Giving & Receiving Feedback: An ACT-Informed Guide for Supervisees

Description

Feedback is one of the fastest ways to grow at work, and one of the hardest things to hear. This guide helps direct support staff listen to feedback, use it, and speak up with confidence, even when it’s uncomfortable.

Written in plain, practical language for RBTs, DSPs and paraprofessionals, this 30-page guide uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help staff notice thoughts like “I’m failing” or “they don’t like me,” stay open, and connect feedback to what matters most to them in their work.

The perfect companion to the Supervisor Edition. Both guides follow the same Values Driven Behavior process and use matching steps and language, so supervisors and staff can finally speak the same language about feedback.

Inside you’ll find:
• Simple definitions of receiving feedback well and speaking up effectively
• A plain-language table of six ACT skills for staying steady during feedback
• Values reflection questions for staff
• Feedback Matrices for receiving feedback and speaking up, with example and blank versions
• A self-check of common “away moves”
• “What Do I Need to Succeed?” self-check to help staff ask for training, clarity or resources instead of blaming themselves
• A 6-step sequence for receiving feedback
• Scripts for asking for feedback, speaking up, peer concerns and safety issues
• Sample scripts for RBTs, DSPs and paraprofessionals, plus tips for harder moments
• Two worked examples, one on receiving feedback and one on speaking up
• A quick reference page

Printable appendix:
• Feedback Preference Form
• 4 cut-and-laminate prompt cards
• My Feedback Growth Log
• “What Do I Need to Succeed?” self-check
• 8 role-play practice scenarios with debrief questions, perfect for supervision meetings and team trainings

Perfect for: RBTs, DSPs, paraprofessionals and other direct support staff, and the supervisors, clinical directors and trainers who support them. Use it during onboarding, in supervision meetings or in team trainings.

Want both sides of the conversation? Check out the Giving & Receiving Feedback BUNDLE, which includes both the Supervisor and Supervisee Editions, so you and your team build feedback skills together.

Format: Instant digital download. 30-page PDF, 8.5 × 11 in, printable.

Please note: This is a digital product; no physical item will be shipped. For use by one purchaser. Printable forms and prompt cards may be copied for staff you personally supervise. Please don’t share or redistribute the full guide.