25-26 Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork Handbook

Enrollment in the CSF experience does not have specific pre-requirements; however, it is required that students start fieldwork during the first year in the program and continue through the second year. Enrollment in CSF each semester is required to graduate on time. Students generally begin CSF in their first fall semester of coursework. Exceptions to this are made only in special cases with permission by the faculty. The concepts, principles, and techniques learned throughout graduate study at Florida Tech will be used as the basis for fieldwork experience and some courses/skills may be a prerequisite for employment/service delivery at approved fieldwork sites (i.e., certain sites may only be able to support a student if they demonstrate a certain skill set needed by the agency).

The CSF experience consists of six semesters of classes; each class is 1-3 credit hours and consists of a mixture of individual meetings, group meetings, in-vivo observation, and training in applied settings. Students are expected to complete 200-300 hours of behavior analytic training during each semester of enrollment. No more than 130 hours per month can be counted towards the 200-300 hour total for a given semester (BACB rule). Students should meet with their faculty and/or site supervisor at least once per week for 10 weeks of the 11-week summer semester and for 15 weeks of the 16-week spring and fall semesters. Generally, students should obtain at least 14 hours per week of experience (including supervision) in the first fall and spring semesters, 30 hours per week (including supervision) of experience in the first and second summer semesters, and 17 hours per week (including supervision) of experience in the second fall and spring semesters. If a student is not available or needs to cancel supervision due to emergency reasons, s/he should coordinate make-up experience and supervision hours with the faculty supervisor. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that a sufficient number of fieldwork experience AND supervision hours are maintained during the semester.

NOTE: If a student has a GPA less than 3.0 by the start of the first semester in which s/he takes CSF OR has earned a C or below in one or more courses, the student must get approval from the program chair to take CSF.

Restricted activities in CSF include working directly with a client (e.g., discrete trial teaching, incidental teaching). Unrestricted activities include planning, designing, evaluating, or supervising services (e.g., writing a behavior support plan, training others to implement a plan, graphing data, meeting with caregivers to describe assessment or treatment results). A minimum of 60% of student hours must be unrestricted activities across the six semesters of fieldwork so students should work closely with supervisors to plan, arrange and participate in unrestricted activities.

CSF Contract. By the end of the first day of each semester during which CSF is taken, each student should sign a CSF Contract, and have a site representative and the faculty supervisor sign the same CSF contract. The contract documents the expectations and responsibilities of the CSF student, the training site supervisor, and the faculty supervisor. The contract describes several skill sets that a student should experience and practice throughout the CSF coursework. Prior to a change in placement a student is highly encouraged to review the document with potential CSF sites to ensure they will be allowed to adhere to the requirements. Should a student change placement during the CSF coursework sequence, they should secure a new contract and forward to their faculty supervisor. Changing sites during a semester is highly discouraged. Changing between semesters is acceptable, with approval of the program chair and acceptable notice (typically 30 days in human services).

Approved Sites. Students are expected to complete their practical experience at an approved CSF site. A list and brief description of approved CSF sites is included within this handbook. Each site lists the population with whom they work, the services provided, and contact information. Students are encouraged to contact CSF sites early in their program of study and must secure placement at a site at least two weeks before each semester beings. Any changes in CSF must be coordinated with the student’s faculty supervisor and the program chair. Changes may not be permitted until the beginning of the next semester. At least 66% of experience hours must be clinic-based. Students can do up to 33% of their hours in-home, but no more than 33%.

Remote Sites. Remote CSF experience sites (i.e., located more than 40 miles from either campus [Melbourne or Orlando]), may not be approved. If they are approved, they are expected to provide all on-site CSF experience supervision. If on-site supervision cannot be provided by an approved BCBA, the student must arrange for remote supervision (e.g., provide videos of work, or supervision using a web camera) with the faculty supervisor. Students will attend group supervision with their designated faculty supervisor and provide written documentation of their individual supervision completed on-site each month. All remote sites are subject to approval by the faculty. Due to distance, many sites may not be eligible to become approved sites.

