Hello everyone!

We made it over the hump!

Here’s the news:

1. Nadia’s last day is Friday!! We will miss you Nadia!! Please be sure to say goodbye to her!!

2. Schedules are in the works! If you have any schedule requests for next month (April) please be sure to get that request in to Hayley and/or Liz by MONDAY!

3. A message from our Jenn Johnson, our Staff Developer:

We are starting to offer more Ethics trainings not only for BA’s but
also for our BI and PSI staff.  We hope this will help everyone to
better understand their role and the role that the BACB code of ethics
plays in our work.  In a recent training we ended up discussing being
friends with clients/students on facebook.  It was a great discussion
and lead to additional thought about where we are at with some of this
and what we should consider.  There have been some clients who have
facebook accounts and are learning to use facebook as a way of
interacting socially.  So, staff are often helping them set up accounts
and helping them to post pictures and comments.  Along the way staff
have then become facebook friends with clients/students.  The intent has
always been to help support clients but by being friends on facebook we
may be opening ourselves up to having what is identified in the code of
ethics as a multiple relationship or conflict of interest.  You can go
to the bacb.com and look up the code of ethics code 1.06 sections a, b
and c to read the codes we reviewed when thinking about the facebook
friend dilemma.  Moving forward, in order to  avoid multiple
relationships with clients/students we would ask that staff do not
request clients/students as friends on facebook or accept friend
requests from clients/students.  If you would like support in how to
decline a friend request please seek out your supervisor.

If you are already a friend with a client on facebook please see that
client’s BA to discuss next steps to find a positive way to make changes
and to weigh the necessary factors. We don’t want to catch clients or
families off guard or make changes without them having the rationale and
information.  BA’s please seek support from Coordinators if necessary.

We continue to learn and grow in many ways and there will likely be
times in the future that we identify ways we can improve our adherence
to the BACB ethical codes.  We hope to keep discussions open so we can
learn and evaluate and when necessary make changes to best support our
clients, families, staff and field.  As a general reminder, you can
always bring ethical questions to the ethics email listed on the company
website.  Thank you all for your help with this!

Star Wars fans (or not!), enjoy this video ( Brendan suggested!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E

I hope you have a great rest of your week!

Take care,

Liz