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  • Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior Management

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  • Demand for behavior analysts necessitates effective supervision and feedback skills.
  • Supervisors and graduate programs often lack explicit training in feedback delivery, particularly nontechnical skills.
  • Trainees require practice to develop proficiency in giving and receiving feedback.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the utility of peer feedback as an instructional method in behavior analytic training and supervision.
  • To examine the potential benefits of peer feedback for behavior analyst trainees, drawing parallels with medical education.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of peer feedback applications in organizational behavior management and medical education.
  • Analysis of the transferability of peer feedback models to behavior analytic training contexts.
  • Discussion of the importance of technical and nontechnical skills in feedback.

Main Results:

  • Peer feedback is established in organizational behavior management and medical training.
  • Behavior analytic training currently underutilizes peer feedback as a method.
  • Medical field provides a model for implementing peer feedback in behavior analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Peer feedback can be a structured method to enhance behavior analyst trainees' feedback skills.
  • Implementing peer feedback may improve both technical and nontechnical aspects of supervision.
  • Further research is needed to establish peer feedback as a standard training component in behavior analysis.