Bailey and Burch’s Approach
Choose one of the following behavioral procedures and target behavior scenarios and conduct a risk–benefit analysis following this worksheet template: Risk Analysis Worksheet [DOCX].
Complete the worksheet.
Delivering aromatic-ammonia contingent on pica attempts of an adult in a group home setting.
A differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) to address a repetitive behavior (vocal stereotypy) of a teenager in a school setting.
A differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) to address self-injurious behavior (SIB) exhibited by a toddler in a home setting.
Sources
Read the following:
Bailey, J. S., & Burch, M. R. (2022). Ethics for behavior analysts (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.
Chapter 12, “Delivering the Ethics Message Effectively,” pages 307–322.
Brodhead, M. T., Cox, D. J., & Quigley, S. P. (2022). Practical ethics for effective treatment of autism spectrum disorder (2nd ed.). Academic Press.
Chapter 9, “Common Errors and Mistakes Made During Ethical Analyses and Application.”
Drossel, C., & Trahan, M. A. (2015). Behavioral interventions are first-line treatments for managing changes associated with cognitive decline [PDF]. The Behavior Therapist, 38(5), 126–131.
Lucock, Z. R., Sharp, R. A., & Jones, R. S. P. (2019). Behavior-analytic approaches to working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who develop dementia: A review of the literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(1), 255–264.
