COURSE DESCRIPTION

This new intermediate course for 2008 is designed to expand and enhance your supervision training by dedicating time to exploring and analyzing supervision videos and real vignettes that illustrate many supervision challenges. In small groups you will explore possible strategies and solutions that address the challenges presented in the videos and vignettes

For licensees requiring six hours of supervision training each licensing cycle, this course will supplement the information in our four other supervision courses, (1) Clinical Supervision: Foundations of Clinical Practice , (2) Clinical Supervision: Beyond the Basics , (3) Clinical Supervision: Special Topics, and (4) Clinical Supervision: Best Practices.

TOPICS

-Perspectives On Case Evaluation
-The Supervisory Relationship
-Humor In Supervision
-Gems Of Supervision
-Supervisee Evaluation
-Rules And Regulations Update
-Supervision Termination

GOALS

At the conclusion of this program you should be better able to:

1. Understand the multiple aspects of the supervisory relationship.
2. Differentiate art and technique as applied to supervision and therapy.
3. Learn to apply multiple evaluation perspectives (clinical, legal, ethical, professional) to the supervision process.
4. Uncover significant qualities of supervision that supervisors might pass on to supervisees.
5. Explore recommended and required documentation related to the supervision process.
6. Understand and apply California rules and regulations for supervision of therapists in training.

ARE YOU REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE?

Psychologists: This course is designed to satisfy the California Board of Psychology requirement that all psychologists or board certified psychiatrists who provide supervision as a primary supervisor complete at least six hours of supervision training every two years.

MFTs & LCSWs: This course is designed to satisfy the California Board of Behavioral Sciences requirement that MFTs and LCSWs who supervise MFT trainees and interns complete at least six hours of supervision training every two years.

ASW Supervisors: T his course is designed to partially satisfy the California Board of Behavioral Sciences requirement that MFTs and LCSWs who supervise Associate Clinical Social Workers (ASWs) must complete a one-time requirement of supervision training totaling at least 15 hours prior to the onset of supervision . You can earn six of those hours by completing this course.

TESTIMONIALS

Here are some comments taken from course evaluations about Dr. Sultanoff's supervision courses:

Very good presenter, clarity of information.—MFT

Good structure, clear materials, good presentation.—MFT

Excellent mix of laws/regulations with applied situations.—Psychologist

Well-planned, relevant information.—MFT

This workshop seems to have been well thought our and well-paced.—Psychologist

Clear handout with room for note-taking.—Psychologist

He actually used the techniques he taught—the didactic, role modeling, experiencial.—Psychologist

Specific, detailed presentation.—Psychologist

Practical about laws and how to supervise.—MFT

SPEAKER PROFILE

Steven M. Sultanoff, Ph.D. is both a Psychologist and Marriage & Family Therapist. He works as a therapist, supervisor, professor, consultant, and trainer. For 20 years he has served as a clinical supervisor in various agencies and universities, including 11 years as the clinical director in a psychology-training center. His passion for teaching, multi-media presentations, and participant ratings earned him our Instructor of the Year award in 1999.

He is frequently featured in various magazines for his expertise on humor and/or other topics. Most recently, he has been featured in Image Magazine (January 2005), Parents (Feb 2005), First for Women (mid-Feb 2005), EPregnancy (February 2005), Ladies Home Journal (March 2005), Real Simple (March, 2005), and the Southwest Airline Magazine (April, 2005).

Editor's Note: Dr. Sultanoff is the teachers' teacher. When a new instructor is hired, I require him/her to attend one of Dr. Sultanoff's courses in order to experience an ideal teaching situation. Dr. Sultanoff sweats the small stuff to enhance participant's experience and is truly a PowerPoint presentation virtuoso. -Michael P. Dennis, M.A. (Psy.D. Candidate)

David Fox, Ph.D. is a Psychologist and is our back-up instructor for Dr. Sultanoff. Dr. Fox is a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist practicing in Beverly Hills. He has been a graduate school professor since 1980, with appointments as Adjunct Professor at CSPP-LA and USC. He is also Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Medicine at Loma Linda University. Dr. Fox is a published author and has chaired national and international mental health conferences. He has conducted the continuing education seminars on Basic and Advanced Supervision, Law and Ethics for Alliant International University, for the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, and for San Bernardino and Kern County Departments of Mental Health. He serves as an expert witness and forensic psychologist for Cal-Tech and for JPL, and has consulted across the country and on three continents. He was formally coordinator of training and supervisor at a hospital internship and residency program and has directed research and training within the areas of cultural and religious issues, assessment and treatment, and clinical supervision.