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Which of the following is the MINIMUM needed to claim competence in an area of practice?

Which of the following individuals does not have the ability to make decisions regarding treatment?

A BCBA who generally assists schools in the provision of services to young children with ID is asked to assist in a case involving self-injurious behavior observed in an adolescent with ASD. The BCBA has no experience with this type of case; however, he is the only practitioner in a 100 mile radius. In order to prevent harm to the student, he decides to take the case temporarily while consulting remotely with competent practitioners until a replacement may be found. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is related to the client’s right to effective treatment?

Mrs. Maisly is having difficulty with a student in her class. She wonders if the teachers from the previous year wouldn’t mind sharing his private notes about how best to handle the student. The teacher declines, as he does not believe the notes would be appropriate if they became school records, but he is willing to discuss his note with her privately. The concerns of Mrs. Maisly’s colleague are most likely related to which of the following?

Which of the following constitutes a violation of HIPAA?

Which of the following is most closely related to the guideline regarding the use of harmful reinforcers?

An ethical framework that suggests the morality of an action primarily depends on the consequences of that action is best defined as which of the following?

An experienced analyst begins collecting baseline data on a child with severe behavior problems whose conduct is so severe it prevents him from living at home. On the second day of baseline, a administrator approaches the analyst and congratulates him on treating the child, and mentions the rapid improvement in the child’s condition. The analyst promptly informs the administrator that he has not yet implemented a treatment. This is most closely related to which of the following?

A BCBA reviews the graphs provided by an RBT who currently implements a language training program for a child with ASD. “These results are awful. Are you doing everything correctly?” Asks the BCBA. The RBT insists that he is, and point to his most recent observation as evidence. “That doesn’t matter,” says the BCBA. “The insurance company will be evaluating the case soon, and they could pull funding for numbers like these. These numbers need to go up by the end of the week or it’s you a&#.”   Which of the following statements regarding this scenario are true?