Ethics in ABA Practice in School Settings
Clinical decisions, professional boundaries, and collaboration centered on the student.
About This Course
Practice ethical decision-making in school settings through realistic, fictional cases involving consent, assent, confidentiality, professional boundaries, supervision, and collaboration. Learn to evaluate competing requests, respond to treatment changes, and justify decisions that protect the student’s participation, privacy, and access to effective services.
What You Will Learn
- Distinguish the school responsibilities of the behavior analyst, RBT, and stakeholders.
- Select responses that respect consent, applicable assent, and confidentiality.
- Analyze protocol changes, supervision barriers, and risks using data and collaboration.
- Justify and document an ethical decision and define how to review its outcomes.
Course Outline
- Roles, responsibilities, and school collaboration: 15 minutes
- Consent, assent, and confidentiality: 15 minutes
- RBT boundaries, supervision, and treatment integrity: 15 minutes
- Collaborating while preserving ethical judgment: 15 minutes
- Marcos: integrate, document, and review: 15 minutes
The five modules include 75 minutes of instruction. The final assessment, course evaluation, account setup, and optional external readings are additional.
Includes 15 multiple-choice practice questions, five knowledge checks, a 10-question final assessment, a printable workbook, an ethical decision guide, and a course evaluation. Your progress and earned diploma are saved in your academy account.
Completion and Diploma
To earn your diploma:
- Complete all five modules with correct practice questions and knowledge checks.
- Accumulate at least 75 minutes of active instruction in the modules.
- Pass the final assessment with at least 8 of 10 correct answers (80%).
After completing these requirements, enter your name and BACB certification number to download your diploma in English or Spanish, with Dalgis Salgado Pinal’s signature.
$10.00
Credit: 1.5 Learning CEUs
Category: 1.5 Ethics · 0 Supervision
Instruction: 75 minutes
Format: Asynchronous online
Languages: English and Spanish
Audience: BCBAs and BCaBAs
Instructor and ACE Provider
Dalgis Salgado Pinal, BCBA
Individual ACE Provider IP-25-11390
Clinical Director · Bhavioral Corporation
Enrollment is open
Create an account or sign in to Bhavioral Academy, make a one-time payment of $10, and access the course.
Published September 24, 2026