F24-2002 Adopting a Trauma-Informed Lens in Clinical Supervision

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Agenda & Learning Objectives

AGENDA:

8:50 am - 9:00 am Log On/Registration 

9:00 am - 11:00 am    

• Definition: What is the trauma-informed (TI) formulation 

  • Rationale 

  • Core principles 

    • Safety, trust and transparency, choice and voice, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, sensitivity to historical, gender and culturally-based sources of trauma 

  • Application to clinical practice 

• Models of supervision that promote a TI orientation 

  • Discrimination 

  • Relational  

  • Interactional 

  • Solution-focused 

• Impact that working with survivors of trauma has on clinicians: Indirect trauma 

  • Secondary traumatic stress 

  • Vicarious trauma 

  • Compassion fatigue 

11:00 am – 11:15 am BREAK     

11:15 am - 1:15 pm     

• Intersection of a TI orientation in supervision and MDBSWE requirements/regulations for supervision 

• Skills that promote trust, safety, and cultural sensitivity in supervision 

  • Clarify expectations 

  • Encourage open, honest discussion 

  • Reach for supervisees’ feelings and reactions 

  • Engage in “targeted reflective supervision” 

  • Attend to the supervisory relationship 

• Skills that promote choice, collaboration, and empowerment 

  • Respond to and tailor supervision to supervisees’ unique learning needs  

  • Encourage independent thought and action through use of “targeted questioning” 

  • Identify and build upon supervisees’ strengths 

  • Regularly assess supervisee’s strengths and areas for growth 

  • Regularly ask for feedback about supervision and supervisory relationship 

  • Directly assist supervisees with their practice 

  • Mediate between agency demands/requirements and clients’ and supervisees’ needs 

1:15 pm Questions and adjournment 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the principles of the trauma-informed formulation and their application to clinical practice and supervision. 

• Identify conceptual models of clinical supervision that reflect and promote a trauma-informed approach in supervision.  

• Understand indirect trauma and the role supervisors play in assisting supervisees in managing their reactions to their work. 

• Distinguish core supervisory skills that promote a trauma-informed orientation in supervision and assist supervisees in adopting the orientation in practice. 

Bibliography & References

BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES

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Category I Maryland BSWE Requirement

The Office of Continuing Professional Education at the University Of Maryland School Of Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs. This workshop qualifies for 4 Category I Continuing Education Units for supervision. The Office of Continuing Professional Education is also authorized by the Maryland Board of Psychologists and the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors to sponsor Category A continuing professional education.

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Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists

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