OBM 2

Question 1

What is
supervision?

Answer 1

“The term supervision refers
to the broad set of activities
that constitute ongoing
oversight of a supervisee’s
work” (LeBlanc & Luiselli.,
2016, p. 271)

Question 2

What does supervision involve?

Answer 2

*Training new skill sets
*Oversight of the implementation
of previously learned skills
*Modeling in making data-based
clinical decisions
*And much, much more!

Question 3

Additional
purpose of
supervision

Answer 3

Model assistance-seeking skills
Improve and maintain beneficial
repertoires of the supervisee or trainee
Model effective supervision practices

Question 4

Common
Supervisor
Roles of a
Behavior
Analyst

Answer 4

-Fieldwork
supervisor (of a
trainee)
-Case supervisor
(of ongoing
services)
-Supervision of
a Behavior
Technician

Question 5

The
importance
of
supervision

Answer 5

The effectiveness of human
services agencies is most
tied into the performance
of the direct care staff

Question 6

The
importance
of
supervision

Answer 6

High quality supervision, in
turn, is what is most
associated with such
performance

Question 7

Supervision Improves

Answer 7

Improve inadequate performance

Question 8

Supervision Support and
maintain

Answer 8

Support and maintain effective performance
*Consider supervisory practices that are meaningful to the supervisee - help them to
enjoy their job!

Question 9

Staff Burnout

Answer 9

• This is a real problem
• We can prevent (or repair) this w/ adequate supervision
  – List a behavior that staff may engage in that is indicative of burnout

Question 10

Supervision can help

Answer 10

-Quality supervisory
relationships play an
important role in the well–
being of ABA professionals
(Austin & Fiske, 2023)
-Perceived compassion from
the supervisor contributes
to lower burnout
-This, in turn, contributes to
less turnover (Eisenberger et
al. 2002)

Question 11

Staff enjoyment

Answer 11

• Low enjoyment of direct care staff can:
  – Cause an increase of complaints from that staff
  – Increase unpleasant interactions - potentially affecting
  the agency
  – Negatively affect the supervisor’s enjoyment of their
  job
  – Increase absenteeism and staff turnover

Question 12

Steps to Providing Evidence-Based
Supervision

Answer 12

1. Identify desired outcomes for clients
2. Identify what staff must do to help clients so desired outcomes are attained
3. Train staff skills needed to perform designated duties
4. Develop and implement a system to routinely monitor staff performance relative to their specific
   duties
5. Support proficient performance
6. Correct non-proficient performance
7. Evaluate both staff performance and if clients are attaining desired outcomes on an ongoing basis
   – (Reid et al., 2021)

Question 13

BEHAVIORAL
SKILLS TRAINING steps

Answer 13

1. Describe the skill to be trained
2. Provide a written summary of skills to be trained
3. Demonstrate the target skill
4. Role play (have staff practice performing the skill)
5. Provide feedback
6. Repeat until mastery has been demonstrated
7. If applicable, observe in vivo

Question 14

SUPERVISOR AS
TRAINER

Answer 14

New Orientation programs don’t provide information on
specific / daily job duties

New Orientation programs cannot devote sufficient
time to train all the work skills

Generalization is an issue (what is learned in
orientation doesn’t transfer to on-the-job)

New skills are often required so ongoing training will
always be necessary
(Reid et al., 2021)

Question 15

COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING

Answer 15

Training is not complete
until staff demonstrate
competence in the area
addressed by the
training

Can be more time
consuming at the start,
but saves time in the
long run

Staff Training formats:
Individual & Group

Question 16

THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN
TRAINING A GROUP

Answer 16

Enlist fluent co-trainers

Ensure that the training
focuses on the
demonstration of skill and
performance of trainee vs
talking about the skill

Speak for no more than
15 -20 minutes without
introducing demonstration
or practice

Question 17

TIME SAVING SUGGESTIONS

Answer 17

Ensure staff competence during role-play
practice activities

Use visual media during training

Use pyramidal training: One trainer
trains two or three staff to function as
trainers