05/08/2026
🚀May mga pagkakataon na kailangan mong lumabas sa opisina at bumalik sa classroom. Hindi para mag-inspeksyon, kundi para muling makita, maobserbahan, at mas maintindihan ang tunay na pangangailangan ng mga learners ng Big Steps.
🚀Dahil kahit school owner na ako, naniniwala akong ang pinakamahalagang desisyon ay nagsisimula sa tamang obserbasyon at totoong datos.
Leadership does not always happen behind a desk. Minsan, kailangan natin bumalik dahil nangyayari ito sa loob ng classroom. 🫶🫶
🎓This is part of our ABA and Special Education Reevaluation.
Bakita mahalaga ang Direct Observation?
Ginagawa nyo rin ba ito as part ng Genuine Assessment o puro interview lang tapos claim nyo na ASSESSMENT na ito?
✅Instead of relying only on stories, impressions, or memory, we observe the behavior as it actually happens in the real setting. This gives us more accurate, objective, and useful data.
✅There is no such thing as free assessment. Sa totoo, this may be unethically problematic in BACB Ethical Standards. Why?
Relevant BACB Ethics Code
1.01 – Being Truthful
Behavior analysts must be truthful and avoid deceptive or misleading practices.
2.01 – Providing Effective Treatment
Services should be based on appropriate behavioral assessment and professional judgment, not on marketing objectives.
2.04 – Involving Clients and Stakeholders
Clients should understand the nature, purpose, risks, benefits, and limits of the assessment before services begin.
3.01 – Responsibility to Clients
The welfare of the client must come before business interests.
5.03 – Public Statements by Behavior Analysts
Advertising and public statements must be truthful and must not exaggerate, omit important information, or mislead consumers.
A quality assessment often includes:
* Parent interview
* Teacher interview
* Direct observation across settings
* ABC data collection
* Frequency, duration, latency, or interval recording
* Functional Behavior Assessment (when appropriate)
* Skill assessment
* Report writing
* Goal development
* Feedback meeting with parents
This process may take several hours over multiple sessions, depending on the child’s needs.
If a center advertises all of this as “free,” several concerns arise:
* Parents may undervalue the expertise involved.
* Clinicians may feel pressured to rush the assessment.
* The assessment may become superficial because there is no allocated time or resources.
* There may be an incentive to recommend therapy regardless of actual need simply to recover costs through future enrollment, creating a potential conflict of interest.
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