Review of <scp><i>The Supervisor's Guidebook: Evidence‐Based Strategies for Promoting Work Quality and Enjoyment Among Human Service Staff</i></scp> (2nd edition) by Dennis Reid, Marsha Parsons, and Carolyn Green

Bartle et al. (2024) read the second edition of The Supervisor's Guidebook. They wrote a short review in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

The book gives step-by-step ways to supervise staff in human-service jobs. The review tells what the book does well and where it could improve.

The reviewers say the book is useful and based on solid science. It shows how to use participative supervision, clear feedback, and data to help staff enjoy work and do better.

They also note gaps. The book needs more detail on ethics, cultural fit, and measuring client outcomes.

Konstantinidou et al. (2023) looked at many staff-training studies. They found staff behavior can change, yet proof that clients benefit is thin. The guidebook gives the same training tools, so the weak client-data problem remains.

Novak et al. (2019) and Johnson et al. (2023) both push preservice BST plus ongoing feedback. The guidebook turns those ideas into ready-made forms and checklists.

Fraidlin et al. (2023) argue trainees should practice giving peer feedback. The guidebook does not include this step, so you could add it yourself.

If you supervise RBTs or other staff, you now have one book that packages OBM, feedback, and data into daily routines. Use the forms as-is, but track client gains yourself to close the evidence gap Konstantinidou et al. flagged.