Important Features of Supervision
The supervisor should be able to describe or demonstrate the following components of effective, evidence-based supervision:
- Establishment of performance expectations of both supervisor and supervisee
- Description of how supervision will proceed according to the BACB Experience Standards (e.g., frequency of individual supervision, group supervision)
- Description of potentially appropriate activities as described in the BACB Experience Standards
- Description of competency tests of understanding
- Development and review of contractual agreement of the nature of supervision and performance expectations
- Assessment of initial skills of supervisee – Interview – Observation
- Behavioral skills training of supervisee
- Scheduled observations that may include in-vivo, video, web-based, computer-assisted observations (Before, during, and after training)
- Review of written materials developed by the supervisee, including written plans, data sheets, and reports
- Ongoing scheduled supervision meetings (Individual – Group – Web-based, computer assisted)
- Performance evaluations (formal & informal) of the supervisee (Meetings – Written evaluations)
- Evaluation of the supervision process and the supervisor by the supervisee (Meetings – Written evaluations)