McElroy Alyssa R, Van Stratton Jessica E, McGee Heather M
Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2023 Sep 15;17(2):486-499. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00849-2. eCollection 2024 Jun.
Board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) are in high demand. However, given the fast growth of the field, most behavior analysts who serve as supervisors have recently been certified and thus, have had limited opportunities to refine their supervisory repertoires. Although supervision best practices have been a topic of frequent discussion in behavior analytic publications, little research has been conducted to empirically assess these recommendations with BCBA supervisors. One reason for the lack of research may be due to the scarcity of a method to systematically identify and measure supervisory behaviors. The Operant Supervisory Taxonomy and Index (OSTI; Komaki, 1986, 71(2), 270-279, 1998) was developed to identify and categorize supervisory behaviors of effective supervisors in organizational settings. To demonstrate the feasibility of the OSTI with BCBA supervision, this study applied the OSTI with two masters-level students completing a verified course sequence (VCS) as a part of pursing their BCBA credential. Future directions for research and application of the OSTI as a measurement framework for BCBA supervisory behavior and behavior analytic training are discussed.
获得委员会认证的行为分析师（BCBA）需求量很大。然而，鉴于该领域的快速发展，大多数担任督导的行为分析师最近才获得认证，因此，他们提升督导技能的机会有限。尽管督导的最佳实践一直是行为分析出版物中经常讨论的话题，但很少有研究对BCBA督导的这些建议进行实证评估。缺乏研究的一个原因可能是缺乏一种系统识别和衡量督导行为的方法。操作性督导分类法和指标（OSTI；Komaki，1986，71(2)，270 - 279，1998）旨在识别和分类组织环境中有效督导的督导行为。为了证明OSTI在BCBA督导中的可行性，本研究将OSTI应用于两名正在完成经认证课程序列（VCS）以获得BCBA证书的硕士研究生。讨论了将OSTI作为BCBA督导行为和行为分析培训的测量框架的研究和应用的未来方向。
