ABSTRACT
Although most trainees as part of their on-campus didactic training are exposed to legal mandates and the ethical principles related to the practice of school psychology, it is during their field-based training and subsequent professional practice that they have the opportunity to integrate and apply this knowledge. Teaching and modeling ethical and legal psychological practice represents a core task of supervision. Supervision itself also presents unique ethical challenges to both supervisees and supervisors (Goodyear & Rodolfa, 2012) and is highly susceptible to ethical infractions (Koocher & Keith-Spiegel, 2008). Ethical decision-making in supervision can often be more complex than clinical decision-making (Storm, Todd, Sprenkle, & Morgan, 2001). There exists a number of frequently encountered legal-ethical issues in the practice of clinical supervision. This chapter explores the relevant legal mandates and ethical principles impacting supervision, provides suggestions for addressing this core task with supervisees, and presents some of the common ethical dilemmas clinical supervisors may face in the process of working with their supervisees.
