Table 2.

Dispositions for professionals rubric: 1.04 integrity and 1.05 professional and scientific relationships

Dispositions rubric	Unacceptable professional practice	Emerging professional practice	Acceptable professional practice	Exemplary professional practice
Demonstrates commitment to honesty and integrity	Violates informed consent; violates confidentiality; inaccurately reports or falsifies data	Requires guidance in responsibilities regarding clients’ confidentiality and consent or requires monitoring to avoid errors in data collection, reporting, and IOA	Always obtains informed consent and protects clients’ confidentiality; consistently keeps accurate data, provides comprehensive and accurate analysis of data, and reports IOA	Supports colleagues in developing effective systems for acquiring and maintaining informed consent and confidentiality; improves record keeping, data collection, analysis, and reporting
Maintains professional obligations and commitments	Fails to follow through on contractual and professional commitments; engages in practices that lead to delays or lack of services; does not meet legal obligations	Requires some guidance in responsibilities regarding contractual and professional obligations; may need checklists or technology support guidance; requires support to consistently use practices that lead to quality work	Follows through on obligations and professional commitments and engages in practices such as timeliness with reports and assessments with high-quality work; uses the systems developed that maintain tracking and reporting	Consistently engages in actions to improve practices and provide professional development within the organization for improving tracking systems that lead to the best client outcomes
Demonstrates commitment to collaboration	Has negative or divisive relationships and interactions with colleagues and clients; addresses concerns inappropriately with disrespectful language/manner	Maintains cordial relationships with colleagues and clients using respectful language and manners when addressing areas of concern; requires problem-solving support regarding relationships within the organization, with clients, and with nonbehavioral colleagues	Has collaborative and cooperative relationships with colleagues and clients; demonstrates a positive intent and willingness to learn from others when addressing issues of concern	Initiates and facilitates collaboration with both behavioral and nonbehavioral colleagues to improve client outcomes and the professional climate in the organization
Demonstrates responsibility	Demonstrates a disregard for deadlines and systems of support to meet professional obligations; provides little to no explanation to stakeholders about implementation and plans	Needs guidance and training on organizational systems to adhere to deadlines and follow through; displays some awareness of the audience when using behavioral language	Adheres to deadlines, follows through, and communicates behavioral programs in a language that is understood by stakeholders	Takes initiative to assume responsibilities within the organization; provides professional development on individualized organizational strategies and report writing for colleagues
Demonstrates appropriate interpersonal conduct	Behaves in a manner inconsistent with the establishment of professional relationships; uses verbal communication that does not foster interaction; provides feedback in an inappropriate manner or at inappropriate times; engages in behaviors that are discriminatory or harassing	Requires some guidance on establishing relationships with colleagues and stakeholders; responds promptly to electronic communication; provides feedback appropriately with guidance; demonstrates some critical thinking and reflective skills	Has positive interactions with colleagues and stakeholders; shows evidenced-based knowledge; has established relationships; responds promptly to electronic communication; provides feedback on technical skills; demonstrates critical thinking and reflection	Has interactions with colleagues and stakeholders that encourage and facilitate interactions among members of the team, and enhance critical thinking and reflection; provides feedback on technical skills and professional dispositions
Shows respect for differences in age, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and socioeconomic status	Demonstrates no awareness of, nor concern for, bias in the development of intervention plans and engagement with clients; uses activities, language, or assessment tools that promote stereotypes; demonstrates an unwillingness to revise practice according to constructive feedback	Demonstrates a limited awareness of equitable practices, activities, and assessment tools; with support and encouragement, works to professionally develop ways to examine practice and somewhat revises practice according to constructive performance feedback	Consistently exhibits respect, ability, and awareness to select interventions, plans, and assessments that reflect cultural awareness and consideration; actively seeks training and supervision or makes appropriate referrals	Advocates for and consistently exhibits respect, ability, and awareness to select interventions, plans, and assessments that reflect cultural awareness and consideration; leads equity-based professional development; seeks outside expertise to improve equitable practices for clients and families
Shows awareness of personal circumstances	Lacks awareness of self-care and allows personal problems and conflicts to interfere with work performance and client progress; is dismissive of feedback from supervisors	Monitors issues related to self-care with prompting; understands the central role of self-care for effective practice; responds to feedback and makes changes to case load when personal problems interfere with effectiveness	Self-monitors issues related to self-care and promptly intervenes when personal problems or conflicts interfere with service delivery; takes proactive steps to protect service delivery for clients	Self-monitors issues related to self-care and promptly intervenes to prevent issues related to service delivery for clients; develops systems for the organization to monitor and support coworkers and clients with uninterrupted services

Note. IOA = interobserver agreement.