Category: Supervision
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K Michele Kacmar, Marilyn V Whitman & Kenneth J Harris, “The Lingering Impact of Abusive Supervision”
This article examines abusive supervision and its lingering effect on positive behaviours. “Abusive supervision refers to ‘subordinates’ perceptions of the extent to which supervisors engage in the sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors, excluding physical contact’ (Tepper, 2000, p. 178). Verbal behaviors often consist of public ridicule (Tepper, 2000; Tepper, Duffy, Henle, &…
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Heidi Hutman, Michael Ellis & Shangyun Zhou, “Supervisees’ Perspectives of Inadequate, Harmful, and Exceptional Clinical Supervision: Are We Listening?”
This article defines elements of “harmful”, “inadequate” and “exceptional” supervision based on qualitative research. This expanded on the work of Ellis, noted above. Supervisees who reported harmful experiences described supervisors as neglectful and callous, etc. Harmful supervision reflected “supervisory practices that result in psychological, emotional, and/or physical harm or trauma to the supervisee… The two…
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Derek Milne & Robert Reiser, Resolving Critical Issues in Clinical Supervision: A Practical, Evidence-based Approach
This book identifies the main kinds of critical issues that arise in the supervision of the health and social professions and provides suggestions on how they can be best resolved through a normative supervision lens. Normative supervision focuses on enhancing quality control through a formal, constructive, work-focused, and interpersonal process which addresses the supervisee’s critical…
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Derek Milne, Evidence-Based Clinical Supervision: Principles and Practice
This book outlines an evidence-based approach to supervision which finds its theoretical foundations in experiential learning. This model of supervision has been likened to the ‘Best Evidence Medical Practice Education,’ in that both models “… treat professional development in a systematic way, based on the highest quality, most relevant research” (2). While this book focuses…
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Allyson Davys & Liz Beddow, Best Practice in Professional Supervision: A Guide for the Helping Professions
This book examines supervision in the healthcare professions. Professional supervision in the health professions provides the core functions of accountability, education, and support. This book discusses four supervision models or approaches: developmental models of supervision, reflective models, post-modern approaches, and cultural supervision (see Chapter 2). Developmental models of supervision consist of three categories: those that…
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Aisling McMahon, Ciaran Jennings & Gillian O’Brien, “A Naturalistic, Observational Study of the Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision”
This study utilized an observational model to analyze the Seven-Eyed model of supervision within an Irish primary care youth mental health organization. Staff members worked together in transdisciplinary teams consisting of clinical, counselling, and educational psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and occupational therapists. Over a six-month period, 40 individual supervisor-supervisee meetings were recorded. The…
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William P Quigley, “Introduction to Clinical Teaching for the New Clinical Law Professor: A View from the First Floor”
Recognizing that there are limited resources aimed at training clinic supervising lawyers, this article aims to assist new clinic teachers in defining their teaching styles. It also highlights commonly asked questions such as, “how much control over cases should students have?” and, “what is involved in supervising the work of students?”. The author notes that…
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Meribah Rose & Chris Maylea, “The Case for Implementing Legal Clinical Supervision within Legal Practice, and Recommendations for Best Practices”
his article aimed to explore the potential benefits of incorporating clinical-style supervision into the legal profession more broadly. The authors utilized a narrative literature review which identified, reviewed, and summarized the existing literature on clinical supervision within the legal profession. Results indicated that there are multiple benefits associated with clinical-style supervision, including the reduction of…
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Adrian Evans et al, Best Practices: Australian Clinical Legal Education
This Report, funded by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, sets out a list of principles and best practices integral to legal clinic education in Australia. A reader looking for jurisdictional background, practical tools such as clinic learning outcomes, supervision and reflection. The Report is based on a set of interviews with 26…