Week 9 Assignment: Your Career in Applied Behavior Analysis
PART 1: SMART Goals
Using SMART goals, identify three goals you have for your career. Try to think beyond completion of this program and becoming certified.
Below are some suggested goals that relate to a career in behavior analysis: networking, attending conferences, completing specific CEs on a new topic, publishing research, developing curriculum, etc.
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Specific: What exactly should I be doing to help me achieve my goal? |
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Measurable: How do you know when the |
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Attainable: How is the goal reachable? |
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Relevant: Does the goal reflect steps |
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Time: Is there a definite start |
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Smart Goal 2 |
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Specific: What exactly should I be doing to help me achieve my goal? |
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Measurable: How do you know when the |
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Attainable: How is the goal reachable? |
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Relevant: Does the goal reflect steps |
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Time: Is there a definite start |
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Smart Goal 3 |
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Specific: What exactly should I be doing to help me achieve my goal? |
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Measurable: How do you know when the |
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Attainable: How is the goal reachable? |
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Relevant: Does the goal reflect steps |
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Time: Is there a definite start |
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PART 2: MEAL Planning
Ethical Considerations:
Choose one of your SMART goals from Part 1 and use MEAL Planning to further expand your work relating to ethical considerations.
MEAL Plan |
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Main Idea: What is the main idea? |
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Evidence: What evidence can you find to support ethical
Use direct quotations to identify the evidence. Then,
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Analysis: Interpret the evidence you |
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Link or Transition: Link your work together and |
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Write your above MEAL plan into a full paragraph below.
Reminder: Please use the paraphrased version of your
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Contributions to the field:
Critically think about how you plan to contribute to the field of behavior analysis.
MEAL Plan |
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Main Idea: What is the main idea? |
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Evidence: What evidence can you find to support ethical
Use direct quotations to identify the evidence. Then,
Reminder: You must cite at |
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Analysis: Interpret the evidence you |
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Link or Transition: Link your work together and |
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Write your above MEAL plan into a full paragraph below.
Reminder: Please use the paraphrased version of your
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PART 3: Application and Research Vision
Evaluation of Behavior Analytic Literature
Refer to the Week 4 assignment and reflect on the article choices you found. Based on your chosen specialization, identify how that specific article is reliable, credible, and aligns with ethical considerations.
Reminder: Provide 3-5 quality sentences to describe each section.
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Article APA Reference |
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How is the article reliable? |
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How is the article credible? |
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How is the article aligning with ethical considerations? |
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How did this article contribute to your specialization |
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