Activity

Listen to Episode 17 of ABA Inside Track: Ethics in Data Collection:  https://www.abainsidetrack.com/home/2016/9/25/episode-17-ethical-data

For each of the questions below, write 5-6 sentences in response.

1. Throughout the episode, what are some practical recommendations the hosts and guest make for improving data collection practice for both you and staff you may be supervising? 

2. Explain your response to their discussion about how we talk about data collection to practitioners from other fields and to families we work. 

3. How did you respond to their discussion of inadvertently reinforcing poor data collection? How will this impact your future work as a BCBA?

4. Describe three ways in which this podcast episode is related to the BCBA Ethics Code. 

Additional information

5. What is one unexpected takeaway from this course

6. If you could change one thing about this course, what would it be?

7. Overall, how would you describe ethics in our field to a new staff

Please use BCBA ethics code to answer some of the questions:

Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (2020). Ethics code for behavior analysts. https://bacb.com/wp-content/ethics-code-for-behavior-analysts/