IVc516 Compliance Code, Disciplinary Systems and Professionalism

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.5. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Lucia Mikurčíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Matúš Mader (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Maštenová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Lenka Gajzlerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Subject is focused on the rules of ethical and responsible behavior of behavioral analysts, which are defined in the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts. Students gain the knowledge about the ways of deciding which patient/client behavior may be subject to behavioral intervention and which not. The course will also focus on the responsible behavior of a behavioral analyst towards patients/clients, legal representatives, family, other professionals and society.
Learning outcomes
Student can describe the role of behavior analysts as supervisors
Student know behavior analysts’ ethical responsibility to the profession of behavior analysts
Student can describe behavior analysts’ ethical responsibility to colleagues from other professions
Student can describe components of public statements
Student can explain the role of behavior analysts in a research
Student can interpret behavior analysts’ ethical responsibility to the BACB
Student know behavior analysts’ ethical responsibility of non-medical health professions
Syllabus
  • Behavior analysts as a supervisors
  • Ethical responsibility of behavior analysis
  • ethical responsibility of the colleagues
  • Public statements
  • Behavior analysts and research
  • Behavior analysts’ ethical responsibility to the BACB
Literature
  • Bailey, J. (2006). How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst: Understanding the Science That Can Change Your Life. Routledge.
  • Bailey, J., & Burch, M. (2016). Ethics for Behavior Analysts (3rd Ed). Routledge.
  • Soubor profesních a etických zásad pro behaviorální analytiky. (2014). Littleton, CO: Behavior Analyst Certification Board. Dostupné z https://csaba.cz/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/160925-compliance-code-czech.pdf
  • Littleton, CO: Behavior Analyst Certification Board. Dostupné z https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/BACB-Compliance-Code-english_190318.pdf
Teaching methods
lecture, group discussion, discussion with experts, meeting and discussion with experts, problem learning, role plays, assigned reading (according to e-learning syllabus), group work and work with case studies, watching of instructional videos
Assessment methods
- have at least 80% attendance
- assigned reading, fulfillment of tasks
- active participation in lectures and meetings with professionals and experts
- project elaboration and final presentation
- analysis of selected instructional video and presentation
-final examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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