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Best Practices in Clinical Supervision: A Blueprint for Providing Effective and Ethical Clinical Supervision


Average Rating:
   4
Speaker:
George Haarman, PsyD, LMFT
Duration:
5 Hours 50 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jan 25, 2018
Product Code:
POS020210
Media Type:
Digital Recording
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Are you considering joining the ranks of those who are approved to provide this invaluable oversight of fellow professionals? Are you already a clinical supervisor and need to formalize and enhance your knowledge and skills? This recording presents a blueprint, based on established best practices, for providing effective and ethical clinical supervision.

Explore clinical supervision through the lens of critical legal, ethical, and risk management issues. Gain clarity on how to define the goals of supervision, as well as the responsibilities of both supervisor and supervisee. Analyze the “How Do I?” of clinical supervision, with details on individual vs. group supervision, case consultation, interactive live supervision, audio and video sessions, and other methods and techniques. Determine how to meet, and then exceed, your obligations regarding competence, confidentiality, vicarious liability, and other standards.

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George B. Haarman, PsyD, LMFT, is a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 40 years of experience working in a variety of settings, including private practice, youth detention centers, juvenile group homes, child protective services, and juvenile probation. Dr. Haarman completed basic and advanced supervisor training required by the Kentucky Board of Psychology Examiners and maintains approval by the board to act as a supervisor. In his private practice, Dr. Haarman has provided clinical supervision to clinical and counseling practicum students as well as consultation about clinical supervision to psychologists for over 25 years. He is a national speaker on clinical supervision, depression, school refusal, ADHD, emotional disorders in children and adults and the DSM-5®. He is the author of three books: Clinical Supervision: Legal, Ethical, and Risk Management Issues, School Refusal: Children Who Can’t or Won’t Go to School, and Mastering DSM-5®. Dr. Haarman received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Spalding University in 1989. He has been an instructor at Jefferson Community College, Bellarmine University, and Spalding University.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. George Haarman maintains a private practice and is an adjunct professor Spalding University, Jefferson Community College, and Bellarmine University. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. George Haarman is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Kentucky Psychological Association.


Objectives

  1. Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of supervisor and supervisee.
  2. Choose the most effective model of clinical supervision for a particular setting.
  3. Determine how to properly use various methods and techniques of clinical supervision.
  4. Demonstrate how to avoid and resolve ethical, legal, and risk management problems that arise in clinical supervision.
  5. Utilize various tools available for evaluating supervisees and supervision.
  6. Determine how to meet standards of competence, confidentiality, and vicarious liability.

Outline

ESTABLISH ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Administrative vs. clinical supervision
  • Role of the clinical supervisor
  • Teaching supervisees how to use supervision effectively
  • Assisting supervisees in taking an active role

CHOOSE THE MOST EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION MODEL FOR YOUR SETTING

  • Developmental models
  • Psychotherapy based models
  • Integrative models
  • Parallel process model
  • The supervisee as “patient”

MASTER EFFECTIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF SUPERVISION

  • Multicultural supervision
  • Individual vs. group supervision
  • Co-therapy vs. co-responsibility
  • Case consultation
  • Written activities and case notes
  • Live observation
  • Interactive live supervision
  • Audio and video recording of sessions
  • Experiential methods

AVOID AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE DURING SUPERVISION

  • Ethical
    • Supervisor competence
    • Informed consent
    • Boundary issues
    • Dual relationships
    • Supervisor/supervisee obligations
    • Incompetent or impaired supervisees
    • Sexual attraction
    • Confidentiality
    • Documentation
    • Evaluation and feedback
  • Legal
    • Vicarious liability
    • Standard-of-care
    • Negligence
    • Confidentiality vs. privilege
    • Duty to warn/report
    • Due process 
  • Risk management
    • Knowledge of ethical codes and mental health law
    • Supervision contracts
    • Boundaries of competence
    • Consultation supervision
    • Documentation
    • Ongoing training in supervision
    • Liability insurance coverage
    • Insuring confidentiality
    • Supervisory malpractice

PROPERLY EVALUATE SUPERVISEES AND SUPERVISION

  • Formative vs. summative evaluations
  • Criteria for evaluation
  • Standardization of methods
  • Self-evaluation
  • Objective evaluation tools
  • Supervisory evaluation
  • 360-degree feedback
  • Develop a supervisory plan

CASE STUDIES

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Clinical Supervisors
  • Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapy
  • Mental Health Administrators
  • Psychiatric Nurse
  • Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers

Reviews

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Overall:      5

Total Reviews: 4

Comments

William S

"George was fantastic! This was a great conference for anyone in clincial supervision regardless of their experience "

LAUREL B

"I enjoyed the presenter! Expected content to be boring and how he presented kept my interest."

Christy J

"The seminar on line was easier to get to and go in and out of than I thought it was going to be!"

Gella A

"Loved the course. George has great way of making people feel validated as supervisors while also stressing supervisor responsibility and liability. Definitely recommend taking course!"

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