Description Behaviour analysts who supervise trainees hold a high responsibility to ensure competency is reached. Trainees must be fluent in their foundational knowledge and demonstrate skills they must also be able to generalise that knowledge and skill across settings and people. Being a supervisor in a community setting, where the supervising behaviour analyst may or may not be employed by the hosting organisation, adds an additional layer of complexity to the supervision task. Common barriers to successful supervision include supervisees avoiding supervision, poor time management, not following through on feedback and insufficient soft skills (e.g., active listening, effective written and spoken communication). Supervisor behaviour also impacts on successful supervision. Harsh and / or untimely feedback, unclear tacting of skills that need improvement, and lack of availability, are a few of the supervisor behaviours that are unhelpful. The purpose of this workshop is to provide guidance to the supervisor on how to manage these and other barriers. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to detect problems, conduct a functional assessment and put an intervention in place to maximise the success of the supervisory relationship. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Duration: 6 hours (with breaks and lunch) ABAA PDU/BACB CE: 6 Supervision Target Audience: Supervisors of trainee behaviour analysts |
Get to Know your presenters We are a group behaviour analysts and New Zealand registered psychologists who have over 50 years of combined experience supervising trainee behaviour analysts at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The University of Auckland programme was the first programme accredited by the BACB outside of the USA. In addition to being academics and researchers we also have extensive clinical experience working with a wide range of people in all the places people live, work and play. For example, brain injury, dementia, intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, drug and alcohol, child protection. |