Mindful Continuing Education

1. Supervision is necessary in the substance abuse treatment field to improve client care, develop the professionalism of clinical personnel, and impart and maintain ethical standards in the field.

2. Supervision is a disciplined, tutorial process wherein principles are transformed into practical skills, and, according to the authors, it includes each of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

3. Supervision is the mechanism by which clinical skills can be acquired through practice, observation, feedback, and implementation of the recommendations derived from the supervision.

4. While every clinician needs and has a right to clinical supervision, the frequency and intensity of the oversight and training will depend on the individual's level of education, years of experience, and overall knowledge.

5. Experts recommend that new supervisors quickly learn an organization's policies and human resources procedures and that they ask for a period of six months to learn about their new role.

6. At times when supervisees resist supervision, self-disclosure by the supervisor about experiences as a supervisee, if appropriately used, may be helpful in dealing with defensive, anxious, fearful, or resistant staff.

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of competency-based models of clinical supervision?

8. Cultural and contextual factors that should be given care during supervisorial interactions include:

9. On the continuum of cultural competence, cultural openness or sensitivity refers to a heightened capacity for work with minority populations which includes a commitment to excellence and proactive effort.

10. Underlying assumptions of incorporating ethical issues into clinical supervision include the notion that ethical decision-making is a continuous, active process and that the most complex ethical issues arise in the context of two ethical behaviors that conflict.

11. Factors that make a dual relationship unethical in supervision are the abusive use of power by either party, the likelihood that the relationship will impair or injure the supervisor's or supervisee's judgment, and:

12. In the supervisorial relationship, there is an implied consent and commitment to confidentiality by supervisors to assume their supervisory responsibilities and institutional consent to comply with legal and ethical parameters of supervision.

13. Formative evaluation, a systemic rating of the counselor's overall job performance, fitness for the job, and job rating, is typically done annually and focuses on the counselor's overall strengths, limitations, and areas for future improvement.

14. One way to address compassion fatigue and burnout among supervisees is to support them and serve as liaison as they advocate for appropriate and feasible organizational change.

15. Guidelines that apply to all methods of direct observation in supervision include each of the following EXCEPT:

16. To maximize the effectiveness of live observation, supervisors must stay primarily in an observer role so as to not usurp the leadership or undercut the credibility and authority of the counselor.

17. In order to better understand transference and countertransference issues that may occur in the relationship between supervisee and supervisor, supervisors should learn to recognize clues, participate in personal counseling, and be willing to complete careful self-examination.

18. When a clinical supervisor also serves as an agency or program administer, supervisees may be cautious about expressing difficulties they may face in counseling because they fear it may affect their performance evaluation or salary increases.

19. When selecting a specific supervision modality, supervisors must first pinpoint:

20. Intensive supervision for all counselors for a pre-selected period of time is considered the cornerstone of professional skill development.

21. Practice guidelines indicate that all substance abuse counselors, regardless of their experience or academic training, should receive one hour of supervision for every 10-20 hours of clinical practice.

22. Mechanisms must be in place to demonstrate the accountability of the supervisorial role, including the means to document:

23. While case management in clinical supervision can be an efficient way to organize information and examine issues, it does not allow for observation and reflection of clinical skills.

24. Co-facilitation and modeling, a technique where supervisors and counselors jointly run a counseling session, enables the supervisor to incrementally shape the counselor's skill acquisition and monitor skill mastery.

25. One of the most important administrative tasks of a supervisor is that of documenting and recordkeeping, which includes documenting sensitive supervisee information that may impact work performance.

26. One way clinical supervisors can promote the benefits of supervision is to avoid approaching the process with a mechanical or authoritative posture, and instead use a style that is:

27. Peer group supervision can be very effective in decreasing professional isolation, increasing professional support and networking, normalizing the stress of clinical work, and offering multiple perspectives on any concern.

28. Level 3 supervisors are often driven by alternating anxiety and self-confidence and may feel a significant need to be self-reliant, even though they might not yet be prepared to act independently.