Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective Supervision
10 hours | 10 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Essential Knowledge and Skills for Effective Supervision is presented by Donna Sheperis, PhD.
Clinical supervision of counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and social workers requires more than experience in the field. Approved supervisors in the state of California need to have training in supervision theory, modalities, laws, ethics, and standards of practice.
This program provides attendees with the essential tools necessary to provide quality, ethical supervision to trainees in their agencies. Through the use of didactic and experiential practice, this program helps participants expand their knowledge of basic supervision practice and develop their own supervisory style to protect clients best while developing clinicians under their supervision.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the roles of functions of clinical supervisors
Describe major models of supervision influencing clinical practice
Describe primary techniques of clinical supervision
Describe goals of supervision tailored to specific supervisee needs
Describe ethical and relational challenges in supervision
Presented By
Donna Sheperis, PhD
Donna Sheperis, PhD. joined Palo Alto University in 2016 and currently serves as a Full Professor, Associate Department Chair, and Director of the PAU eClinic. She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Mississippi and her masters in Counseling from Delta State University. Do...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Roles of the Supervisor
3. Foci of the Supervisor
4. The Supervisee
5. Case Study Practice
6. Interpersonal Process Recall
7. Demonstration
8. Supervisory Structure and Ethics
Develop a Specialty Area of Practice
Transforming mental health professionals into experts
Expert Instructors
Professional training developed and delivered by the field's leading experts
CE Credit
Earn CE credit for meaningful professional training that will elevate your practice
Convenience & Flexibility
Learn at your own pace, from wherever you might be!
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.