The Role of Culturally Responsive Supervision on Staff Retention and Promotion
As behavior analysts serve more populations with diverse needs and backgrounds, it is critical to engage in cultural responsiveness to best serve clients and trainees. As the field struggles with turnover and burnout, it is also important to structure supervision and mentorship in a culturally responsive manner to uplift diverse perspectives and voices in service delivery. This presentation will describe the importance of culturally responsive supervision and mentorship and types of oppressions that can manifest. Additionally, equitable and inequitable supervision practices will be discussed.
By the end of this presentation, participants will:
1. Describe the role of social context in supervision and mentorship.
2. Identify types of oppressions.
3. Describe equitable and inequitable supervision practices.
Anita Li is currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2013 and has worked with individuals with developmental disabilities in a variety of settings. Anita has presented more than 30 papers and workshops, including invited addresses, at both national and international conferences in behavior analysis and has published her research in several journals, including Behavior Analysis in Practice, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, and Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Additionally, Anita has served as guest editor on two special sections of Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice devoted to the experimental analysis of behavior. Her research interests include equity issues in behavior analysis, instructional design, and promoting worker well-being.
