The field of applied behavior analysis is built on the principle that decisions should be driven by data. Yet within ABA organizations, supervision and training practices are frequently implemented on the basis of tradition, intuition, or administrative convenience rather than empirical evidence about effectiveness.
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Join Free →Many BCBAs are responsible for training and supervising staff. This symposium will include three data-based presentations focused on training and supervision. The first presentation will discuss the extent to which Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) report that their supervisors adhere to supervision practices outlined in the Supervision Training Curriculum (2.0). Results indicated that reported supervision practices vary in their adherence to the curriculum and that former and current RBTs reported supervisor adherence to the curriculum significantly differently. Importantly, supervisors can only train on skills within their repertoire. Thus, the next presentation will discuss the results of an experiment on training BCBAs to expand their scope of competence into the domain of functional analyses. Specifically, effects of Behavioral Skills Training (BST) on BCBA implementation of trial-based functional analyses was evaluated using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline across participants design. This study provided evidence that BST is an effective way to train BCBAs how to implement TBFAs. Supervisors are also tasked with ensuring that data are collected with high integrity (i.e., accurately and reliably). The third presentation investigated effects of a basic electronic data collection system compared to an enhanced system with automated prompting and feedback on timeliness of data collection. Results suggest that the enhanced data collection system may have facilitated increased timeliness in data collection for one participant and it was not effective for the second participant. These presentations will conclude with a discussion that will provide insights into improving supervision, training, and data collection in practice.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | Supervision |
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