Research as CSF Hours. Students may use time that they conduct research for up to 25% of their required CSF hours (i.e., a total of 14 hours are required each week in the first fall and spring, 30 are required in each summer, and 17 are required in the second fall and spring semesters, so a maximum of 3.5 hours per week in the first fall and spring, 7.5 hours per week in summer, and 4 hours per week in the second fall and spring semesters is permitted). These hours must be conducted under the supervision of a Florida Tech faculty member.

Non-approved Sites. Students may not use hours from non-approved sites for CSF. If a student wants to get a new site approved, the student must request all changes and amendments prior to the start of the semester; such requests should be documented via a memo channeled through the faculty supervisor, the Director of Experiential Training, and ABA Program Chair. The on-site BCBA will be asked to submit answers to a series of questions about the students’ likely experiences at the site and the type of supervision provided at the site. The Director of Experiential Training or a faculty member may visit the site. At the next scheduled faculty meeting, the ABA faculty will meet as a group to determine whether the site is appropriate for CSF (e.g., the site is center-based, has at least one on-site BCBA, will provide an appropriate level of supervision, is at an appropriate distance for faculty to visit, etc.).

Monthly Supervision Form. Supervision of the CSF experience hours should be documented at the end of each month on a BACB Monthly Experience Verification Form https://www.bacb.com/experience-standards-monthly-system/. The supervision form should be filled out within the first few days after each month of supervision. The student should make two copies of all supervision forms. At the end of the semester, one copy of the supervision form should be submitted to the Director of Experiential Training (ahouvouras@fit.edu) or the SoBA administrative assistant. This copy will be kept in the student’s file. The student is expected to maintain at least one other copy and should use the original CSF supervision forms if requested by the BACB. A sample copy of this form is contained within the appendices of this handbook.

Final Experience Verification Form. At the end of each semester the student should complete a Final Experience Verification Form. Students should maintain the original of this form and use it to verify completion of supervision hours for the BACB. A sample copy of this form is contained within the appendices of the practical experience handbook. One copy should be sent to the Director of Experiential Training (ahouvouras@fit.edu) at the conclusion of each semester. *Sample copies of the forms are contained within the appendices of this handbook.

CSF Grading

CSF grading is based on the satisfactory completion of 200, 250, or 300 hours (depending on the semester) of training during each semester of practical experience as well as other duties (see syllabus for each course). CSF is a graded course (A-F); it is not Pass/Fail.

CSF Registration

Students should register for six semesters of fieldwork experience. Generally, students register for BEH 5261 CSF I during the first fall and spring semester, BEH 5263 CSF 3 during each summer, and BEH 5261 CSF 1 during the second fall and spring semesters. Under special circumstances, the timing of CSF may be altered with the consent of the faculty supervisor, the site supervisor, and the student.

Students should follow the ethical guidelines as presented in the three-class ethics sequence (BEH 5044, BEH 5045, and BEH 5046) and as documented in The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts. If a student observes behavior that is unethical, s/he should report this behavior to their faculty fieldwork supervisor as well as the proper individual at the CSF site. Please note that recording meetings or any other interaction(s) without permission is not permitted.

If opting to take the BCaBA® exam while earning your graduate degree at Florida Tech, students are encouraged to do so prior to starting their third semester of CSF. Students might have to accrue additional hours following the completion of the program if they take the BCaBA exam during their second year (or later) in the program. For additional information, see: https://bacb.com

The following is an inclusive list of pre-approved CSF experience sites. Students registering for CSF are required to work or volunteer for 14 to 17 hours per week at an approved site for fall and spring terms and 30 hours per week during the summer term. Students may work at multiple sites if their cumulative hours total the minimal requirements of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board and the ABA program at Florida Tech.

