ABSTRACT

Effective supervision is anchored in a theoretically sound and practical model of supervision. It is important to have a coherent framework to conceptualize, organize, and execute supervisory tasks linking theory, research, and practice. A supervision model provides an organizational framework to guide practice and ensures that supervision will be purposeful, reflective, comprehensively address all professional skill sets, and focused on training outcomes. In the absence of a model, the supervisor lacks a template for defining the goals, processes, and methods of supervision. Lacking a big picture road map, the supervision journey meanders along trails without a clear destination and no way of determining progress. In this case, supervision is reduced to clinical instinct and often centers solely on problem-solving related to individual cases.