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Recommended Practices for Individual Supervision: Considerations for the Behavior-Analytic Trainee

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Supervised fieldwork is a critical component in the training of future behavior analysts. A growing body of literature describes best practices in behavior-analytic supervision, yet the trainee is rarely referenced. Additional resources delineating the expectations and suggested practices of the trainee are warranted. The current article describes recommended activities for the behavior-analytic trainee using practice guidelines for the supervisor offered by Sellers, Valentino, and LeBlanc (2016c). This work extends the current literature by outlining the role of the trainee in the supervisory relationship and supervised fieldwork experience.

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Trainee “To-Do” Checklist

This checklist is recommended for use by behavior-analytic trainees to help guide practices in their supervisory relationship. Sellers et al. (2019) provided a similar checklist for supervisors. Recommendations are written in the second-person point of view to make it explicit that the actions listed in this resource are to be completed by the trainee.

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Irwin Helvey, C., Thuman, E. & Cariveau, T. Recommended Practices for Individual Supervision: Considerations for the Behavior-Analytic Trainee. Behav Analysis Practice 15, 370–381 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00557-9

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