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Jargon is ruining Family Guidance Part 3
Less talking about caregiver coaching, more rehearsing — use BST and role-play to shape trainee behavior.
The biggest supervision error in caregiver coaching is over-relying on explanation. Sherley shows how to swap a long talk for BST — tell the trainee what to do, show them what it sounds like, have them practice it, then give immediate specific feedback — using a prompting role-play as the worked example. The behavior change for the BCBA: less talking about the skill, more rehearsing of the skill. Watch the full clip for the role-play structure.