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ACS Supervisory Models & Theories Flashcards

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  1. Which supervision model categorizes supervisory interventions by focus area (intervention, conceptualization, personalization) AND supervisor role (teacher, counselor, consultant)?

    Answer: Bernard's Discrimination Model

    Bernard's Discrimination Model organizes supervision using a matrix of three focus areas and three supervisor roles, creating nine possible intervention combinations.

  2. According to the Integrated Developmental Model (IDM), a Level 1 supervisee is best characterized by which of the following?

    Answer: High motivation but high anxiety with limited self-awareness

    IDM Level 1 supervisees are typically highly anxious, motivated to learn, and dependent on their supervisor for direction and reassurance.

  3. In Holloway's Systems Approach to Supervision (SAS), the supervisory relationship is considered the:

    Answer: Container within which all supervision tasks occur

    In the SAS model, Holloway considers the supervisory relationship the core or 'container' in which all supervisory tasks and functions take place.

  4. When a supervisor shifts from a teaching role to a counseling role with a supervisee who is experiencing personal distress, this shift is BEST described as:

    Answer: A planned, time-limited intervention addressing the supervisee's functioning

    Briefly adopting a counseling role to address a supervisee's personal distress can be appropriate when time-limited and focused on professional functioning.

  5. Which model of supervision is specifically designed to help supervisors understand the multiple contexts (cultural, organizational, institutional) that influence the supervisory relationship?

    Answer: Systems Approach to Supervision (SAS)

    Holloway's SAS model explicitly addresses contextual factors including the institution, client characteristics, and trainee background as part of its framework.

  6. A supervisor notices that their supervisee seems to be replicating the resistance patterns of their client during supervision sessions. This phenomenon is known as:

    Answer: Parallel process

    Parallel process occurs when the dynamics of the counselor-client relationship are unconsciously recreated in the supervisor-supervisee relationship.