Professor: In this segment, we're going to talk a little bit about why content and supervision is necessary. So as a behavior analyst, I've been supervised by people and I will provide supervision to others. So think about your, your time Now, you're not at your studying to become a BC Ba Ha board certified behavior analysts. There's the coursework no provision that the requirements that you're complaining. But there's also that supervised experience where you receive feedback from somebody who's presumably higher stature or more knowledgeable in the field. And you're kind of soaking it up, this feedback, your behaviors changing based on that feedback. So there's that type of supervision that, that, you know, you, you provide a trainee, and it's usually the word I'll use when talking in that situation. But then there's also situations as a behavior analyst where you are teaching other people to implement programs that you were writing. So, you know, fast-forward ahead a little bit and now your, your board certified behavior analyst. You are writing plans that others are often going to implement and you need to train them on how to the nuances of those plans and on data collection and on, you know, what happens when you don't use extinction correctly, and how to use a DRA, and how to use IP sequences, and how, why are you using an event recording are simple. Frequency count versus partial interval and so on and so forth. So someone has to provide that information at differing levels, at appropriate levels to make sure the programs or roll out appropriately and make sure that programs are being implemented with high levels of fidelity. Kind of related that. I thought I'd talk a little bit about the four levels of certification so that you can sort of see from the top. The RPT register behavior technicians or the the the the least trained person all the way down through OBC BAD, who's presumably would have the most training. So let's just kind of go through each of these and with an eye towards supervision. So an RB T. And I'll give you a second to go ahead and read this. Maybe you can pause and just take a quick reading of this slide. And I'm going to come back and focus on those aspects of this description which really focus on supervision. So here we are at RB t's a paraprofessional. They have at least a high school diploma. Typically are trained within an organization. So if I work at a at a center or some other school or organization, I can get my RB training through that. There is approved providers and so on and so forth. But that the bottom line with RB teases. They assist in delivering behavior analytic services under the direction and close supervision of a supervisor. They often assist qualify be CPAs and BC EVAs and their service delivery activities. So they're always supervised me. They do not write their own behavior plans. The BPAs writing or writing behavior plans. They are sort of the independent level intervention people. They writes programs, other people implement them. And hopefully with fidelity in the way you get fidelity is through supervision. You got it? Bca, BCA, BCA. Bca assistant level. I will give you a second to read this over and then I'll go over the the key pieces here. So here we go. Professional certified that the BC AABA level provide behavior analytic services under the supervision of a board certified behavior analysts. So this is where that again, that word supervision comes in. The BC. Aaba can provide services, do you know a little more than than behaviour to X can do, but they are under the supervision of a B CBA. So you will again be call upon to supervise professional certify. The BC ABA level may not provide behavior analytic services without supervision, meaning they are not independent contractors are not independent interveners. So let's go to BC Ba. You're all studying to be a B CBA, graduate level certification, BC, ABA is undergraduate level. You can go to the behavior analysis Certification Board website and get the full blown descriptions of each of these. I'm just giving you a quick thumbnail sketch here, but you can kind of look those over. The key areas here are professional certified as B, CBA level, or independent PR practitioners or divide behavior analytic services. The key here is as a B CBA, you write programs, you're, you're there's no one supervising you. You are which is good and bad. I mean, it at one level, you are free to kind of do your thing based on your training. The downside is there's no one looking over your shoulder providing supervision all the time. That said, here's the caveat. You have to know your limitations is a board certified behavior analyst. You definitely want to look at sort of what's your, what's your, what's your skill set is. And if you're not comfortable working in a given area, don't work in that area, go get outside help. You know, there's some folks that are very comfortable and skilled at working in feeding Disorders are self-injury or what have you and others who aren't. So don't get yourself don't get in over your head, I guess is what I'm saying. When you're be CBA, there's no one necessarily looking over your shoulder. Be CPAs may supervise the work, be CABAC and RB teas, and other professionals such as teachers and others who were implementing behavior prions that the B CBA is writing BC BAD doctoral level. Key thing here is it's not a separate certification and does not grant any privileges above or beyond the B CPA certification. So there's no higher level certification. They may doctoral level, probably went through more course work, did some more training and some different things like that, more research-oriented, oftentimes. But it's not a separate certification. It costs more to maintain. I can tell you that, but it's not a separate certification. So it's important, I think, you know, do you know those levels of certification, know which one you're operating under, and know how to supervise, which is really the content for the rest of this course, or a good part of the course anyway, is going to be focusing on that supervision, how to do it, right? It's more than just telling people what to do. It's using all the things we've learned about in terms of behavior principles and applying them to a totally new area. And we'll get more more more in depth as we move forward.