Clinical Supervision: Obstacles to Learning and Teaching

Credits:

• 6 Hours of Continuing Education Units for California MFTs and LCSWs
• California BBS required course for supervisors

This course meets the California BBS requirements for 6 CE hours of supervision training mandated every 2 year license renewal cycle for supervisors of unlicensed MFT trainees and interns, and can be applied to the one time 15 hour supervision training CE requirement for supervisors of Associate Social Workers (ASWs).

Who should take this course:

• MFTs or LCSWs who are supervising graduate students, unlicensed therapists in agency or private practice settings or those supervising agency staff
• Potential supervisors
• MFTs or LCSWs accruing the 36 CEUs required by the California BBS every license renewal period
• MFTS or LCSWs who receive supervision or consultation

Fee:

$59, with unlimited retries until course has been passed. Additionally, you may save your answers at any time during the exam and return to it later by logging back in.

Course Description:

This course focuses on the supervisor's task, supervisee's obstacles to learning, supervisor's problems with teaching and interactions between learning and teaching problems. The course identifies eight supervisee learning stances that negatively impact supervision. It then describes the particular challenges these stances pose for the supervisor and presents a clearly defined plan to address a stalled supervision. Next, eight problematic supervisor teaching stances are described to assist supervisors, and those who train supervisors, in identifying their contribution to a problematic supervisory relationship. A case example is presented to illustrate how understanding supervisee learning stances and supervisor teaching styles can be a helpful tool in creating an optimal supervision experience.

Course Outline:

1. The Supervisor's Task
2. Facets of Supervision: Poles of a continuum
3. Teaching and Learning Problems
4. Obstacles to Learning: supervisee stances
5. Obstacles to Teaching: supervisor stances
6. Interactions between Learning and Teaching Problems: case example
7. Conclusion

Course Objectives:

• Describe the supervisor's task
• Name the facets of supervision
• Provide useful tools to those who supervise and those who train supervisors
• Identify eight supervisee learning problems
• Understand the challenges each learning obstacle presents to the supervisor
• Describe strategies for dealing with supervision difficulties
• Increase awareness of eight supervisor teaching stances that present obstacles in the supervision
• Note interactions between learning and teaching problems
• Create the optimal supervision experience