Ch 1-Introduction To Clinical Supervision

Question 1

Signature pedagogies are characterized by:

Answer 1

1. Engagement-learning thru instructor-learner dialog
2. Uncertainty-specific focus/outcomes unclear
3. Formation-learner’s thought processes clear to instructor

Question 2

What are 3 foundational premises of clinical supervision?

Answer 2

1. It is an intervention in its own right.
2. Mental health professions more alike than different in supervision practices
3. It is effective in developing supervisee competence.

Question 3

How is training distinguished from supervision?

Answer 3

1. Training is structured education for groups of trainees.

2. Supervision is individualized and responsive to what supervisee brings to sessions.

Question 4

Compared to workers in other occupations, professionals:

Answer 4

1. Work with greater autonomy
2. Rely on highly specialized knowledge base
3. Make judgments under conditions of uncertainty

Question 5

What 3 self-regulatory mechanisms do mental health professionals employ?

Answer 5

1. Regulatory Boards
2. Professional Credentialing groups
3. Program Accreditors

Question 6

Re: supervision, what do regulatory boards oversee?

Answer 6

1. Amounts of supervised practice required for licensure
2. Conditions under which supervision is to occur
3. Qualifications of those who supervise

Question 7

Describe supervisee competence.

Answer 7

Focusing on the professional rather than the client.

Question 8

Definition for competence

Answer 8

The habitual and judicious use of:
1.  Communication
2. Knowledge
3. Technical skills
4. Clinical reasoning 
5. Emotions
6. Values
7. Reflections
...for the benefit of the person or community being served

Question 9

What is Aristotle’s concept of “phronesis?”

Answer 9

How individuals size up a situation and develop and execute a plan of action

Question 10

What are the steps that supervisees go through form a competency perspective?

Answer 10

1. Unconsciously incompetent
2. Conscious incompetent
3. Consciously competent
4. Able to assess what one knows and what one doesn’t know

Question 11

What is the ultimate goal of supervisee training?

Answer 11

Develop metacompetence-the ability to know when one doesn’t know and to seek out consultation

Question 12

According to Dawes (1994), what 2 conditions are important for experiential learning?

Answer 12

1. A clear understanding of what constitutes an incorrect response or error in judgment
2. Immediate, clear feedback when such errors are made

Question 13

What does research data confirm about unsupervised counseling experience?

Answer 13

It does not accelerate the clinical progress of trainees.

Question 14

Define Supervision.

Answer 14

Intervention provided by a more senior member of a profession to a junior member of the same profession (typically).

Question 15

Define the supervision relationship.

Answer 15

1. Evaluative and hierarchical
2. Extends over time
3. Has simultaneous purposes of:
   A. Training more junior professionals
   B. Monitoring quality of services to clients
   C. Serving as gatekeeper for that profession

Question 16

How is supervision similar and different to teaching?

Answer 16

1. Similar in a) giving new skills/knowledge and b) having evaluative and gatekeeping functions.
2. Different is: teaching has a set of curriculum, but supervision is driven by needs of supervisee or clients

Question 17

How is supervision similar and different to counseling?

Answer 17

1. Similar in both can address problematic behaviors, thoughts, feelings.
2. Different in:
   A. Any therapeutic work with supervisee must only be done to increase effectiveness with clients
   B. Supervision is evaluative, counseling is not.
   C. Counseling clients have a choice of therapists, supervisees do not.

Question 18

How is supervision similar and different to consultation?

Answer 18

1. Similar in both want recipient to become a more effective practitioner.
2. Different in:
   A. Consultation is a relationship between equals, supervision is hierarchical
   B. Supervision is evaluative, consultation is not
   C. Consultation is more likely a 1-time event

Question 19

What are the parameters of supervision?

Answer 19

1. Evaluation
2. Ethical and legal considerations
3. Supervision models
4. Individual differences
5. Relationship processes

Question 20

What are examples of supervisor tasks?

Answer 20

1. Live supervision
2. Group supervision
3. Individual supervision
4. Organizing supervision