Ethics & Business Essentials When Starting Your Own ABA Practice in

Learning Objectives:

1. List three ethical dilemmas BCBAs may face when expanding into dementia care AND describe a solution to each of those ethical dilemmas.

2. Recognize which categories need to be included in your business plan, contracts, consents, and clinical handbooks.

3. Compare how the first home visit, including opening paperwork, may look different for neurotypical senior vs a person with ID/DD.

4. Identify strategies to manage ongoing communication and expectations.

5. Describe contexts in which ABA clinical services may change or discontinue.

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Ethics and Business Essentials

Starting Your Own ABA Practice In Dementia

Number of CE Credits: 1.5 Number of Ethics Credits: 1.5 Course Length: 90 minutes

This is an introductory continuing education course for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) who want to expand their ethical comprehension of starting an ABA practice in dementia care. Instructors review the business essentials of starting a new practice in dementia care. We highlight ethical scenarios behavior analysts should consider and provide a toolkit of information on how to address opening paperwork, the first home visit, and how to manage expectations throughout service delivery. Older adults are the fastest growing population and nearly 30% may have a diagnosis of dementia. BCBAs have a unique skill set to not only decrease challenging behaviors but also to maintain independent life skills (e.g., dressing, grooming) and increase caregiver behavior management skills. It is essential for clinicians to be aware of the ethical dilemmas and business essentials one will encounter by expanding their practices into dementia care. Speakers use videos, Power-Point presentations, and completing quizzes to review various aspects and solutions to ethical areas of practice.

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Each student has 30 days to complete the continuing education course. After 30 days, students will lose access to this course.

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Maranda and Amanda are BCBAs who work at Abilities Behavior Services, a non-profit agency providing ABA services across the lifespan. Both therapists are specialized in the assessment and management of behavior and psychological symptoms of dementia (e.g., aggression, disruption, wandering).

Dr. Trahan was born in Louisiana, attended SIUC for graduate school, and completed a postdoc at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Before returning to Illinois, she started the first ABA clinical practice in 2014 for individuals with dementia living in Florida.

Amanda Ripley works with individuals with challenging behaviors across all ages. Amanda is from Chicago, graduated with her master’s degree from SIUC, and worked in a several states providing ABA services, including Michigan, Colorado, and Illinois.

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Starting Your Own ABA Practice In Dementia

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