In addition to the sites listed below, some faculty may supervise students doing fieldwork work on Florida Tech’s campus. Contact the Director of Experiential Training or the Program Chair for more details. Please note that the name of each site includes the link to their website.

BEH5263: Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork

Group Supervision: TBA

Individual Supervision: By appointment with instructor

Note: Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork is a class. As with any other class, you must schedule your other responsibilities around your group and individual meeting times.

Course Prerequisites

Admission to the M.S. program in Behavior Analysis at Florida Tech or by permission of the course instructor or program chair.

Course Description and Purpose

In this 3-credit course, students will gain 300 hours of experience (about 30 hours/week, but you can do more (up to 130 per month) if you are able to do so) implementing behavior analytic intervention strategies. Supervision of clinical or OBM work will be provided by Florida Tech-designated instructors (“Fieldwork Supervisors”) and BCBAs at approved sites (“Site Supervisors”), in both group and individual formats. During the summer term, Florida Tech faculty will provide most of the supervision. Students will primarily work on restricted and unrestricted activities as defined by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) and competencies. The summer term runs from 5/17/21 through 7/30/21. There are 11 weeks in the summer semester, but students are permitted one “bye week”, so students are required to accrue hours for 10 weeks during the semester. Students should negotiate the dates of the bye week with their faculty Fieldwork Supervisor.

Course Objectives

• Acquire necessary experience and supervision in partial fulfillment of BACB requirements
• Apply techniques learned in educational coursework in an applied setting
• Cultivate communication skills (speaking and writing) using professional, behavior analytic terminology
• Exhibit professionalism with colleagues, supervisors, clients and other relevant stakeholders
• Develop the technical skills required to be a behavior analyst, and demonstrate competency executing specific skills, such as:
  • Implementing a variety of skill acquisition procedures
  • Implementing a variety of behavior reduction programs
  • Collecting data using a variety of different measurement procedures
  • Graphing data
  • Conducting preference assessments

Required Readings

• BACB 5th Edition Task List: https://www.bacb.com/wp- content/uploads/2020/08/BCBA-task-list-5th-ed-210202.pdf
• SOBA Fieldwork handbook
• The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts: https://www.bacb.com/ethics-information/ethics-codes/
• Various articles and chapters, as assigned by your Fieldwork Supervisor

Required Documents

• Experience Tracker (completed each day you work and/or receive supervision)
• SECOND “unique” form of documentation (back up documentation for fieldwork experience)
• Monthly Verification Forms (completed each month) and Final Experience Verification Form (completed when all fieldwork hours are completed; select the Multiple Supervisors at One Organization form): https://www.bacb.com/bcba/#BCBADocuments (forms under BCBA Documents and Resources)

Recommended Readings

• 25 Essentials Skills and Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst (Bailey & Burch, 2010)
• I'll Stop Procrastinating When I Get Around To It (Malott, 2012)

Course Grading

You will be assigned a letter grade according to the total number of points earned across all areas described below AND the number of competencies passed. In addition, if you do not successfully complete all required fieldwork hours, you may fail the course for the semester. Students must receive a grade of a B or better to successfully pass fieldwork, regardless of number of hours completed or competencies passed.

Summary of Course Requirements

1. Supervision contract (10 points)
2. Syllabus quiz (10 points)
3. Monthly documentation (40 points)
4. Experience (300 points)
5. Competencies (150 points)
6. Final Verification Form (10 points)
7. Timely Bonus (10 points

