RBT (Registered Behavior Technician) — All Questions

Maya's agency schedules a monthly supervision meeting for its RBTs. This month twelve RBTs are on the invitation and two BCBAs will co-lead the session. Maya asks whether the meeting will count toward her small-group supervision requirement. What should she be told?

• a.It counts, because two supervisors are leading it and each is responsible for six RBTs.
• b.It counts, because group size limits apply to the observation contact rather than to group meetings.
• c.It counts only if Maya also submits written notes to one of the supervisors afterwards.
• d.It does not count, because a small-group supervision meeting may never exceed ten RBTs, regardless of how many supervisors are present.✓

(d) is correct: the cap is stated as a limit on RBTs, and it holds no matter how many supervisors attend, so a twelve-RBT meeting is not a qualifying small-group session. (a) is the intuitive arithmetic — splitting twelve between two supervisors — but the rule is written against the number of RBTs, not a ratio. (b) invents a distinction; the group-size limit attaches to the small-group meeting itself. (c) adds a documentation step that does not convert an over-size meeting into a qualifying one; documentation and eligibility are separate questions.

Devon's supervisor is traveling and offers to hold this month's second supervision contact as a long phone call, followed by a detailed email summary. Devon needs two qualifying contacts this month. How should he respond?

• a.Accept, because a scheduled call with a written summary provides the same interaction as meeting in person.
• b.Ask for a video-conference instead, because a phone call and an email never count as qualifying supervision contacts.✓
• c.Accept, and count the call as the individual contact while treating the email as the observation.
• d.Accept, but ask the supervisor to record the call so it can be reviewed as an observation later.

(b) is correct: the requirement is for real-time face-to-face contact, and phone and email are both excluded — a video-conference satisfies it while traveling. (a) is a reasonable-sounding equivalence, but the standard names the format, not the effort. (c) compounds the error by also treating an email as an observation of service delivery, which it cannot be. (d) confuses a recording of a supervision conversation with the supervisor observing Devon deliver services, and video monitoring without real-time interaction may not count.

During a table-work session, Leo drops to the floor when the RBT presents a matching task. Leo's written behavior intervention plan specifies planned ignoring of floor-dropping and continued presentation of demands. The classroom aide urges the RBT to give Leo a break so he can calm down. What should the RBT do?

• a.Give Leo a short break, then re-present the matching task once he is calm.
• b.Continue presenting the demand and follow the planned-ignoring procedure in the BIP.✓
• c.Pause the session and contact the supervising BCBA before responding to the behavior.
• d.Ask the classroom aide to manage Leo while the RBT records ABC data on the episode.

(b) is correct: the written BIP already tells the RBT exactly how to respond to this behavior, and the RBT's job is to implement it with fidelity — consistency is what makes the procedure work. (a) would deliver escape from the demand, which is likely the very consequence maintaining floor-dropping; following the aide's suggestion undermines the plan. (c) is unnecessary escalation: contacting the BCBA is for situations the plan does not cover, safety risks, or needed plan changes — this situation is explicitly covered, and pausing would also provide escape; concerns can be raised with the BCBA after the session. (d) hands implementation to someone not trained on the plan, breaking treatment integrity — ABC recording does not replace running the written procedure.