It's the night before supervision, and you're still deciding what to cover.
RISE is a printed curriculum with the session already written. Each lesson has the assignment your supervisee completes beforehand, the discussion questions for the meeting, a presentation feedback form, and fieldwork ideas for afterward. Open to the next lesson and run it.
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For BCBA®s who supervise, whether you have one supervisee or a full group.
Every supervision meeting asks you to build the same things again
Supervision is a requirement for your supervisees, and it lands on top of a full caseload. Without a curriculum, each meeting means making a string of small decisions before anyone sits down:
- Picking a topic that follows on from the last meeting.
- Finding readings and videos worth your supervisee's time.
- Writing homework questions that test understanding.
- Writing discussion questions that go past yes and no.
- Making a feedback form for presentations and observations.
- Coming up with fieldwork activities that fit the topic.
None of this is difficult. It is repetitive, and it competes with billable work, client emergencies, and everything else on your calendar. When the prep slips, the meeting turns into a case chat and the curriculum never gets covered.
RISE does the building once, so you do not repeat it for every meeting and every supervisee.
Every lesson follows the same three steps
The format repeats across all 24 lessons. Your supervisee always knows what to prepare, and you always know what comes next.
Before the meeting
- Chooses from a list of readings and videos
- Answers written questions on what they read
- Applies the idea to a behavior of their own
- Prepares a 5 to 10 minute presentation
- Practices SAFMEDS
In the meeting
- Housekeeping checklist: agenda, documentation, homework review, feedback
- Discussion questions ready to ask
- Supervisee presents, and you score the feedback form
- Case review with set questions
- Observation tasks with data sheets
Between meetings
- Fieldwork ideas that tie the lesson to their own caseload
- Practice with team members and collaterals
- Material to bring back to the next case review
Your prep for each meeting is reading the lesson. The assignment, questions, forms, and activities are already written.
What one lesson looks like
This is Lesson "Identifying, Prioritizing and Defining Behavior for Change," taken from the book.
Identifying, Prioritizing and Defining Behavior for Change
GoalDetermine the necessity for services and identify behaviors that will produce meaningful change.
Assignment
- Choose 2 of 5 articles, including one on social validity
- Pull out 4 key points from each
- Operationally define one of your own behaviors
- Watch a short video of a child's tantrum, define the behavior, and list your first steps
- Prepare a 5 to 10 minute presentation for RBTs or caregivers
Discussion questions
- "What did you learn while trying to define your own behavior?"
- "If you disagree with a parent or caregiver over the priority of treatment goals, how would you resolve this conflict?"
- "How do you determine the social significance or social validity of targeting a specific behavior?"
Fieldwork ideas
- Write operational definitions for your learner's behaviors, with onset, offset, examples, and non-examples, then have team members measure from your words
- Prioritize treatment targets for your learner and train team members on your assessment
Plus a presentation feedback form for you to score, and case review and observation prompts for the meeting.
24 lessons across six areas
More than 400 pages. Start at the beginning, or open to the topic your supervisee needs this month.
Supervision Orientation
- Establishing Expectations
- Review Documentation
- Structuring Supervision
- Setting Goals
Fundamentals of ABA for Supervision
- History of ABA and Implications for Applying the Technology Today
- Understanding Behavior from a Scientific Perspective
- Experimental Design
- Measurement and Visual Analysis
- Factors that Influence Behavior Change
Behavior Reduction
- Identifying, Prioritizing and Defining Behavior for Change
- Conducting Behavioral Assessments
- Creating a Behavior Change Program
- Reinforcement, Punishment and Extinction
- Differential Reinforcement Procedures
Skill Acquisition
- Conducting Skills Assessments
- Programming and Implementing for Skill Acquisition
- Understanding Verbal Operants
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an ABA Program
- Fidelity and Reliability Measures
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Interventions and Ensuring Generalization and Maintenance
- Documentation, Treatment Plans and the BIP
The Role of the Behavior Analyst
- The BCBA® as Supervisor
- The BCBA® as Caregiver Trainer
- The BCBA® as a Collaborator with Other Professionals
- Ethics and Ongoing Training
The book also opens with a preface covering the 4 Pillars of BCBA® Supervisee Supervision and how to use the curriculum, and closes with an answer key and a references and resources section.
