Understanding Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis

Ann Beirne, MA, BCBA, is a board-certified behavior analyst who has worked with individuals with ASD and their families as a clinician for over 20 years, serving as a teacher, consultant, and adjunct professor. She is the author of many presentations on autism and behavior analysis and served as the 2019 president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International’s Ethics and Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group. Jacob A. Sadavoy, MS, BCBA, has passionately devoted almost 20 years to applying the principles of behavior analysis in schools, centers, business, hospitals, and homes around the world. He is the clinical director of the Global Autism Project, VCS coordinator, and current vice president of the Ethics and Behavior Analysis (EBA) SIG.

Foreword  Acknowledgements  Part 1: Professional Behavior and the Behavior Analyst: Ethical Compliance Code  Chapter 1: An Introduction to Studying Ethics  Chapter 2: Section 1.0: Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts  Chapter 3: Section 2.0: Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients  Chapter 4: Section 3.0: Assessing Behavior  Chapter 5: Section 4.0: Behavior Analysts and the Behavior-Change Program  Chapter 6: Section 5.0: Behavior Analysts as Supervisors  Chapter 7: Section 6.0: Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to the Profession of Behavior Analysis & Section 7.0 Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to Colleagues  Chapter 8: Section 8.0: Public Statements  Chapter 9: Section 9.0: Behavior Analysts and Research  Chapter 10: Section 10.0: Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to the BACB  Part 2: Professional Behavior and the Behavior Analyst: Beyond the Code  Chapter 11: Professional behavior, Ethical behavior, and moral behavior  Chapter 12: The Behavior Analyst as Service Provider  Chapter 13: The Behavior Analyst as a Teacher and Trainer  Chapter 14: The Behavior Analyst as an Employee  Chapter 15: The Behavior Analyst as an Advocate  Chapter 16: The Behavior Analyst and "The Team": Interdisciplinary Teams and Working in Schools  Chapter 17: The Behavior Analyst as Researcher  Chapter 18: Final thoughts and essential questions  Appendices