Supervision & Professional Development Flashcards
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A supervisee reveals to their supervisor that they have begun a friendship with a current client outside of therapy. The supervisor should FIRST:
Answer: Explore the supervisee's understanding of boundaries and the impact on the client, then create a corrective plan
The supervisor should first assess the situation, educate the supervisee about boundary violations, and develop a remediation plan that protects client welfare.
The APA's competency benchmarks for supervision identify which of the following as a core competency area?
Answer: Knowledge of the supervisory relationship, diversity, and evaluation
APA competency benchmarks include the supervisory relationship, diversity considerations, and evaluation as core supervisory competency domains.
Which legal doctrine holds employers (and by extension supervisors) responsible for the negligent acts of employees or supervisees acting within the scope of their duties?
Answer: Respondeat superior
Respondeat superior ('let the master answer') is the legal doctrine establishing vicarious liability for supervisors regarding their supervisees' professional actions.
A psychology intern's supervisor discovers the intern has been billing insurance for services the intern is not yet licensed to bill independently. The MOST appropriate immediate action is to:
Answer: Halt the problematic billing, consult with the training program and legal counsel, and correct the billing error
Billing fraud must be stopped immediately, and correction requires consultation with program leadership and legal counsel, not unilateral re-billing.
In cross-cultural supervision, a supervisor who assumes their own cultural framework is the universal standard is demonstrating:
Answer: Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one's own cultural framework as the default or superior standard, which is a significant barrier to effective multicultural supervision.
A supervisee who is a person of color reports experiencing racial microaggressions from clients. The culturally responsive supervisor should:
Answer: Validate the supervisee's experience, explore its impact on the therapeutic relationship, and collaboratively develop strategies
Culturally responsive supervision validates the supervisee's lived experience, examines the clinical impact, and collaborates on strategies that support both the supervisee and client care.
Which of the following BEST describes the 'administrative' function of supervision as distinguished from its educational function?
Answer: Monitoring compliance with agency policies, caseload management, and documentation standards
Administrative supervision focuses on organizational compliance, caseload oversight, and accountability functions rather than clinical skill development.