SocialWorkCoursesOnline.com

Courses for Mental Health Professionals

"You Said What?" - Becoming a Better Supervisor - Test
by Carol Falender, Ph.D.

Please note that printing this page does not constitute proof of completion of the course. After successfully completing this test, you may purchase your Certificate of Completion and print it immediately, print it later, or have it mailed to you.

Back to Course

NOTE: If you visit a Help page, it is displayed in a new tab. To return to this test you must close that Help tab.

1. Providing supervision is	Help
now viewed as a distinct practice area part of the training of most psychotherapists in the U.S. an area which has always required formal training a minor form of transmitting clinical skills

2. 'Role invocation' refers to	Help
a process in which the supervisor sets parameters for supervision the supervisee telling the supervisor what he/she needs a discussion to reach an agreement between parties on role of each a theoretical discussion based on the supervision literature

3. Supervision is differentiated from therapy through which of the following supervisor behaviors	Help
defining when he/she is therapist and when supervisor exploring multiple aspects of supervisee's life indirectly collaborating with supervisee's therapist for consistent approach clarifying and exploring only those problems that create an impass in supervisee's work

4. Which of the following factors distinguish supervision from consultation:	Help
licensure status need for informed consent requirement to follow directives all of the above

5. A "Competencies" approach to supervision entails delineating necessary	Help
knowledge skills values all of the above none of the above

6. Tools are available for competency-based assessment of psychology, social work, and marriage and family therapy supervisees.	Help
True False

7. A contract, or supervision plan	Help
is an important part of developing the supervisory alliance is setting specific with expectations for both parties translates into the evaluation format all of the above

8. The Hawkins and Shohet model of supervision gives priority to exploration of whose perspective and which issue?	Help
supervisee and countertransference issues supervisor and parallel process client and content/process of session all of the above

9. Microcounseling is a model of supervision training especially suited for	Help
advanced supervisees beginning supervisees advanced supervisors beginning supervisors

10. Developmental models are	Help
metatheoretical atheoretical lacking in empirical support all of the above

11. Which of the following is/are important to consider in determining developmental level of supervisees	Help
relationship with client (e.g., ongoing vs. crisis) strengths of trainee culture of trainee all of the above

12. According to the Integrated Developmental Model (Stoltenberg, McNeill, and Delworth, 1998) which of the following are the constructs underlying the theory of supervisee development?	Help
autonomy, awareness of self and other, and motivation individual growth, support, and creativity understanding, individuation, and anxiety clinical skills, therapeutic orientation, and sense of humor

13. The major criticism of developmental theories has been their	Help
linear progression of levels lack of a set of skills or competencies towards which a trainee aspires focus on increasing autonomy experiential validity

14. Developmental theories are important for supervisors to study because	Help
there is a large body of research in this area they offer specific interventions and behavior for supervisors client outcome studies support these theories there is homogeneity across training levels

15. According to Stoltenberg et al., dependence-independence conflicts are most likely to occur at which developmental level of the supervisee?	Help
Level one Level two Level three Level four

16. Prescriptive supervisory interventions are most appropriate at which developmental level of the supervisee?	Help
Beginning Intermediate Advanced

17. Which of the following statements is true about supervisor readiness	Help
Supervisors with no clinical experience are less effective than those with substantial clinical experience. Supervisees are always ready to become supervisors at the time of licensure. There is no relationship between clinical experience and supervisory competence

18. Supervisee's receipt of direct feedback is an important characteristic of 'best supervisors'.	Help
True False

19. 'Best supervisor' characteristics have been empirically evaluated with respect to client outcome.	Help
True False

20. Both the Discrimination Model (Bernard) and Systems Model (Holloway)	Help
are process oriented focus on supervisor as gatekeeper and evaluator are associated with enhanced treatment outcomes are product oriented

21. To measure effectiveness of supervisory sessions, analysis frameworks (e.g., Milne et al.) provide for exploring the	Help
analytic meaning of supervisee behavior qualities of the supervision hour client dynamics theoretical framework for understanding client

22. 'Gatekeeping' refers to the responsibility of the supervisor to ensure that supervisees:	Help
have concurrent personal therapy as needed have met particular competencies to responsibly progress to the next level of training or practice keep personal disclosures out of their therapeutic relationships maintain boundaries during supervisory sessions

23. 'Spurious compliance' refers to	Help
supervisors who pretend to agree with supervisee wishes supervisees agreeing to client requests against their clinical judgment supervisees pretending to follow supervisory directives while doing whatever they thought to be correct supervisees wanting to follow supervisory directives but being unclear on the steps involved

24. Supervisee nondisclosure (i.e., withholding important information from the supervisor) occurs infrequently.	Help
True False

25. Nondisclosures by supervisees to supervisors frequently include which of the following	Help
cancellations by clients negative feelings toward the supervisor plans for vacation all of the above

26. Studies show supervisors and supervisees agree on supervisor disclosure of amount of cross-racial supervision experience they have had and how frequently they initiate discussion of diversity topics.	Help
True False

27. Most of the multicultural frameworks consider which one of the following to be an essential first step in the process of becoming a more culturally competent supervisor	Help
acquiring group specific cultural knowledge gaining self awareness understanding stereotypes reading an article on diversity

28. The concept of 'cultural niche' refers to	Help
an individual's total environment a combination of several diversity descriptors of an individual stereotypes based on group affiliation all of the above

29. 'Respondeat Superior' refers to	Help
discussion of factors relating to supervisory status immunity of supervisors in certain states vicarious liability higher level of communication

30. The most common ethical violation reported by supervisees in supervision is	Help
negative feedback role conflict lack of performance evaluation authoritarian supervisors

31. An important reason for getting informed consent at the onset of the supervisory relationship is the potential for	Help
skill set deficit in supervisee supervisee personal disclosure supervisor personal disclosure lack of client progress

32. Multiple relationships with supervisees must occur off site from the supervision to be ethical.	Help
True False

33. In 'duty to warn' situations, the supervisor	Help
may assume the supervisee has sufficient training in this area because it is the responsibility of the school program is legally liable and must ensure that the supervisee follows all the steps in assessment and planning should utilize this type of experience to allow the supervisee to develop autonomy All of the above

34. Documentation of supervision sessions is	Help
an unnecessary expenditure of time and effort essential in ensuring that effective supervision occurs in all cases contraindicated due to confidentiality issues stressful for the supervisee

35. For effective supervision, there needs to be a balance between	Help
negative feedback and criticism criticism and praise relationship factors and evaluation approval and disapproval

36. The appropriate descriptive label for supervisees who do not meet performance criteria is	Help
Impaired supervisee lousy supervisee problematic supervisee bad supervisee

37. If you identify a supervisee as having problematic behavior it is critical to	Help
document the specific behaviors and contexts collect data to determine that the problem is not specific to only one supervisor include your documentation in your discussion with the supervisee all of the above

38. To decrease risk of burnout, Stevanovic and Rupert found it helpful for supervisors to:	Help
vary their work responsibilities take regular vacations read professional literature to keep up to date all of the above

"You Said What?" - Becoming a Better Supervisor - Test by Carol Falender, Ph.D.

"You Said What?" - Becoming a Better Supervisor - Test
by Carol Falender, Ph.D.