Pia Is a BCBA Practitioner and She Has Developed a Treatment

question 29

Multiple Choice

Pia is a BCBA practitioner and she has developed a treatment protocol for reducing a problem behavior with one of her clients. Which of the following should Pia consider before implementing her treatment?

• A) How can implementation be arranged so it isolates the effects of the treatment?
• B) Could there could be sequence effects that impact responding?
• C) How can extraneous factors be controlled?
• D) All of these are important considerations for clinical interventions

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