OBM 2 Flashcards
What is
supervision?
“The term supervision refers
to the broad set of activities
that constitute ongoing
oversight of a supervisee’s
work” (LeBlanc & Luiselli.,
2016, p. 271)
What does supervision involve?
*Training new skill sets
*Oversight of the implementation
of previously learned skills
*Modeling in making data-based
clinical decisions
*And much, much more!
Additional
purpose of
supervision
Model assistance-seeking skills
Improve and maintain beneficial
repertoires of the supervisee or trainee
Model effective supervision practices
Common
Supervisor
Roles of a
Behavior
Analyst
-Fieldwork
supervisor (of a
trainee)
-Case supervisor
(of ongoing
services)
-Supervision of
a Behavior
Technician
The
importance
of
supervision
The effectiveness of human
services agencies is most
tied into the performance
of the direct care staff
The
importance
of
supervision
High quality supervision, in
turn, is what is most
associated with such
performance
Supervision Improves
Improve inadequate performance
Supervision Support and
maintain
Support and maintain effective performance
*Consider supervisory practices that are meaningful to the supervisee - help them to
enjoy their job!
Staff Burnout
- 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
Supervision can help
-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)
Staff enjoyment
- 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
Steps to Providing Evidence-Based
Supervision
- Identify desired outcomes for clients
- Identify what staff must do to help clients so desired outcomes are attained
- Train staff skills needed to perform designated duties
- Develop and implement a system to routinely monitor staff performance relative to their specific
duties - Support proficient performance
- Correct non-proficient performance
- Evaluate both staff performance and if clients are attaining desired outcomes on an ongoing basis
– (Reid et al., 2021)
BEHAVIORAL
SKILLS TRAINING steps
- Describe the skill to be trained
- Provide a written summary of skills to be trained
- Demonstrate the target skill
- Role play (have staff practice performing the skill)
- Provide feedback
- Repeat until mastery has been demonstrated
- If applicable, observe in vivo
SUPERVISOR AS
TRAINER
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)
COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING
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
