Evaluating the Effects of Supervision Part 1

In the same way that clinicians continually evaluate the outcomes of clinical services, supervisors must engage in active, ongoing evaluation of the effects of their supervisory practices to determine what is going well and what needs to be improved.

Evaluating the effects of supervision is an ongoing process of: reviewing, reflecting, revising

Data to Capture and Evaluate
1. Client Related

Affect — are they happy, engaged, comfortable
Programming is appropriate and robust
Progress within and across acquisition programs
Progress on behavior reductive programs
Appropriate generalization and maintenance

2. Caregiver Related

Goals are appropriate and progress is consistent
Social validity (i.e., informal and formal feedback from caregivers)
Rate of cancelation

3. Supervisee/Trainee Related

Acquisition of knowledge and skills
Consistently high procedural integrity and interobserver agreement
Case conceptualization and management skills
Professionalism, organization, time management, interpersonal communication skills
Social validity (i.e., informal and formal feedback from supervisee/trainee)

4. YOU — Supervisor Related