Supervision
Who can supervise an RBT?
A credentialed/licensed BCBA, BCaBA, or BCBA-D.
This code states that being unaware of the RBT code does not mean you do not have a responsibility to follow it.
1.02
Molly shows up to a session the day after her birthday. Her client's dad hands her a $50 dollar bill. Accepting this gift would violate which code?
2.04
This code states that an RBT needs to practice under a qualified supervisor.
3.01
True or False: You should not accept a gift from a client's mom.
True
True or False: An RBT is an independent practitioner.
False
Amber is asked by her client's mom to babysit her client on the weekend. Amber says she cannot babysit and references this code.
1.06
Joe forgets his tablet at home and his supervisor prints out a paper data sheet for him and asks him to turn it in to her for transfer to their electronic data collection system at the end of his session. Joe is in a hurry and forgets the paper data sheet in his backpack. He stops at McDonald's and decides to throw the paper data sheet in the public trash. Joe may be violating this code.
2.10
Tonya is an RBT who loves dogs. She decides to start a part time business doing dog training and adds her RBT credential to her dog training business logo. Tonya is violating which code of ethics?
3.08
Ally's BCBA reminds her to turn her RBT log in on time for signature. Ally turns in her March log on May 6th. Should Ally's BCBA sign the log?
No
What minimum percentage of an RBT's direct time must be supervised?
5%
John wants to impress Sue. He (falsely) tells her that he is a BCBA. What ethical code might this violate?
1.10
Mark has a session with his client at a park. The clients are running through the grass and pretending to be dinosaurs. Mark thinks this is funny and records a 15 second video of his client which he posts to his personal social media page. Name two codes this may violate.
2.05, 2.06
Mark is a brand new RBT and loves to learn behavior analytic terminology and apply it within sessions. He has a new hire shadowing his session and ensures he uses only behavior analytic terminology with his client and the new hire that day to impress her. The new hire asks him to explain what he is doing and he rolls his eyes at her.
3.06
This term is used to describe having multiple different roles (or relationships) with a client.
Dual Relationship
How frequently must an RBT competency assessment be completed?
Annually
You have a home-based session scheduled. You arrive to the home and the caregiver says, "Sally is sick today, but I will go ahead and sign for session that way you get paid at your full rate." List three different codes this behavior may violate.
1.03, 1.04, 1.10
Sam has sessions with his client at a school. On a field trip, a parent of another student in Sam's class asks why Sam is there every morning. Sam says his client has autism and he is his RBT. Sam is violating which codes?
2.08, 2.09
Art has been an RBT in a preschool setting. He is assigned a new client who is an adult and resides in an assisted living home. He asks to have access to the client's program and meet with the supervisor ahead of time because he wants to be prepared. The supervisor says she is busy and will get to it eventually. His supervisor then tells him that she won't be able to supervise him the first three weeks because the drive is far and that he will just need to figure it out. He is concerned his supervisor is trying to encourage him to violate which codes?
3.02, 3.03, 3.04
This is the minimum educational requirement for having an RBT credential.
High school graduate.
True or False: We follow a supervision coordinator model at AST.
True
Joe is working on a project for his college class. He makes a powerpoint and includes several references and information from articles provided by his BCBA during group supervision, but fails to cite these sources. Joe is violating which code?
1.12
Andrew is an RBT. His client really loves farm animals. His client's grandma does not like her current BCBA because she thinks the client just needs to spend less time inside. Andrew tells her grandma that hippotherapy would be a great therapy for her because she needs to work on her core strength and also has cerebral palsy. Her grandma asks Andrew to meet them at a local barn for Andrew to do hippotherapy after his next session. This would violate (at minimum) which code?
2.03
Joe's BCBA tells him to begin to fade a prompt from a program because his client has met mastery criteria for the current phase. Joe thinks this will be too hard for the client and continues to prompt the client according to the old phase, but collects data under the new program phase anyway. He may be violating which two codes?
3.02, 3.07
This agency oversees the RBT credentialing process.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).