Clinical Supervision 15 Hours for Those Working With System-Involved Youth (Day 1)

Dr Lisa Cohen Bennett

*This is a two-day training and attendance is required for both days. Day 2 will be held on April 8.

Training Description

Students will participate in lecture and group discussion using handouts, articles and other resources to learn or revisit clinical supervision tools and techniques. The Board of Behavioral Sciences requires specific topic be covered in this 15 hour (total) training including forms for supervision use and why, how and whom we supervise. This two-day training is specifically geared for those supervising Associate Social Workers (ASW) working with system-involved youth. The training is also suitable for those supervising Associate Marriage and Family Therapists (AMFT), Associate Professional Clinical Counselors (APCC) and Psychology Interns.

Learning Objective

• Participants will share important forms used for clinical supervision with clinicians working with system-involved youth.
• Participants will examine goals of supervision
• Participants will practice supervision techniques through role plays and discussion

Agenda 

9:15am-9:45am  Introductions

9:45am-10:00am  Overview of two-day training

10:00am-11:30am  Read aloud and discuss many forms required by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for clinical supervision of the three BBS associates (ASW, AMFT, APCC)

11:30am-11:45am  Break (CEUs will not be issued for this time)

11:45am-12:30pm  Finish going over forms, including law changes from 2019 and 2021 plus COVID information for supervision

12:30pm-1:30pm  Using white board and discussion, examine trauma template for system-involved youth and families, why we supervise, who we serve and what we want to know about supervisees.

1:30pm-2:00pm LUNCH (CEUs will not be issued for this time)

2:00pm-4:00pm  Self Study and discussion regarding participants’ experiences with supervision and what skills they bring

4:00pm-4:15pm  Break (CEUs will not be issued for this time)

4:15pm-5:45pm  Roles plays and discussion regarding possible challenges that can arise during supervision

Meet Our Trainer

DR. BENNETT has been training Foster Parents, Probation Officers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Teachers and Group Home Staff around the country and in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty years. She has worked in a variety of settings with Severely Emotionally Disturbed Youth and Families including Residential Treatment, Hospital, Juvenile Hall, Runaway Shelter and County Mental Health for over thirty years. Dr. Bennett also currently has a private practice in Lafayette, CA. where she specializes in trauma.

Day 1 of this course meets the qualifications for (7.5) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.