Ethical Foundations for Assessing and Building Tiered Supervisory Competence
When considering behavior analytic supervision, the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (ECBA; BACB, 2020) provides a helpful framework for structuring supervision, however behavior analysts may have very little contact with education or training on building a repertoire as a supervisor. This session will use the ECBA along with the current BCBA and RBT task lists as a jumping off point for structuring supervision systems. Additionally, resources will be provided for self-assessment of supervision skill set in context (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1980; Ala’i, 2019; Brodhead, Quigley, & Wilczynski, 2018, Leland, 2024), and review a decision making model for tiered supervision system design in alignment with the ECBA.
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Describe use of a self-assessment for supervisory competence in context
Select ECBA codes related to supervision structure
Identify what tier of supervision matches their current competence in context
List at least 2 ways to identify another person who many be competent to supervise their own supervision in context
Worner Leland, MS, BCBA, LBA (they/them) is a queer, agender, disabled, late-diagnosed Autistic &ADHD human who simultaneously benefits from white privilege, cishet passing privilege, variable mobility privilege, privilege afforded them for being high-masking, and privilege from holding a degree and certification through accredited academic systems. They are currently valuing an Interbehaviorist lens. They also value naming that their perspective has been inherently shaped through their past interpersonal and systemic experiences in addition to their educational and professional experiences. Their current direct behavior analytic work is primarily with fellow Autistic adults, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as colleagues and other helping professionals. They are a former LGBTQIA+ affirming researcher and educator with Upswing Advocates, a current educator with Collab Lab & Sex Ed Continuing Ed, and a past president of the Sexual Behavior Research and Practice SIG of ABAI. Their current work focuses on sex education, assent and consent education, and coercion reduction education in behavior analysis and other helping professions. They are passionate about working with helping professionals to build instructional design skills and systems that promote autonomy, assent, joy, and self-compassion for clients, caregivers, colleagues, supervisees, and community.