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.
Andrea
5.4 Designing Effective Supervision and Training
Make sure that I am organized and confident in all my paper work, so I can provide effective supervision and training.
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5.2: Supervisory Volume
Create a community of practice
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denisse
5.2: Supervisory Volume
create a schedule
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Janine
5.4 Designing Effective Supervision and Training
Be purposeful in using Stepwise training in a BST formate to ensure thorough training
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John F.
5.4 Designing Effective Supervision and Training
Use Behavior Skills Training
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Maria
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Create a schedule/use central reach
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Cheyenne
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Create a clear schedule
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Jeryl
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Create an available schedule to all BCBA trainees.
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Elizabeth
5.4 Designing Effective Supervision and Training
Remember to treat supervision as you would an intervention.
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Allison
5.6 Providing Feedback to Supervisees/Trainees
not over doing the positive praises, aim for constructive feedback
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Michelle
5.7: Evaluating the Effects of Supervision
Using survey monkey and asking the trainee on a regular basis to evaluate my performance
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lindsey
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Make sure to never feel overloaded during supervision, I want to give 100% to each person being supervised.
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Danielle
5.1: Supervisory Competence
I intend to access mentorship from behavior analysts that have experience or more knowledge in certain areas than I do.
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Bethany
5.7: Evaluating the Effects of Supervision
I plan to regularly gain feedback on my supervision so that I can improve
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Cat
5.1: Supervisory Competence
I plan to ensure I only supervise for areas in which I have the appropriate experience and training.
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Trina
5.1: Supervisory Competence
yes
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Danielle
5.3: Supervisory Delegation
Clearly state in contract what will and will not be involved as the supervisee’s tasks and responsibilities.
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JENNIFER
5.7: Evaluating the Effects of Supervision
Put into place evaluation methods
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Cat
5.2: Supervisory Volume
Organizational structures: A clear schedule that includes supervision responsibilities
Evaluation feedback: Implementing a system to monitor supervision effectiveness
Community of practice: Identifying other professional who can provide support and feedback with supervision problems
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Lisa
5.3: Supervisory Delegation
Give tasks to others when appropriate; don’t do it all yourself.
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