Nicolson Amanda C, Lazo-Pearson Junelyn F, Shandy Jackie
Center for Applied Behavior Analysis, Malibu, CA USA.
Fresno, CA USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2020 Oct 16;13(4):757-766. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00517-9. eCollection 2020 Dec.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented practitioners of applied behavior analysis (ABA) with new and uncharted challenges. Upholding ethical responsibilities while navigating an international public health crisis has opened areas of uncertainty that have no precedent. Although there is general guidance on how to respond ethically from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) in their publication specific to the COVID-19 crisis (BACB, 2020, March 29, , retrieved from https://www.bacb.com/ethics-guidance-for-aba-providers-during-covid-19-pandemic-2/), there remains a huge responsibility on the individual practitioner to make potentially life-changing decisions. In that regard, practitioners are urged to ensure that they rely on socially significant and valid decision-making processes. The goal of this article is to provide an exercise in accounting for stakeholder feedback and connecting with patients and families regarding their input on the acceptability of treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The exercise is in the form of a structured parent interview to help practitioners account for the setting variables and social validity of treatment during a crisis. It is our ethical responsibility to remember this critical dimension of our science and practice.
新冠疫情给应用行为分析（ABA）从业者带来了新的、未知的挑战。在应对一场国际公共卫生危机的同时坚守道德责任，引发了一些前所未有的不确定领域。尽管行为分析师认证委员会（BACB）在其针对新冠危机的出版物（BACB，2020年3月29日，取自https://www.bacb.com/ethics-guidance-for-aba-providers-during-covid-19-pandemic-2/）中提供了关于如何合乎道德地应对的一般指导，但个体从业者仍肩负着做出可能改变生活的决策的重大责任。在这方面，敦促从业者确保他们依赖具有社会意义且有效的决策过程。本文的目的是提供一种方法，用于考量利益相关者的反馈，并就患者及其家属对新冠疫情期间治疗可接受性的看法与他们进行沟通。该方法采用结构化家长访谈的形式，以帮助从业者在危机期间考量治疗的环境变量和社会效度。牢记我们这门科学与实践的这一关键维度是我们的道德责任。