Description of Course Requirements

1. Sign and submit supervision contract (10 points). You will be required to sign a standard supervision contract within the first week of the semester. This contract will be provided to you by the department and/or your Fieldwork Supervisor. After you review it with your Fieldwork Supervisor, you will both sign it. Then, you must scan it and submit a copy to your Fieldwork Supervisor and the Administrative Assistant for the School of Behavior Analysis. You must have a contract for each person who provides supervision to you.
2. Complete syllabus quiz (10 points). You must take a quiz on the expectations for this course, available on Canvas. This is an open-book, open-notes quiz. In other words, you may use any written materials you have at your disposal to help you answer the questions. You may NOT get help from another person to take the quiz. You must receive 100% accuracy on this quiz in order to receive credit for it. You will have up to 100 attempts to take the quiz.
3. Submit documentation of fieldwork hours and supervision (40 points; 3X Monthly Experience Verification Form 10 pts. each; 1X Final Experience Verification Form 10 pts). You must submit your Experience Tracker, backup documentation, and Monthly Experience Verification Form to your Fieldwork Supervisor within one week following the completion of each month of supervision. (For example, for May experience hours, you must obtain your Fieldwork Supervisor’s signature and upload by the end of the first week of June). Upon examining the tracker and backup documentation, your Supervisor will sign your Monthly Experience Verification Form. Ten points will be awarded for each submission. Please note that it is YOUR responsibility to track your supervision and experience hours. If you need supervision, you must schedule a time with your Fieldwork Supervisor. All students who submit their monthly documentation on time will receive 10 bonus points. Late submission of monthly documentation will result in the experience hours for that month not counting toward required Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork hours.

4. Experience (1 point per hour of fieldwork; total 300 points). You are required to complete 300 fieldwork hours, which includes 30 supervision hours (10%) this semester. You will receive 1 point for each hour conducted in a professional and ethical manner, up to 30 points each week.

• Points will be deducted for unprofessional or unethical behavior including (but not limited to):
  • Tardiness for supervision, other meetings or assigned sessions (-5 points)
  • Unexcused absences for meetings or sessions (-10 points)
  • Breaking site policy or not meeting job responsibilities (-5 points).
  • Receiving formal verbal or written feedback from Site Supervisor or administrative staff (-10 points)
  • Failure to complete assignments or inaccurately completing assignments given by Site Supervisor or Fieldwork Supervisor within 1 week (-5 points)
• You must be in compliance with all experience standards set forth by the BACB. The BACB occasionally updates their rules; it is your responsibility to read all information published by the BACB on the website and in monthly newsletters. This includes proper documentation of experience hours and supervision.
• If you reach 300 hours before the end of the semester, you can choose to obtain additional hours. However, you cannot receive more than 300 points for the Experience category in the gradebook if you choose to continue accumulating hours.
• You must obtain a minimum of 20 hours and a maximum of 130 hours in any given During the summer semester, you should accrue a minimum of 30 hours per week over 10 of the 11 weeks, including supervision time.
• At least 10% of all experience hours must consist of supervision time. For example, if you accrue 100 hours at the end of the month, at least 10 of those hours must have been supervised in order for the fieldwork hours to count toward your You should strive for 1.5 hours of individual supervision per week and 1.5 hours of small group supervision per week for 10 weeks during the summer semester. Your faculty advisor will make individual and small group supervision appointments with you each week .A maximum of 50% of your supervised hours can be in group format. In the event that you miss supervision, you can replace group supervision hours with individual supervision, but you CANNOT replace individual supervision with group supervision.
• It is your responsibility to track your supervision and experience hours. If you need supervision, schedule a time with your Fieldwork Supervisor or Site Supervisor. Do not wait until the end of the month to schedule meetings, as supervisors may not be able to accommodate last minute requests. Make it a habit to bring your Experience Tracker and backup documentation to your supervision at the beginning of an individual or group supervision session to review.
• Group supervision will be conducted by the Fieldwork Supervisor assigned to you by Florida Tech. In addition, the Fieldwork Supervisor will provide supervision for most of your individual supervision requirements.
• Please note that not all activities required by your work site will qualify as fieldwork hours (e.g., time spent billing, training on site policy & procedures).
• You may be required to complete tasks for fieldwork that your site does not pay you for (e.g., completing modules related to competencies) or only partially pays you for (e.g., it may take you 8 hours to write your first behavior plan, but your site can only pay you for 1 hour of that time).
• It is not up to your site to provide you with all the experiences you will require for fieldwork. Remember that the fieldwork sites are businesses whose primary concern is to provide services to their clients, so much of the work done by fieldwork students falls under the restricted category. If your site does not offer a particular experience, restricted or unrestricted, you may have to volunteer time at another site.
• It is your responsibility to frequently check the BACB 5^th Edition Task List to ensure you are getting experience in all the areas described. If you are not getting certain experiences, you must mand for them from your site, other sites, and your Fieldwork Supervisor. You are strongly encouraged to seek out additional training experiences, such as observing sessions with clients you don’t usually work with. You will get out of Fieldwork what you put into it!
• If you do not meet all of the requirements detailed above, you will automatically receive a failing grade for the semester. If unusual circumstances arise, the Fieldwork Supervisor may assign a grade of “incomplete” until you complete the hour requirements. This, however, is at the discretion of the Fieldwork Supervisor and will only be done under extreme cirucumstances.

