EDF5685 Professional ethics for behaviour analysts
Faculty of Education
EDF5685 Professional ethics for behaviour analysts is a 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2021 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5685
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF5685
No unit lists EDF5685 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in D60027, D6011 or D6015
Overview
The aim of this unit is to develop your ability to practice ethically in a variety of contexts. In this unit, you will be introduced to the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s Professional and Ethical Code of Conduct. We will explore professional and ethical issues in behaviour analysis, including our ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, supervisees, other professionals, the BACB, and society as a whole. You will learn to engage in ethical decision-making within the context of evidence-based practice, and will identify contextual and cultural factors that may influence ethical behaviour in real world settings. In addition, you will learn to distinguish between scope of practice and scope of competence in applied behaviour analysis, will identify your own scope of competence, and will describe ways to expand your scope of competence. This unit aligns primarily to section 2E of the BACBs 5 th Edition Task List.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Flexible |
Assessment
- Ethics case scenario 1 (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Ethics case scenario 2 (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Directed online learning activitiesCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
describe the key features of the responsible conduct of behaviour analysts, including how to
identify your own scope of competence - 2
describe the behaviour analyst’s ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, supervisees, other
professionals, the BACB, and society - 3
identify important ethical considerations for conducting behaviour analytic research
- 4
identify potential ethical code violations and ethically complex situations that can develop in
professional practice, and describe strategies to remediate them - 5
use systems analysis and the decision-making process of evidence-based practice to prevent
and resolve ethical dilemmas - 6
behave in accordance with the BACBs Professional and Ethical Compliance Code in
professional practice, in an Australian context
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:
a. Contact hours for flexible students:
- 12 contact hours and 33 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
- 45 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester*
b. Additional requirements (all students):
- independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester
*International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this contact hour delivery
mode.
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Brett Furlonger
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Brett Furlonger
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5685?
EDF5685 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5685 offered?
In 2021, EDF5685 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5685?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5685 have an exam?
No. EDF5685 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.