Client Rights, Consent, and Assent
Empower your supervision practice with a deep understanding of client rights, autonomy, and the ethical foundations of consent and assent. This lesson guides learners through legal and clinical distinctions between consent and assent, emphasizing dignity, self-determination, and ongoing collaboration. Participants will explore case scenarios, ethical decision-making, and redesign projects to ensure consent and assent are upheld across diverse client populations.
Includes:
Lesson Plan (PDF)
Learner Handout (PDF)
Assignment options, journal articles, and podcast links
Vocabulary guide and discussion prompts
BACB Test Content Outline: 6th Edition, Core Principle #2, Items 3.01, 6.04
File Format: 2-file ZIP (Lesson Plan + Learner Handout PDFs)
Tags: #ABA #Assent #Consent #ClientRights #Ethics #Autonomy #TraumaInformed #Supervision #BCBA #Training #LessonPlan
Key Components:
- Differentiating informed consent vs. client assent
- Ensuring ongoing assent and respecting dissent
- Aligning consent/assent practices with ethical and legal standards
- Promoting autonomy and client dignity through collaborative practice
- Redesigning consent and assent tools to reflect neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed principles
Recommended Lesson Order:
- Supervision Unleashed: Mastering the Art of Behavior Analytic Guidance
- Behavioral Cusps and the 7 Dimensions of ABA
- FBAs and FAs Pt 1: Neurodiverse-Affirming Approaches
- Understanding and Applying Measurement Systems in ABA
- Exploring Experimental Design in ABA
- Understanding Antecedent and Consequence Interventions
- Preference Assessments & Schedules of Reinforcement
- Prompting with Purpose
- Types of Teaching in ABA
- Talking to Talk: Understanding Verbal Behavior
- All Things Stimulus
- Stimulus Equivalence Unlocked
- FBAs and FAs Pt 2: Clinical Application Meets Medical Necessity
- Data to Dialogue: Writing Effective and Professional Plans
- Professional Feedback: The Transition from RBT to BCBA
- Trauma-Informed Care and the Evolution of ABA
- Client Rights / Consent / Assent
- Ethics and Professional Boundaries in ABA