5. Competencies (50 points each; total 150 points). You are required to attempt at least 3 competencies each semester. You will have up to two semesters to demonstrate each competency in any given semester. If you fail a competency more than two times, you will not be allowed to attempt that competency again until the following semester. Each competency has its own grading system. The scores are converted as follows:

• You must attempt 3 competencies within the semester; fewer than 2 attempted competencies will not result in a passing grade. In unusual circumstances, an incomplete may be granted at the discretion of the supervisor.
• If you fail then retake a competency, you may replace the score from 1 competency per semester. You may not make more than 3 total attempts to replace a competency.
• Some competencies can be completed in Canvas, some in individual meetings with Fieldwork Supervisors, and some in group supervision meetings. Fieldwork Supervisors will not hold extra meetings over and above those required for fieldwork for you to demonstrate competencies. Be sure to plan your supervision time accordingly.
• While you may have the option to attempt competencies using role plays with your Fieldwork Supervisor, you are strongly encouraged to demonstrate competencies with real clients and/or their data.

ABA/OBM Summer

• Data-Based Decision Making
• Identify Research Related to Client Problem
• Lead Meeting
• Select Single-Subject Design
• Select Data Display*

Please note: some competencies may require you to record events with clients. YOU MUST ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN CONSENT TO 1) RECORD AND 2) SHARE THE RECORDINGS WITH YOUR FIELDWORK SUPERVISOR

All assignments/exams can be submitted digitally

6. Submit final experience verification and monthly verification forms (10 points). The BACB does occasionally audit students, so SOBA must retain a copy of your paperwork. You are required to submit the following items to the SOBA Director of Experiental Training at the end of the semester:

• Scanned copies of all signed Monthly Experience Verification Forms
• Scanned copy of the Final Experience Verification Form
• Scanned copies of backup forms
• Scanned copies of the Compassionate Exception Attestation (if applicable)

Course Policies

Health and Safety Requirements. As per Florida Tech’s “Return to Learn Fall 2020” policy, “use of face coverings [is] mandatory for students” in all classrooms. By attending class/supervision in person, you agree to (a) monitor for the symptoms of COVID-19 and report to a medical professional if you experience fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, dry cough, difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat or loss of taste or smell, (b) wash your hands often with soap and water or use hand sanitizer, (c) practice social distancing (at least 6 feet apart from others), (d) stay home if you feel ill or after exposure to someone who is ill or has tested positive for COVID-19, and (e) wear an appropriate face mask. For more information, please visit Florida Tech’ Coronavirus Central: https://www.fit.edu/coronavirus/

Communicating Concerns. We also want to make sure that students feel they have an outlet to voice concerns related to virtual components of classes or to any classroom policies/procedures put in place for COVID-altered learning. Here are some useful contacts:

• Academic Support Services are offering tutoring and writing appointments online, via Microsoft Teams. Visit their website for more information: https://fit.edu/academic-support-center/
• For Tech Support, email: techsupport@fit.edu or phone: tel:1-321-674-7284.
• For Canvas questions, visit this page for help/video tutorials: https://it.fit.edu/training/canvas/
• Extra help can be enlisted by contacting support@instructure.com, or click ‘Help’ inside Canvas.
• For training on Google Apps (Hangouts, Forms, Sites, Drive, Calendar), Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Panopto, and more, visit https://it.fit.edu/training/.

