E.6: Identify the conditions under which services or supervision should be discontinued and apply steps that should be taken when transitioning clients and supervisees to another professional.
Free practice questions for this part of the BCBA, with an explanation for every option.
Which situation is an appropriate reason to discontinue behavior-analytic services?
- A. A family with better funding is waiting for a spot on the caseloadIncorrect. Discontinuing for financial convenience is not a legitimate reason.
- B. The client is no longer benefiting from services, even after documented efforts to revise the interventionCorrect. Lack of benefit despite reasonable efforts is one of the listed conditions for discontinuation.
- C. The client is progressing more slowly than the BCBA would likeIncorrect. Slow but real progress is a reason to evaluate and adjust the program, not to end it.
- D. The parents disagreed with one programming decisionIncorrect. A single disagreement should be handled through collaboration.
A BCBA is moving to another state in 3 months and will no longer be able to serve her current clients. What is the most appropriate course of action?
- A. Keep running services remotely without checking the new state's licensure rulesIncorrect. This may break licensure laws and does nothing to set up a proper transition.
- B. Stop services when she moves and let families find new providersIncorrect. Leaving without transition planning amounts to abandoning clients.
- C. Tell families during her last week so they don't worry too longIncorrect. Late notice doesn't give families time to arrange continued services.
- D. Give families timely notice, write a transition plan, coordinate with the receiving provider, and share records with consent to keep disruption to a minimumCorrect. Behavior analysts plan transitions in advance and take active steps to keep services continuous.
A BCBA supervising a trainee's fieldwork is leaving her agency suddenly, partway through the trainee's experience hours. What is the most appropriate step for the supervisor?
- A. Give the trainee signed documentation of the supervised experience completed so far and help arrange continued supervisionCorrect. When supervision ends, supervisors document it properly and help the trainee continue supervision.
- B. Tell the trainee that the incomplete hours no longer count and must be redone with a new supervisorIncorrect. Properly accrued and documented hours do not become void because the supervisor leaves.
- C. Refuse to sign any documents, since the trainee's experience belongs to the agencyIncorrect. Supervisors are obligated to provide accurate documentation of supervision.
- D. Leave without contacting the trainee, since the agency is responsible for reassigning supervisionIncorrect. Supervisors take steps to make the transition easier and keep supervision continuous.