Sellers, Alai-Rosales & MacDonald (2016)
This research article is recommended reading by the BACB and provides analysis and application examples for each of the seven supervision ethics codes.
Read the article with special focus on applications to your situation and anticipated supervision contexts.
Summary of Recommendations
Below is a summary of applied examples and recommendations provided in Sellers, Alai-Rosales and MacDonald (2016).
Supervision Code | Applied Demonstration | Suggestions for Avoiding Violation |
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5.01 Supervisory Competence | Supervisor never conducted an FA, steers the trainee to use a descriptive assessment, gets function wrong and problem behaviors escalate |
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5.02 Supervisory Volume | Supervisor does well with supervision and gradually takes on more trainess/supervisees to a point where she can no longer manage and provide effective supervision |
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5.03 Supervisory Delegation | An RBT trained others in a program before being trained in training others |
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5.04 Designing Effective Supervision and Training | A supervisor is intimidated by a trainee/supervisee's age or confidence and does not implement all training components, such as modeling and rehearsal to mastery A supervisor allowing trainee to bill as behavior analysts |
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5.05 Communication of Supervision Conditions | An RBT does not make progress and the supervisor refuses to sign off on the hours - the RBT is confused because he was not aware that he was being evaluated or that a signature could be withheld |
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5.06 Providing Feedback to Supervisees | Feedback is not provided immediately following the observation and at the supervision meeting it is mentioned in a minimized way so the trainee never takes it seriously |
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5.07 Evaluating the Effects of Supervision | A supervisor misses that the staff are not finding the supervision training useful because she is only measuring their performance and does not ask for feedback (their performance improves because they sought help outside of supervision) |
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Ethics to-do
Sellers, Alai-Rosales and MacDonald (2013) provide analysis, application examples, and strategies for avoiding violations for each of the seven supervision ethics codes. Consider the many ways the article applies to your future practice of supervision and share an answer to the question below.
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5.6 Providing Feedback to Supervisees/Trainees
use feedback forms suggested
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Michael
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Work with my employer to ensure that proper time is allotted between casework and supervision prior to taking on supervisees
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5.4 Designing Effective Supervision and Training
Utilized a checklist for particular interventions using BST to be used for all supervisees.
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5.6 Providing Feedback to Supervisees/Trainees
Use an in person and written system for providing feedback. Schedule regular times for feedback
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Emma
5.1: Supervisory Competence
Consult with more experienced supervisors
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RR
5.6 Providing Feedback to Supervisees/Trainees
Provide timely and specific feedback in writing and verbally with a balance of praise and areas for improvement.
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Stephanie
5.2: Supervisory Volume
making sure I’m using enough communication with supervisors
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Jonica
5.4 Designing Effective Supervision and Training
keeping up on research and methods of supervision
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Gaby
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Make sure my schedule and caseload can uphold with all of my supervision requirements
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Brooke
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Plan my supervision thoroughly so that I am seeing my supervisees.
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Stephanie
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Make sure my schedule can uphold all of the supervision requirements
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Linzie
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Use caution to ensure I stay organized and self-aware of my limitations.
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Amanda
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Ensure that my supervisory volume is acceptable to my schedule and that I can provide effective supervision to all supervisees
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Fang
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Organize the structures and get feedback
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Danielle
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Keep an organized schedule, assess how many hours I can delegate to supervision before taking on supervisees
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Lauren
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Working to keep and organized schedule and not taking on more than 3 trainee’s at a time to keep up with the caseload requirements
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Meghan
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Determine the number of supervisees or trainees I can effectively supervise and keep the number of trainees i take on at or below that number
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Brandi
5.1: Supervisory Competence
5.1 supervisory competence making sure I am staying within my areas of competence
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Grace
5.2: Supervisory Volume
I will slowly take on trainees and keep track of how much time a trainee takes up to ensure as I take on more, I am able to deliver effective supervision.
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Karyn
5.7: Evaluating the Effects of Supervision
Design frequent surveys on survey monkey or a related survey creation site and ask trainees to fill it out in regular intervals
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