Your Career in Applied Behavior Analysis

Overview

This final assignment provides you an opportunity to culminate your vision into reality by translating your exploration and brainstorming activities into a plan to actualize your vision and achieve your goals. By now, you are a practitioner-scholar with a lot of knowledge and insight about your interests in behavior analysis and your career trajectory.

Preparation

To begin this assignment:

• Reflect on feedback received from previous assignments in this course.
• Review resources in Weeks 4 and 7 about the MEAL plan, SMART goals, and Reverse Outline.
• Review work you have done in previous weeks that you could revise and incorporate into this final assignment.
• Review the . You will need complete and submit this template in the course.

Instructions

Complete the following in the .

Part 1: SMART Goals

• Provide three clearly and concisely written SMART goals that you hold for your career in Behavior Analysis. These goals must be post-graduation.
• Review the SMART Goals section to ensure your goals meet all aspects of the criteria.
• Complete SMART Goals sections in the worksheet.

Part 2: MEAL Planning

• Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethics required of a behavior analyst.
• Follow the MEAL Plan format to outline the ethical considerations and responsibilities required of you within the career goals shared above.
• Within the evidence section, complete BOTH steps for each piece of evidence:
• Provide a direct quote for each piece of evidence.
• PARAPHRASE each quote into your OWN words.
• Convert the MEAL Plan into a well-organized paragraph. The paragraph should follow the structure found in the Capella MEAL Plan overview.
• Apply critical thinking and effective decision making:
• Follow the MEAL Plan format to outline the contributions to the field that your career goals shared above will provide you the opportunity to make.
• Within the evidence section complete BOTH steps for each piece of evidence:
• Provide the direct quote for each piece of evidence
• PARAPHRASE each quote into your OWN words
• Convert the MEAL Plan into a well-organized paragraph. The paragraph should follow the structure found in the Capella MEAL Plan overview

Part 3: Application and Research Vision

• Reference the articles from your Week 4 assignment. Choose the article that aligns with your chosen specialization.
• Using the worksheet, discuss how your chosen article is reliable, credible, and aligns with ethical considerations.
• Discuss how the article contributed to your choice of specialization.
• Expand on your work to capture the growth you’ve experienced this quarter.

Review the media, MEAL Plan resources,

resources, and search the

for additional reflective exercises and inspiring ideas about transforming your vision into an action plan.

Before You Submit

To maximize your scoring potential, be sure that you fully address all assignment requirements and meet the criteria in the rubric that will be used to assess your assignment. It is helpful to self-score your paper using the rubric before submitting to be sure you are meeting criteria for the grade you want to earn.

Turnitin

Submit a draft of your assignment to Turnitin for review of proper citations and references. It is very important that you always submit your work as a draft so you can make revisions before submitting your assignment for grading. Refer to the courseroom Turnitin resources for guidance in accessing your feedback from Turnitin, interpreting your report, and improving your writing and citations for your assignment.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. However, because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you may write in the first person.
• APA formatting: References and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and format. Refer to the degree-specific sections of the
• r for citing and referencing tips. Include a title page and references list.
• Resources: A minimum of four resources with at least three of them from course readings. Your references may include both scholarly literature and practitioner sources. All references need to be cited in text, according to current APA standards. Remember that citations are to support your thoughts, not take the place of them.
• Template: Use the to format your assignment.
• Submission: Once you are satisfied with your paper and have made all necessary revisions, submit your assignment no later than 11:59 p.m. CST Sunday.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the role of the practitioner-scholar model in guiding professional development.
• Describe a vision for career, including three specific goals.
• Explain how literature review and research on career information affected the vision.
• Competency 2: Evaluate behavior-analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, ethics, and value.
• Discuss how to evaluate behavior analytic literature in terms of reliability, credibility, and value.
• Competency 3: Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethics required of a professional in behavior analysis.
• Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethical considerations required of a behavior analyst.
• Competency 4: Apply critical thinking and effective decision making.
• Discuss how to apply critical thinking and ways to contribute to the field as a behavior analyst.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of behavior analysis.
• Write clearly, with correct spelling, grammar, syntax, and good organization.
• Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.