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[FinB] Kay has read some research articles and watched a short webinar about a popular new functional communication program. The program is gaining popularity and new research appears to provide support for its use. This is an example of:

[FinA] Missy is supervising Derek as he pursues certification. She has guided him in how to graph client data and is now checking weekly to see that his graphs are clear, up to date, and contain relevant information. This describes which step in the process for developing the supervisee’s competencies?

[FinA] Enrick is a behavior analyst and has been providing supervision to four students pursuing BCBA® certification. He decides to enter a doctoral program, and he will need to drop two of the students due to his other time commitments. Given this scenario related to 4.12: Appropriately Terminating Supervision, what is the most appropriate course of action for Enrick to take?

[FinB] Amin is reviewing potential interventions for a client who demonstrates high rates of attention-seeking behavior in an adult vocational center whose mission is to teach job skills. Amin reviews the literature on reduction procedures and teaching replacement behavior, including appropriate requests and engaging in activities when attention is not available. He considers his experience in utilizing these procedures with similar clients and has had success in this area. The client and family have expressed that they find leisure skills to be as important as vocational skills. Amin wants to implement programs to teach leisure time activities as these seem to be at the greatest deficit. Which component did Amin fail to consider in the process of evidence-based practice?

[FinA] Joaquin is an experienced behavior analyst supervising a trainee. Joaquin often leaves his supervision notes and feedback documents out on his desk where anyone could potentially read them. Given this, what would be the best course of action for Joaquin to take?

[FinA] An insurance company contracts Jasmine, a behavior analyst, to provide ABA services for Ricky, a young child diagnosed with an intellectual disability. The insurance company has specific requirements about the number of treatment hours the child will receive and what kinds of goals may be included in the behavior plan. Given this, which ethics standard should Jasmine mainly consider?

[FinA] Stevie is working full time as a behavior analyst and is 8 months pregnant. She’s been so busy planning for the baby’s arrival that she hasn’t given much thought to who will cover for her during her 16 weeks of maternity leave, which she plans to start in 3 weeks. She assumes that she can just call on a behavior-analyst friend to handle any emergencies in her absence, and the rest of her clients can wait until she returns for program updates. Which ethics standard is Stevie violating?

[FinB] Dashel was excited that a summary of his dissertation findings was accepted for publication with a major behavioral journal. Hoping to expand his curriculum vitae, he also sent the summary to a social work journal and was accepted for publication there as well, although he did not mention the prior behavioral publication. Which ethics standard is being violated?

[FinB] Juliette was excited that a summary of her dissertation findings was accepted for publication with a major behavioral journal. Hoping to expand her curriculum vitae, she also sent the summary to a psychology journal and was accepted for publication there as well, although she did not mention the prior behavioral publication. Which ethics standard is being violated?

[FinA] Gwynn believes that she should always respect her elders. When a senior behavior analyst recommends that Gwynn use a punishment procedure without first attempting reinforcement procedures, Gwynn does not question the procedure. She does not want to appear disrespectful. Which of the following is likely to be an issue with Gwynn taking a rule-based ethics approach?