Practical Ethics for Effective Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- 2nd Edition - May 17, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Matthew T. Brodhead, David J. Cox, Shawn P Quigley
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 8 6 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 8 6 1 - 5
Practical Ethics for Effective Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition is for behavior analysts working directly with, or supervising those who work with, individua… Read more
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Request a sales quotePractical Ethics for Effective Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition is for behavior analysts working directly with, or supervising those who work with, individuals with autism. The book addresses the principles and values that underlie the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s® Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts and factors that affect ethical decision-making. In addition, the book addresses critical and under-discussed topics, including scope of competence, evidence-based practice in behavior analysis, how to collaborate with professionals within and outside one’s discipline, and how to design systems of ethical supervision and training customized to unique treatment settings.
Across many of the topics, the authors also discuss errors students and professionals may make during analyses of ethical dilemmas and misapplications of ethical codes within their practice. New to this revision are chapters on Quality Control in ABA Service Delivery, Ethical Issues in ABA Business Management and Standardizing Decision-making in ABA Service Delivery.
- Reviews new BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysis
- Discusses factors that affect ethical decision-making
- Describes how to create systems for teaching and maintaining ethical behavior
- Discusses how to identify your own scope of competence in autism treatment
- Examines the process of evidence-based practice and how it can be applied to behavior-analytic treatment for autism
- Addresses the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and how to be a good collaborator
- Reviews common mistakes that students and supervisors make when analyzing ethical dilemmas, along with common misapplications of ethical codes
- Includes new chapters on standardized decision-making and quality control in ABA service delivery
Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), entry-level paraprofessionals who work directly with children with ASD. Centers for autism will be interested in purchasing multiple copies of this manual for those they are training
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the series editor
- About the authors
- Series foreword: Critical Specialties in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges
- Purpose
- Read me (preface)
- What this book is?
- What’s new in this edition?
- How this book is organized?
- What this book is not?
- Key terms
- Moving forward
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction to applied behavior analysis, ethics, and core ethical principles
- Abstract
- Paradigms of clinical ethics: providing the groundwork
- Dominant paradigms in clinical ethics
- Contract theory
- Western clinical codes of ethics
- Principles of bioethics: the material for building
- Applied behavior analysis and ethics: what we have built so far
- The consequences of influence from multiple ethical paradigms
- Applied behavior analysis and ethical theory: why Board Certified Behavior Analysts should care
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 2. Contextual factors that influence ethical decision-making
- Abstract
- Basic research on choice
- Different reinforcers for different behaviors
- Delayed and probabilistic outcomes
- Summary
- Factors that affect clinical decision-making
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 3. Creating behavioral systems to support ethical behavior in autism treatment
- Abstract
- A brief introduction to behavioral systems analysis
- Six steps of behavioral systems analysis
- Case examples of behavioral systems analysis
- Case study 1: a system that creates an organizational culture of ethics
- Case study 2: a step-by-step process for interacting with nonbehavioral professionals
- Case study 3: ensuring client and caregiver consent in treatment
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 4. Identifying your scope of competence in autism treatment
- Abstract
- Scope of competence within scope of practice
- Identifying your own scope of competence
- What coursework experiences define my scope of competence?
- What experiences in various settings define my scope of competence?
- What supervision experiences define my scope of competence?
- Consider your answers in the context of successful treatment outcomes
- How to broaden your scope of competence
- When to seek additional training and when to refer a client?
- A need for an honest evaluation
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 5. The decision-making process of evidence-based practice
- Abstract
- Definitions from medicine and psychology
- The three-legged stool analogy
- Defining evidence-based practice in applied behavior analysis
- Evidence-based practice as a decision-making process
- Using evidence-based practice in applied behavior analysis
- Identifying the best available evidence
- Evaluating evidence once you find it
- Integrating evidence with client considerations
- Integrating evidence with professional expertise
- Case studies in evidence-based practice in applied behavior analysis
- Evidence-based practice in special-education: you are missing the point
- Vocational training: evidence-based practice done right
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 6. Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Abstract
- Recommendations for professional interactions
- Respect legal, regulatory, and policy barriers
- Limit technical jargon whenever possible
- Nonbehavioral treatment recommendations
- Additional recommendations
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 7. Standardized decision-making
- Abstract
- Introduction
- What is standardized decision-making?
- Benefits of standardized decision-making in applied behavior analysis
- Downsides to standardized decision-making in applied behavior analysis
- Examples of standardized decision-making
- Conclusion
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 8. Quality measurement in applied behavior analysis
- Abstract
- Ethically justifying quality applied behavior analysis services
- Categories of quality measurement
- Analytics: identifying relationships between structure, process, and outcome measures
- Summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- Chapter 9. Common errors and mistakes made during ethical analyses and application
- Abstract
- Wrongful appeals to authority
- Incomplete analyses
- Multiple relationships run afoul
- Forgetting we are a science
- Death by PowerPoint, or make your funk the P-Funk
- Chapter summary
- Questions to help you incorporate this chapter into your practice
- References
- Further reading
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 17, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 182
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128238608
- eBook ISBN: 9780128238615
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Matthew T. Brodhead
Matthew T. Brodhead, Ph.D., BCBA-D is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University. Like many before him, his interests in behavior analysis and autism began at Croyden Avenue School in Kalamazoo, MI. Raised in Harbor Springs, Michigan, United States, he has an undying passion for spending time in the great outdoors. When he can’t get outside, he enjoys listening to and playing music, and in a previous life, he used to tour with a funk bank. You can learn more about his work by visiting his Web site, www.mattbrodhead.com.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Michigan State University, USADC
David J. Cox
David J. Cox, Ph.D., M.S.B., BCBA-D currently works as the VP of Data Science at RethinkFirst and is faculty at the Institute for Applied Behavioral Science at Endicott College. Dr. Cox has earned a M.S. in Bioethics from Union Graduate College; a PhD in behavior analysis from the University of Florida; a post-doctoral fellowship at the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and a post-doctoral fellowship at Insight! Data Science. Since 2014, Dr. Cox’s research and applied work has focused on how to effectively leverage technology, quantitative modeling, and artificial intelligence to ethically optimize behavioral health outcomes and clinical decision-making. Based on his individual and collaborative work, he has published 50+ peer-reviewed articles, three books, and 150+ presentations at scientific conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief Data Officer, Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and Faculty of Behavior Analysis, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, USASQ
Shawn P Quigley
Shawn Quigley is the Chief Operating Office for Melmark. Dr. Quigley received his Master’s in Education at Idaho State University and then went on to Western Michigan University where he completed his Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis. Prior to joining the Melmark team, he completed a post-doctoral psychology fellowship with the University of New Mexico Medical Group. He stayed with University of New Mexico Medical Group as a manager of behavior services, working to increase access to behavior analytic providers, supporting advocacy groups, and developing state regulatory guidelines for service delivery. Dr. Quigley has worked as a direct support professional, behavior analyst, trainer, and administrator providing services in homes, schools, residential and community settings. These experiences provided a strong foundation for understanding service development, regulatory requirements, scope of competence issues, and resource allocation. Dr. Quigley actively supports the profession through practice, research, teaching, and service.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Professional Development and Clinical Training, Melmark, Berwyn, PA, USARead Practical Ethics for Effective Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder on ScienceDirect