If you have any concerns about your class experience, in general, your first point of contact should always be your course instructor. You may also contact the Director of Experiential Training, Andrew Houvouras at ahouvouras@fit.edu or the Program Chair, Dr. David Wilder at dawilder@fit.edu or the Dean, Dr. Robert Taylor at rotaylor@fit.edu.

Ethical Misconduct. Ethical misconduct of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in automatic failure of the course. This includes but is not limited to abuse or neglect of clients, discrimination, harassment, altering client records, fabricating data, and breaching confidentiality. This also includes any violation of university policy, fieldwork site policy, the APA Ethical Principles of Psychology and Code of Conduct, the BACB Professional and Ethical Compliance Code and local, state or federal laws.

Academic Misconduct. Academic misconduct includes cheating, plagiarism, misappropriation of ideas, and fabrication of information. Academic misconduct may result in a failure of a course assignment, failure of an entire course, or mandatory withdrawal from all classes. For the Florida Tech Definition of Academic Misconduct and formal Policies, see: From the Florida Tech Student Handbook.

Attendance. You are expected to attend ALL individual and group supervision meetings scheduled with the supervising BCBA. If you are online, you need to keep your camera on for the duration of the session. If you are going to miss a scheduled meeting (group or individual), you must contact the supervisor at least 24 hours in advance. If you are unable to provide advanced notice (e.g., emergency or illness), you must contact the supervisor as soon as you know you will miss a meeting. In all cases, it is YOUR responsibility to reschedule any missed meetings to make up for supervision hours. 

Tardiness. You are expected to be on time for all meetings. Please contact the supervisor with whom you are scheduled to meet if you will be late. If you do not contact the supervisor ahead of time and are more than 5 minutes late, the supervisor has the right to cancel the meeting. If this occurs, it is your responsibility to reschedule the supervision meeting.

On-Task Performance. You are expected to remain on-task during all meetings. That means that during all meetings, you should be only attending to a presenter, relevant materials on your computer, Fieldwork Supervisor, or other attendee that is talking. You should not be working on other tasks during group supervision. If you are observed engaging in off-task behavior on your phone or computer, you will be asked to leave devices outside of the meeting room for all future meetings.

Remote Supervision. Professional conduct is expected during all meetings with supervisors, whether held live or via remote supervision. For remote meetings (e.g., via Zoom, Adobe Connect, or VSee):

1. You should join meetings in a quiet, professional location that is relatively free from distractions (e.g., meetings should not be held in loud restaurants, coffee shops, or bars). Video meetings must not be held while you are in bed.
2. Appropriate attire during video meetings is required. You should be fully clothed and refrain from wearing pajamas or clothing with inappropriate language that may be deemed offensive.
3. You should refrain from texting, using cell phones, checking social media accounts, or checking other smart devices during meetings, unless necessary for emergencies.
4. You must not drink alcohol, smoke, or vape during supervision meetings.
5. You should not attend meetings while under the influence of alcohol or drugs that impedes your learning.

Lecture/Supervision Broadcasting/Recording. In order to accommodate any students who cannot attend in-person, all lectures will be recorded and uploaded to Canvas for later viewing. We will also be simultaneously broadcasting lectures via Zoom to allow for any students attending virtually to interact with the class and pose questions. Here is the university’s official policy on these recordings:

This course may be recorded for use by students or faculty. Enrolled students are subject to having their images and voices recorded during the classroom presentations, remote access learning, and online course discussions. Course participants should have no expectation of privacy regarding their participation in the class. Recordings may not be reproduced, shared with those not registered in the course, or uploaded to other online environments. All recordings will be deleted at the conclusion of the academic term.

