7 Steps Evidence Based Supervision

Use the 7 steps of evidence-based supervision to outline the steps that the supervisor took in these scenario. Then, identify what the supervisor did correctly and incorrectly in this scenario. Provide enough detail to make sure your point is clear and edit your response for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.

Sarah is a new BCaBA at an agency and has been directed to take over the supervision of an RBT named Marcus. Sarah looks over information from the previous supervisor and takes note of Marcus’ strengths and weaknesses from this information. Sarah decides to target Marcus’ professionalism since notes indicate that Marcus jokes with employees in the hallway when he should be heading to sessions with clients. Sarah pulls Marcus into her office without having met him and immediately starts explaining her expectations for professional behavior. She states, “Your previous supervisor may have let you get away with this behavior, but I surely will not allow it. I will be watching you.” Marcus is stunned and tries to calmly explain that the previous supervisor last reported that Marcus’ behavior had improved. Sarah decides to end the meeting and records Marcus’ behavior on a daily basis. She finds that Marcus is, in fact, reporting to sessions on time and exhibiting professional behavior. She pulls Marcus in to another meeting and praises him for such behavior. Sarah explains that she will informally monitor professional behavior and follow up with Marcus as soon as she observes him slipping back into old habits.

Charlie is a BCaBA who is supervising an RBT named Joe. During Joe’s most recent competency assessment, he showed weaknesses in prompt fading. According to weekly performance observations, Joe is waiting too long to deliver his prompt. Charlie pulls Joe in to a private meeting and shares his observations. He says, “Joe, I think you are a great RBT. However, you really need to work on your prompt fading technique or you may not pass your next competency assessment. Do you remember that training we did last month on prompt fading? That’s how it needs to be done. Do you have any questions?” Joe leaves the meeting without asking questions and resumes work with his clients. Charlie checks on Joe each week and takes notes in his supervision log about how Joe is still waiting too long to deliver prompts. He meets with Joe a month later and reports that improvement has not been made. Charlie hands Joe an improvement plan to sign that addresses continued struggles in the delivery of prompt fade techniques. This cycle continues for another month when Joe turns in his letter of resignation.