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COURSE SYLLABUS

PSI 965-02 - Supervision and Management

Class meetings:
Winter, 2008, Friday, 12:30 –3:30 pm, 134 Health Sciences Building.

Texts:                    Bernard, J. M. & Goodyear, R. K. (2004).  Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision.  Boston:  Pearson.

Multicultural Supervision | Article One | Article Two |

Catalog Description: 
Focuses on issues related to personal and professional practice management; i.e., time and resource management, quality assurance, fundamentals of service delivery systems, and case management activities.

Teaching Philosophy:
First, I believe that the learning process should be enjoyable...even fun. I view graduate education as a developmental and mutual process. As a professor, my goal is to provide you with the relevant information and guidance to assist you in your development as a professional psychologist. As a student, your responsibility is to engage in the learning process and bring questions and comments to the classroom. As a graduate student, I assume that you will take responsibility for your learning. This means that you are expected to critically evaluate the information presented to you in class and in your readings, to integrate this information, and to challenge yourself, your peers, and the professor with your conclusions and questions. Graduate education is work. Hopefully this work will also be exciting and enjoyable.

Course Objectives:

• Define Supervision, supervisor roles, responsibilities, practice, and ethical issues .
• Review major theories and models of clinical supervision.
• Review major process issues in the provision of clinical supervision.
• Provide initial experience in the practice of supervision via role play.

Course Requirements:

Theoretical Presentation – groups of students will prepare a presentation of a theory of supervision.  The presentation will include handouts to the class, a didactic presentation of the theory, and other presentation methods (e.g., role play, video tapes, etc.)  100 points (form)

Supervision Role Play – students will be assigned pairs and role play a supervision experience.  Each student will select one clinical case and present this case to the other student in the role of supervisor.  Each student will participate in three half-hour role play sessions as therapist and three half-hour role play sessions as supervisor.  Guidelines for this role play experience will be presented in class.  150 points  (100 pts for role play as supervisor, 50 points for role play as trainee)

Final Paper – Each student will prepare a formal paper detailing their theory of supervision.  Papers will be between 8 and 12 pages in length and will include a minimum of five references.  Papers will be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (contrary to this format, papers should be stapled). 100 points

Grading Policy:                                                                                                        
There will be a total of 375 points available for this course.  Grades will be based on the scale listed below.
                                                               360 – 400             A
                                                               320 – 259             B
                                                               280 – 319             C
                                                               240 – 279             D
                                                               < 239                    F

Other Course Policies:
Class Participation & Attendance:  Class participation includes participation in class discussions, and attendance.  Missed classes will result in a deduction from your class participation score of 10 points for each day missed. (50 points)

Late Assignments:  Assignments are expected to be turned in on time.  If you are not able to turn in an assignment on time, please contact me to discuss the situation.  Points will be deducted from the total assigned point value for each weekday late (1/20th (.05%) of the total point value for each assignment, each day late).

Typing/Hand Writing of Assignments:  All assignments are to be typed.

Academic Honesty   You are expected to function within the realm of appropriate behavior in regard to your academic pursuits.  Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will be addressed accordingly.

Accommodations  In accordance with University policy, any student requiring disability‑related accommodations should contact me as soon as possible. Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through Disability Services in Student Union, Room E186.