Psychology ABA 507- Assignment 4

Assignment 4

Maintaining client confidentiality and privacy are important topics with respect to public statements and the use of client information. Many ethics standards address these topics in Section 5 of the Ethics Code.

For this assignment, you will pretend that it is your job to write a  2-3 page training document for new employees of an applied behavior analysis organization that provides services to clients with autism. The training document must include  a summary of all the relevant and important ethical standards with regard to what employees should and should not do in the handling of client information in public statements.

Be sure to cover  at least the following topics by referencing and explaining the relevant ethical codes concerning:

1. Solicitation of current  and past client testimonials for advertising  and for non-advertising purposes,

2. A discussion of “do’s” and “don’ts” with regards to social media (e.g., what you can post; whether you can “friend” a client/stakeholder, etc.)

3. Standards on when you need to get Informed Consent and from whom

[Note: It will be helpful to refer to your reading assignment from  Understanding Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis: Practical Applications, 2nd Edition by Ann Beirne, Jacob A Sadavoy (2022), Sections 1.8 and 3.14.]

Access the   Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts .

Please note: Your assignment should be submitted in a  Word Document format  using Times New Roman 12. The assignment must use APA format (See link to APA publication style in the course site resources.)  Please include an appropriate heading on your paper and at least 5 references to support methods or procedures used.

Please be sure to save your work using the naming convention:

Student last name, first name, ABA 507 Assignment 4