Supervision Skills: Supporting Professional Development and Evidence-based Practice at Every Career Level

6 CE credit hours

About the Workshop

Supervision is a core professional competency requiring specific training for the benefit of supervisees, clients, and the profession. New paradigms of service delivery require psychologists to assume supervisory roles for mental health technicians, paraprofessionals, and other frontline non-doctoral providers, in addition to pre-service and early career supervision.

This workshop presents a synthesis of best practices in clinical supervision within the Developmental, Ecological, Problem-solving (DEP) Supervision Model (Simon & Swerdlik, 2023; Simon, Swerdlik, & Cruise, 2027). Case examples and reflection exercises illustrate practical application for supervising pre-service trainees, early career and veteran psychologists, and associated personnel.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Build an effective supervisory relationship and apply foundational supervisory strategies and processes.
2. Use multimethod supervision integrated with effective formative feedback.
3. Integrate an ecological perspective into problem-solving to support evidence-based practice.
4. Provide diversity and culturally responsive supervision.
5. Support self-care and well-being for supervisees and supervisors.
6. Apply legal and ethical principles related to supervision and risk management.

Presenters

Mark E. Swerdlik, Ph.D., ABPP, NCSP

Professor Emeritus, Illinois State University; Past Coordinator of its School Psychology programs and Clinical Supervisor in the Psychological Services Center. Past Chair of the NASP Graduate Education Committee. Licensed clinical and school psychologist.

Dennis J. Simon, Ph.D.

Licensed clinical and school psychologist with 30+ years supervising interns, professionals, and psychological services. Former Director of NSSEO Timber Ridge Therapeutic Day School; Lecturer at Loyola University Chicago.

Tracy K. Cruise, Ph.D.

Licensed clinical and school psychologist; Full Professor at Western Illinois University and Director of the WIU Psychology Clinic. Emphasizes child and family therapy; researches child maltreatment and clinical supervision.

Drs. Simon, Swerdlik, and Cruise developed the DEP Supervision Model and its companion text, Supervision Case Studies: DEP in Action, and coordinate the Illinois School Psychology Association's Supervisor Credential Program.

Registration Fees

Registration

Register online through the Utah Psychological Association website.