The geographic and logistical expansion of applied behavior analysis into home- and community-based settings has fundamentally reshaped how supervision occurs. Where supervision once happened in structured clinic rooms with controlled environments, it now unfolds across kitchen tables, school hallways, parking lots, and video call windows.
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Join Free →Applied behavior analytic services are increasingly expanding into home- and community-based settings (Dennison et al., 2019; Silbaugh & El Fattal, 2021). Similarly, supervision is increasingly occurring outside traditional center-based settings. Board certified and licensed behavior analysts are now providing remote, hybrid, and in-person supervision across diverse contexts (Gingles, 2022; Simmons et al., 2021), including client's homes, schools, and other community environments. This presentation examines supervision "in the wild", discussing the benefits – including equitable and flexible access to services – and challenges – including burnout (e.g., Nastasi et al., 2024; Plantiveau et al., 2022) and lack of support and resources (Bayley et al., 2023; Colón et al., 2024; Hajiaghamohseni et al., 2021), that evolving supervision models oftentimes face. This presentation also provides guidance to (a) ensure that nontraditional supervision promotes neurodiversity-affirming practice and that affirming, culturally responsive, and respectful approaches are maintained across different service and supervision formats; (b) ensure quality and engagement in nontraditional supervision contexts; (c) recommend creative solutions to common problems faced in nontraditional contexts, especially those essential to quality service delivery, such as data collection, interobserver agreement, and procedural integrity; and (d) leverage tools that help manage competing environmental contingencies and other barriers to supervision in flexible settings.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
| COA | 1 | — |
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