Student Safety. Your physical and emotional well-being is important to me. In the event you are at a site and need assistance due to an ethical dilemma, injury or uncomfortable situation, please contact me immediately.

Students with Disabilities. If you require course adaptations or accommodations because of a documented disability, please see me as soon as possible. If you have emergency medical information that I should be aware of, please see me during my office hours.

Academic Accommodations. Florida Tech is committed to equal opportunity for persons w/disabilities in the participation of activities operated/sponsored by the university. Therefore, students w/documented disabilities are entitled to reasonable educational accommodations. The Office of Disability Services (ODS) supports students by assisting w/accommodations, providing recommended interventions, and engaging in case management services. It is the student’s responsibility to make a request to ODS before any accommodations can be approved/implemented. Also, students w/approved accommodations are encouraged to speak w/the course instructor to discuss any arrangements and/or concerns relating to their accommodations for the class.

Office of Disability Services (ODS)
Telephone: 321-674-8285 / Email: disabilityservices@fit.edu
Website: www.fit.edu/disability

TITLE IX. Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 is the federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex under any education program and/or activity operated by an institution receiving and/or benefiting from federal financial assistance. Behaviors that can be considered “sexual discrimination” include sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, relationship abuse (dating violence and domestic violence), sexual misconduct, and gender discrimination. You are encouraged to report these behaviors.

Reporting: Florida Tech can better support students in trouble if we know about what is happening. Reporting also helps us to identify patterns that might arise – for example, if more than one complainant reports having been assaulted or harassed by the same individual.

Florida Tech is committed to providing a safe and positive learning experience. To report a violation of sexual misconduct or gender discrimination, please contact the Title IX Coordinator at 321-674-8885.

*Please note that as your instructor, I am required to report any incidents to the Title IX Coordinator. Confidential support for students is available by contacting the Employee Assistance Program at 1-877-398-5816.

Psychological Services. GRADUATE SCHOOL IS TOUGH! If you need help, please reach out to someone. Due to issues of confidentiality, behavior analysis students should use the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) instead of CAPS.

Monthly Fieldwork Verification Form

This form must be completed monthly to meet your supervision fieldwork requirements.

Monthly Fieldwork Verification Form

Final Fieldwork Verification Form

This form must be completed to meet your final supervision fieldwork requirements.

Final Fieldwork Verification Form

Fieldwork Contract for ABA, ABA + OBM, and OBM M.S. Students

(To be completed by the student for each fieldwork site, discussed with & signed by on-site BCBA and SOBA faculty supervisor)

Site:

Semester(s)/Year:

Terms of Contract

This Fieldwork is intended to partially fulfill the Fieldwork requirement for the M.S. degree in ABA, OBM, or ABA + OBM.

FIT and the Fieldwork site agree to the following:

1. The suitability of the fieldwork site (i.e., behavior analytic techniques and procedures are used at the site).
2. Florida Institute of Technology (FIT or Florida Tech) or the Fieldwork Supervisor may request withdrawal of any student whose performance record, conduct, etc. does not justify continuance at the site. Prior to withdrawal of the student, university and Site Supervisor(s) will discuss the circumstances and possible courses of action to remedy the situation.
3. Florida Tech and the fieldwork site understand the student shall be under the instruction and supervision of the agency’s Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
4. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to create the relationship of employer and employee between the fieldwork site and the fieldwork student. Florida Tech does not require that its students are employed at fieldwork sites. The decision as to whether to employ the fieldwork student is made entirely by the site.
5. The site will provide the student with the necessary training and tools to safely perform his or her fieldwork duties.
6. The fieldwork site agrees to abide by all FIT policies regarding students, including but not limited to the Florida Tech Title IX policy, in their interactions with and management of the fieldwork student.
7. The fieldwork site agrees NOT to require the student to sign an employment contract stipulating that the student must work at the site for a specific time period or stipulating a financial penalty the student will be responsible for if s/he fails to work for a given time period.

