RBT ethics: core principles and competence
Lesson 31 of 36 in RBT Exam Prep. The start plays free here.
- Principles and standards
- How you treat people
- Decisions about services
- Benefit others
- Compassion, dignity, and respect
- Behave with integrity
- Ensure your own competence
- Report and document limits
- Seek support for dilemmas
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
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How the lesson starts
The Registered Behavior Technician, or RBT, Ethics Code sets out principles and standards for your work. It guides how you treat people and approach decisions about services.
A session decision feels unclear. Prioritize following the law and putting your client's interests first. Benefiting others is one of the core principles in the RBT Ethics Code.
Then, in the full lesson
- Respect the person
- Keep it truthful
- Competence first
- Name your limits
- Get ethical support
- 2 questions along the way
A question from this lesson
A coworker asks you to confirm a session detail you know is false. What should you do?
- Decline and explain what actually happened
- Confirm it to avoid embarrassing your coworker
- Ask your coworker to confirm it instead
Show the answer
A. Decline and explain what actually happened. Decline and explain what actually happened. Integrity requires honesty and support for truthful behavior. Avoiding embarrassment does not justify a false statement. Asking your coworker to confirm it encourages dishonesty.
The full class, $29 once.
Paid once, no subscription. Ask for a refund within 7 days of buying if you’ve done less than 25% of the class.
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
Passing isn’t guaranteed. Not affiliated with the BACB. Questions are original, written to the published outline.