Supervision and Mentorship
We teach practicioners (BCBA-candidates, RBTs, etc.) how to fish by developing:
- Meta knowledge (the knowledge of what one knows) and understanding of personal and procedural limitations
- Professional cusps and higher-order decision frameworks that allow the supervisees to apply their repertoires into novel untaught contexts
- Excellence in scientific vocabulary and behavioral principles that allows supervisees to link their practice to theoretical background
- Integration of theoretical knowledge, empirical research and technical skills
- Fluent and accurate implementation of evidence-based tactics and strategies
- Sensitivity to ethical and legal issues and adherence to professional guidelines and standards
- Attention to diverse contexts, environments, populations
- Critical self-reflection and willingness to subject oneself to peer-assessment within the professional community
Our supervisors facilitate practitioners’ growth in collaborative manner by:
- Carefully balancing support and challenge
- Recognizing each supervisee’s strengths and talents and encouraging learning to learn
- Providing constructive and corrective science-informed feedback
- Measuring supervisee’s behaviors towards determined learning goals
- Modeling empirically tested practices from the field
- Embodying high ethical standards that prioritize and protect the end client’s well-being and the integrity of the science and the society at large