Summary: As an RBT you never practice alone. A BCBA or BCaBA supervises your work, and that supervision is a hard requirement of your credential, not a courtesy. This page covers what supervision is for, what the BACB requires you to document, and how to show up so the time actually helps you and your clients.
Here's the thing about the RBT credential that surprises a lot of new people: you are not a solo provider. You are a paraprofessional. Every program you run, every data sheet you fill out, every behavior you reduce or skill you teach was designed by a behavior analyst who is responsible for your work. Supervision is the mechanism that keeps that relationship real instead of theoretical.
If your supervision lapses, your credential is in jeopardy. Not your job, your actual certification. So treat supervision as part of the work, not an interruption to it.
What supervision is actually for
Supervision exists to protect the client and to make you better at your job. Everything else sits under those two ideas.
Quality and client protection. Your supervisor watches you run procedures so they can catch drift before it becomes a habit. You think you're delivering reinforcement on the right schedule. You're actually a beat slow, and your data is starting to slide. A good supervisor sees that in ten minutes of observation and fixes it before the learner's progress stalls.
That's the free preview of Supervision Requirements. The complete guide, plus all 851 practice questions and 3 full exams, is in the study pack and the book.