Autism Spectrum Disorder Learning Series

Ethics, Professionalism, and Conscientious practice

beyond compliance and towards understanding

With: Gary Carone, MS, LLP, LMSW, LBA, BCBA

Date: April 23, 2021

Time: 9:30am - 11:30am

Location: Bluejeans Teleconference Platform

About the Presenter: 

Gary Carone MS LLP LMSW BCBA is a Limited Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Masters Social Worker and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. He has practiced for the past 30 years and specializes in behavioral interventions that help people with anxiety, panic, chronic stress and depression. Mr. Carone has significant experience with TeleHealth therapy as he has been working with clients ‘on line’ for the past 6 years. He is also an organizational consultant and provides Quality Management assistance to programs in the Autism and general mental health space.

Mr. Carone is a pragmatic therapist who uses a learning-based approach to help people learn coping and self-management skills to help them handle their particular issue now, but also into their future lives. Clients who Mr. Carone has worked with describe him as a “caring therapist who does his best to understand me and then provides methods and skills to help me help myself”

Mr. Carone holds a Bachelor’s of Science from Michigan State University and a Master’s of Science from Eastern Michigan University.

Abstract:

Ethics in ABA is often thought of as just compliance with the Ethical code of the BACB. While this code is an important guide to our practice, we also need to know some of the WHY and some of the important considerations in guiding us to make Ethical decisions in our day to day practice. This webinar will discuss some of the history and theory behind Ethics and will also discuss how this level of understanding makes us more conscientious practitioners

Course Objectives:

Review the history of Ethics and how and why all professions have ethical codes.

What are the normative and descriptive ethics? Why is the study of the FUNCTION of Ethics important?

What is meant by Conscientious practice and how the BACB ethical code supports this idea.

What does it mean to be truly client focused and outcome based and why this is an ethical position?

Agenda: 

9:30 - 10:00 – Welcome and Introduction (my background and course objectives)

10:00 - 10:30 How did Ethics begin- and how is this linked to professionalism

11:00 - 11:30 Key features of all Ethical Codes and how Behavior Analysis sees Ethics

11:30 - 12:00 Conscientious Practice and Ethics

12:00 - 12:30 Questions and Comments from Participants