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You are a BCBA at an ABA clinic. You work with a client who loves playing music videos on his iPad. When he comes into the clinic, you start your typical routine and place some mild demands (e.g., check your schedule). He refuses to comply even when you have his preferred item waiting for him after he transitions to the first item on the schedule. You are puzzled. This method is usually very effective. You talk to his dad after the session and he mentions that they hit a lot of traffic coming to the clinic, so he let him watch music videos on his iPad on the way to the clinic. What did you just witness?

Which example represents the effects of a conditioned MO?

You are conducting a single-case research study on teaching individuals with ASD employment skills (e.g., follow job task list, greet customers, ask employer or coworker for help, etc.) using video modeling. You are at the end of data collection on the participants’ behavior and you want to take data on social validity. According to Wolf (1978) all of the following are necessary for measuring social validity, EXCEPT:

You are a BCBA reviewing a manuscript that was written by one of the students you supervise. You are reviewing it before she submits it to a well-known ABA journal. This journal is adamant about picking out studies that include quality research. They do this by rating the quality indicators. Your student’s paper looks really good but the student seems to be missing the description of the intervention procedures. If the journal were to see this manuscript, what would they say?

A student you are supervising comes to you to ask for advice in conducting their single-case research. Your student is working with a client who needs immediate intervention. The client has been exhibiting challenging behavior (i.e., hitting, screaming, biting) that is tangibly maintained. Your student has already written up a proposal to intervene with FCT for the desired items. However, the client is nonverbal and has been communicating with PECS and an SGD on his iPad. Your student is not sure what single-case design would allow her to intervene with FCT immediately as well as measure effects of FCT with PECS and an SGD. You tell her that the best design would be…

Which of the following challenging behaviors is the most difficult to decrease or extinguish based on reinforcement schedules?

You are an RBT that works with a BCBA who has an educational background in psychological testing. You are working with an individual who engages in severe SIB in the form of biting his arms and legs, typically drawing blood. These wounds often become infected, therefore, the local physician prescribed ABA therapy for this individual. The BCBA observes the client and recommends conducting an FA and a psychological assessment that will identify the diagnostic criteria for temporary psychosis during the SIB episodes. These tests are performed at the ABA clinic in a separate room with a nurse on site in case of emergency. Is there an ethical violation in this situation?

A behavioral therapist is worried because her client has begun to work on increasing his tacting repertoire, but the client seems to be engaging in a response that may be functioning as a mand. What would the therapist need to evaluate to determine if the behavior is a tact?

When you begin a supervisory relationship with an individual, what is the first thing you should do?

You are a BCBA working with a 25-year-old female client in a group home. She has a boyfriend that comes over, but the staff only let them visit in the common living room so they can “keep an eye on them”. Your client has asked the staff to allow her boyfriend back in her room so that they can be alone. The staff continue to say “no”. What is the most relevant ethical principle present in this dilemma?