Disagreement between upper management and BCBAs regarding patient/family care and therapeutic approaches
fellow co wokers and company not following ethics
What works best for one student can be an antecedent for challenging behavior for another
Client's mother wanted to do potty training but in a way that it was unethical and inappropriate
Other service providers pushback on treatment and unwillingness to collaborate
Stakeholders not wanting to implement the plan.
Gross professional misconduct and negligence on a school wide level
Asked to provide and bill for services that were not behavioral in nature.
Difficult to implement recommendations in group home setting due to limited staffing.
admin job given to bcba
Los padres en ocasiones no se ponene de acuerdo en las formas de implemetar los refuerzos y esto trae conflictos de contraste conductual reflejados en la toma de decisiones por parte del cliente y se dificulta el avance del cliente en diferentes areas del comportamiento.
School Administrators trying get me to change my data based narratives to influence parents to think a certain way instead of presenting my data in a truthful manner. In all cases, I refused. However, this conflict of interest has caused me to leave certain school districts because of an inability to maintain my integrity to the process and outcomes due to administrative interference or pressure to soften results of FBAs. I have found that this happens after consulting in a district for a few years. It seems to be that administration eventually forget that an ABA is here to be an independent contractor. Not a staff member under their control of direction. Despite this, a good ABA must be able to walk that fine line between advocating for the child and being a team player wih administration and staff in a school setting.
Parents constantly refusing my suggestions and recommendations and therefore refusing to implement my behavior plan.
Others wanting to implement common interventions that may be in line with ABA sometimes but are not based on the individual's function of behavior
Asked to work as a student's 1-to-1 daily, effectively becoming an RBT
Other professionals have not agreed with ABA principles.
Being told to use fewer hours when the client ethically requires more.
Request to push or engage in dual relationships.
work for a school and same ethical codes are not followed.
Client requests that the behavior interventionist implements a non-behavioral intervention.
Families willingness to accept the assessment
Receiving conflicting information from supervisors or others in leadership.
Proposed plan is too expensive to implement (can’t afford supervision, to hire skilled implementers, etc)
Politics with supervisors….have to keep supervisors happy
other professionals do not value or understand ABA.