The advisory committee spent part of its Aug. 15 meeting reviewing early results from the BSRB’s licensee survey. The executive director summarized open‑ended responses and recommended the committee identify recurring practice problems and, where appropriate, propose solutions or coordinate outreach with other organizations.

Survey highlights presented by staff included: for question 15 (practice‑related issues) the licensed behavior analyst (LBA) group had 56 respondents; common themes included supervision concerns, providers offering behavior‑analysis services without appropriate education or licensing, insurance and billing problems, workforce burnout and ethical practice worries. Among the assistant behavior analysts who responded (three respondents), answers included reports of unethical billing practices by a former employer and needs for trauma‑informed care training.

On the supervision question (question 17), 54 LBAs answered; 38 of those indicated no negative supervision issues in the past two years. For respondents reporting problems, the most frequent theme was inadequate or inconsistent supervision — comments cited lack of constructive feedback, supervisees being undersupervised and insufficient supervisor training.

Committee members said the open responses are useful but recommended categorizing and consolidating the free‑text replies before proposing targeted remedies. Members suggested options such as producing a supervision guidance/manual for supervisors and supervisees, issuing targeted continuing‑education recommendations (for example, supervisor training or ethics), and sharing findings with professional associations and CE providers to encourage curriculum or program development.

The committee agreed to continue reviewing the survey in small sections; the next meeting will cover question 16 (telehealth issues) and question 18 (use of artificial intelligence in practice). Advisory committee member Alice Chung volunteered to extract and organize the question‑15 and question‑17 free‑text responses into a manipulable format for committee review before the next meeting.

Why it matters: licensee‑reported patterns around supervision and out‑of‑scope practice can indicate areas where the board, associations or educators might focus training, guidance or regulatory clarifications to improve public protection and workforce quality.