What you receive, and the prep each piece removes
The paperback comes with downloadable templates and tracking sheets, available right after you order.
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✓24 lessons with a goal, background reading, and discussion questionsThe content for every meeting is written, so you do not search for topics or draft talking points.
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✓Assignments and quizzes, with an answer keyReading lists, written questions, and quizzes are done for you, and the answer key in the back lets you check responses quickly.
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✓Supervision Tools and TemplatesA presentation feedback form, supervisor and supervisee feedback forms, a journal article summary template, and 13 fidelity checklists, including ABC data, FBA, reinforcement, DTT, NET, mand training, and caregiver training. Download and print them instead of building them yourself.
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✓Tracking and paperwork, ready to useA Supervision Tracker, the Unique Documentation System spreadsheet for independent and supervised hours, a Trainee Assessment Record, combined data sheets, and an example supervision contract.
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✓Ethical ScenariosReady-made scenarios to discuss in meetings when you want more practice with ethics.
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✓Unrestricted fieldwork ideas for each lessonConcrete activities your supervisee can take straight into their caseload.
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✓Overcoming Obstacles to ABA Supervision workbookCovers supervisees who do not act on feedback, changing your own behavior, and finding time for supervision, with reflection questions and tips you can use right away.
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✓Printed paperbackSent by Amazon to your US address, usually in 3 to 4 weeks. Keep it on the table in meetings, write in it, and hand it to supervisees.
One curriculum. One format.
Pick any hour you have spent searching for readings, writing questions, or building a form for a supervision meeting. The curriculum has already done that work for all 24 lessons.
Paperback ships to US addresses only. Orders placed from other countries are refunded.
Amelia Dalphonse, MA, BCBA
Amelia co-founded Master ABA with her twin sister, Dianna Kelly. She has worked with children and families since 1996, and with autistic individuals since 2009. She earned a Master's degree in ABA and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA®), driven by a focus on what clients need.
As an ACE provider, Master ABA gives practitioners a place to learn compassionate, ethical approaches to ABA. The curriculum reflects that: the first fundamentals lesson looks at the history of ABA and the concerns autistic individuals raise about it, so supervisees learn to practice with that perspective in mind.
Who RISE is for
A good fit if you
- Supervise BCBA® candidates and want the meetings planned for you
- Are new to supervising and want a structure to follow
- Run group supervision and want every supervisee working from the same lesson
- Supervise several people and want the same quality in every meeting
- Want a printed book you can use in the room
Not the right fit if you
- Want a PDF or other digital copy of the book
- Need delivery outside the US
- Prefer to design every meeting yourself
Before you order
How much prep does a meeting take?
Very little. The assignment, discussion questions, forms, and fieldwork ideas are written. You read the lesson, check your supervisee's homework against the answer key, and run the meeting.
Can I use it for group supervision?
Yes. The presentation and feedback steps are written for both one-on-one and group meetings, so other supervisees can give feedback too.
Do I have to go in order?
You can. The Supervision Orientation lessons come first and cover expectations, documentation, structure, and goals. After that, each lesson stands on its own, so you can pick the topic your supervisee needs next.
Is there a PDF version of the book?
The book is available as a printed paperback only. The forms, checklists, trackers, and workbook that come with it are downloadable.
When will my copy arrive?
The paperback is sent by Amazon, usually in 3 to 4 weeks. Your downloads are available right after you order.
I'm outside the US. Can I order?
Paperback copies ship to US addresses only. Orders placed from other countries are refunded.
What if I need help?
Email [email protected] and we will help.
Open the book. Run the session.
24 lessons with the assignments, questions, and forms already written, so supervision gets the time it deserves without taking over your evenings.
Get Your Copy$67. Printed paperback. Ships to US addresses only.