Ethics of Removing Interventions
Ethics has always been a significant area of concern for those designing psychological treatments. Issues of participant protection from harm, confidentiality, informed consent, and more are rightfully held as important components of design.
Reverse design has some similar as well as unique ethics issues to be addressed. Among these is the removal stage of interventions.
For this Discussion, you will analyze the removal of interventions. You will consider ethical implications of this step as well as the ethical responsibilities researchers and practitioners have to their clients.
To Prepare
- Review the Learning Resources for this week, including the required weekly media programs, to gain an understanding of ethical considerations when removing interventions in reversal designs. Note: It is critical for you to review all media for this week prior to completing this Discussion.
- Both ABA and ABAB require the removal of an intervention even though the intervention is working well. Consider the ethical responsibilities to your client.
Resources
- Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson
- Chapter 8, “Reversal and Multielement Designs” (pp. 171–192)
- Kazdin, A. E. (2021). Single-case research designs: Methods for clinical and applied settings (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Chapter 6, “Introduction to Single-Case Research and ABAB Designs” (pp. 156–181)
- Xin, J. F., Sheppard, M. E., & Brown, M. (2017). Brief report: Using iPads for self-monitoring of students with autismLinks to an external site.. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 1559–1567. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3055-y