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| Using Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Tools to Improve Supervision in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Organizations |
| Friday, January 17, 2025 |
| 2:00 PM–5:00 PM |
| Sheraton New Orleans, Level 3, Napoleon Ballroom BC |
| Area: AUT; Domain: Service Delivery |
| CE Instructor: M. Christopher Newland, Ph.D. |
| HEATHER M. MCGEE (Western Michigan University) |
 Dr. Heather McGee is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University and chair of the industrial organizational behavior management program.
She received her B.S. (1998), M.A. (2003), and Ph.D. (2004) from WMU. Dr. McGee is also co-founder of Performance Blueprints, a performance improvement consulting firm specializing in helping small businesses, non-profits & human service settings by providing a variety of consulting and training services. Dr. McGee has designed, developed and implemented organizational performance solutions in a variety of industries and settings, including autism service agencies, the pharmaceutical industry, education, and health and human services. These solutions have included performance-based instruction, performance management, behavioral systems changes, and strategic planning initiatives. |
| Description: Providing effective staff supervision requires first defining the job and performance requirements, then designing and implementing training and management systems around those requirements. This workshop will introduce and provide hands-on practice in the use of performance support tools to assist supervisors in this important undertaking. Attendees will learn how to create job models and task analyses for staff performance, conduct performance assessments to determine training and performance management needs, and design effective training and performance monitoring and management systems. |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to: (1) Describe the basic steps of creating a job model, conducting a task analysis, and creating performance observation data collection sheets; (2) Describe the basic steps of conducting a performance assessment and setting training and performance goals; (3) Differentiate content models of training from process models of training and describe how ADDIE and BST can be combined to design effective staff training; (4) Identify critical features of performance-based training, recognize common pitfalls, and identify ways to improve poorly designed training; (5) Describe the basic steps of creating and implementing a performance monitoring and management tool. |
| Activities: Lecture and discussion |
| Audience: Behavior analysts, OBM practitioners |
| Content Area: Practice |
| Instruction Level: Basic |
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| Effective Staff Management and Supervision Strategies in Settings Serving Individuals With Autism |
| Sunday, January 19, 2025 |
| 9:10 AM–10:00 AM |
| Sheraton New Orleans, Level 3, Napoleon Ballroom BC |
| 📺 Streaming Status: recording available |
| Area: AUT; Domain: Service Delivery |
| Chair: M. Christopher Newland (Auburn University) |
| CE Instructor: M. Christopher Newland, Ph.D. |
| Presenting Author: DAVID A. WILDER (Florida Institute of Technology) |
| Abstract: Proper management and supervision of staff members, instructors, teachers, and caregivers is important to ensure high-quality services to individuals with autism and related disabilities. In this presentation, I will highlight some key management and supervision strategies and provide evidence for the effectiveness of each. These strategies include using the most effective and efficient methods of training, observing staff and caregivers regularly, formally assessing staff and caregiver performance problems, arranging the instructional environment for optimal performance, and providing consistent feedback on performance. I will conclude with a description of a broad management and supervision approach that I have found to be particularly useful. |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
| Target Audience: Anyone directly providing or supervising folks who provide services to people with autism and related disabilities; practitioners; researchers |
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to: (1) Describe three empirically supported strategies to supervise staff and caregivers providing services to individuals with autism; (2) Describe two assessment tools to identify reasons for poor staff performance; (3) Describe the most effective and efficient methods of training staff and caregivers; (4) Describe the most effective methods of delivering feedback to staff and caregivers. |
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| DAVID A. WILDER (Florida Institute of Technology) |
 David Wilder is a Professor and Head of the School of Behavior Analysis at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. Dr. Wilder has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) and is the current editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management (JOBM). He is also on the editorial boards of Behavioral Interventions, Education and Treatment of Children, and Behavior Modification. He has served as President of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis (FABA) and the Organizational Behavior Management Network. He is a recipient of the outstanding scientific contributions to behavior analysis award from FABA and is a fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis, International. Dr. Wilder has consulted at the individual and organizational level to schools, private homes, hospitals, group homes, and day treatment centers and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D). |
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