Responsibilities of the Fieldwork Student

1. The fieldwork student has the necessary availability to meet the Fieldwork requirements for that semester (14 hours per week for first-year MS students and 17 hours per week for second-year MS students in fall and spring semesters; 30 hours per week for all students in the summer).
2. Adhere to the BACB Eligibility Requirements: https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BCBAHandbook_230623-a.pdf
3. The fieldwork student will study, understand, and abide by the policies and procedures of the fieldwork site.
4. The fieldwork student will abide by the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts, available here https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethics-Codefor-Behavior-Analysts-210902.pdf
5. The Fieldwork Supervisor is in charge of monitoring the students experience hours during the semester and is responsible for signing the Monthly Experience Verification Form(s) and Final Experience Verification Form(s). However, the student understands that if s/he does not complete the experience hours satisfactorily, the Fieldwork Supervisor will not sign the forms and the student may not pass the course.
6. The fieldwork student may need to obtain written permission from the agency or site supervisor to perform some tasks requested the by the Fieldwork Supervisor.

Responsibilities of SOBA Faculty Supervisor

The Fieldwork Supervisor will:

1. Complete the 8-hour supervision training required by the BACB.
2. Adhere to the BACB Eligibility Requirements.The Fieldwork Supervisor will serve as consultant and supervisor for the fieldwork student in all activities at the fieldwork site. However, the Fieldwork Supervisor will not have any role in providing, managing, or overseeing services for the clients at the fieldwork site. The Fieldwork Supervisor is there to provide feedback to the student on his or her performance, not to provide or assist with services for clients. The Fieldwork Supervisor will also work on the Vocal-Verbal Competency Checklist with the fieldwork student.
3. The Fieldwork Supervisor will schedule approximately 1.75 hour (fall, spring) or 3 hours (summer) of regular weekly face-to-face (including video and in- vivo) supervision meetings (this includes individual and group).
4. The Fieldwork Supervisor agrees the fieldwork site will be able to provide the fieldwork student with the required number of clinical service and supervision hours (approximately 50% of individual supervision hours) in the fall and spring terms.
5. The Fieldwork Supervisor is in charge of monitoring the students experience hours during the semester and is responsible for signing the Monthly Experience Verification Form(s) and Final Experience Verification Form(s). If the student does not complete the experience hours satisfactorily, the Fieldwork Supervisor will not sign the forms and the student may not pass the course.
6. The supervisee / student understands that if hours cannot be verified, the supervisor will not sign monthly and / or final verification forms.

*In the unlikely event that a problematic situation occurs between the on-site supervisor and the fieldwork student that is difficult to resolve, either the on-site supervisor or the fieldwork student may contact the Director of Experiential Training at 321-674-7314 or Program Chair at 321-674-7516.

On-Site BCBA Supervisor or Site Coordinator Signature/Date:

This contract must be fully completed and signed by the student and Fieldwork Supervisor and sent to Andrew Houvouras, the Director of Experiential Training at ahouvouras@fit.edu.

Verification of Contract

By signing this form you confirm that you have discussed this contract in detail with your faculty supervisor.

Fieldwork Student Signature/Date:

SOBA Faculty Fieldwork Signature/Date:

Additional Supervisors

Additional Supervisor Signature/Date:

Additional Supervisor Signature/Date:

Additional Supervisor Signature/Date:

Additional Supervisor Signature/Date:

Ind = Individual Sup

Grp = Group Sup

Ob = Observed

INDEP = Independent

SUP = Supervised

R = Restricted

UR = Unrestricted

Restricted + Unrestricted = Independent + Supervised = Total Exp Hours

Trainee Signature
BACB Account ID
Date

Trainee Signature
BACB Account ID
Date

Week 1: Section A — Basic Behavior Analytic Skills

Did student show instructor excel spreadsheet of total clinical and supervision hours? YES / NO