Effective Supervisory Behaviors: Session 90 with Zahra Hajiaghamohseni

If you're looking to improve your supervision practices, this is the podcast for you!

In Session 90, I'm joined by Dr. Zahra Hajiaghamohseni, who recently wrapped up her dissertation on this topic. Here's a short excerpt from her dissertation's abstract:

The purpose of my study was to examine the supervision practices of BCBA/BCBA-D who supervise precertification candidates and to determine if there were any statistically significant differences between supervisor demographics and supervision practices. An additional correlation test ... was conducted to evaluate for any associations between self-reported frequency of supervisor behaviors and precertification candidates BACB exam pass rate.

(Hajiaghamohseni, 2019)

I will not spoil the podcast by sharing the results here, but Zahra has generously provided access to her dissertation in the list of links below:

• Supervision Behaviors of Board Certified Behavior Analysts with Precertification Candidates (Zahra's dissertation... Hajiaghamohseni, 2019).
• The Behavior Analysis in Practice Special Edition on Supervision.
• Reed, et al. 2016, Toward quantifying the abuse liability of ultraviolet tanning: A behavioral economic approach to tanning addiction.
• BACB Resources, such as,
  • The Professional Ethical Compliance Code.
  • The white paper on ethics violations and code enforcement.
  • ASD Practice Guidelines.
  • 2018 BACB Annual Data Report.
  • BACB Certificant Data through July 2019.
  • BACB Supervisor Training Curriculum Outline.

And if you're still looking for more supervision resources, check out these resources:

• Fieldwork Supervision for Behavior Analysts: A Handbook (Kazemi, et al., 2019).
• Remote Fieldwork Supervision for BCBA Trainees (Britton and Some Other Person, 2019).

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