicated they were responsible for supervising others, but a majority (54.71%) of their current employers did not provide training on effective _________________. - ANS ✓supervisory practice Being an amazing ABA _______ does not mean one is an amazing ____________. - ANS ✓clinician; supervisor Why High-Quality Supervision is Critical in Human Services: - ANS ✓- inexperienced staff
- insufficient on-boarding
- performance support
- motivation two basic responsibilities of supervision - ANS ✓- Establishing/improving staff performance
- Supporting and maintaining staff performance When staff are not trained well, are not supported, and don't enjoy work, they become less motivated to perform well, engage in less-than-optimal therapy behaviors (or engage in other, more preferred behaviors), and
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when reinforcement schedules get too thin, they may become "___________". - ANS ✓burnt out True or false - High performing clinicians, by default, are also high performing supervisors. - ANS ✓false "Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion or ___________________ increased _______________ from one's job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job; and reduced professional _____________." - ANS ✓exhaustion; mental distance; efficacy Supervisor's Contributions to Burnout in ABA: - ANS ✓- Insufficient training of staff
- Lack of clarity in expectations
- Lack of objectivity in evaluation
- Breaching staff boundaries
- Thinning reinforcement schedules
- Excessive workloads
- Micromanagement
- Lack of feedback and support -----> Isolation, especially in-home Using _______________________ management strategies in organizations and in the supervision process can help mitigate the impacts of burnout. - ANS ✓evidence-based What organizational variable is most predictive of behavior technician burnout and turnover? - ANS ✓supervisor support
